
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA-Canada intelligence brief covers GOP pulling Iran war-powers vote, Alberta separation referendum, Memorial Day markets, Canada retail, NOAA hurricane forecast,...
May 22, 2026The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.

USA-Canada intelligence brief covers GOP pulling Iran war-powers vote, Alberta separation referendum, Memorial Day markets, Canada retail, NOAA hurricane forecast,...
May 22, 2026
Fed Governor Christopher Waller told Frankfurt's ECB that the Fed should drop its easing bias — a rate hike is...
May 22, 2026
ExxonMobil is in advanced talks to acquire up to 6 Exxon Venezuela oil fields, with a formal deal possible before...
May 22, 2026
Trump will swear in Kevin Warsh as the 17th Fed chair Friday at the White House, ending the Powell era...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Nvidia profit tripled to $58.3 billion on record AI chip demand, a boom now reaching Latin America as Brazil and...
May 21, 2026
SpaceX filed for a record IPO and OpenAI is preparing one too, both near $1 trillion, with Starlink's Brazil lead...
May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026
USA & Canada intelligence brief covers DOJ barring IRS from probing Trump, Musk's OpenAI lawsuit thrown out, Georgia runoff, Canada...
May 20, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds