Rails, Cobalt and Rivalry: The African Railway Redrawing the Great-Power Map
A $753m US-backed railway from Angola to Congo shows how Washington, Africa and a Lusophone builder are racing China for...
July 8, 2026Section
The Fed & US Economy
The Federal Reserve sets the price of money for the entire world, and the US economy’s signals – jobs, inflation, growth, sentiment – decide where global capital flows. The Rio Times covers the Fed, the dollar and US macro data through an emerging-market lens, because nothing moves Latin American rates and currencies more.
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The Strait That Divides the World: How One Sea Lane Split the Global Economy in Two
The Iran ceasefire's collapse and tanker strikes near Hormuz spiked oil and cut IMF growth to 3% - but the...
July 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — North America turns jittery as Wall Street falls and oil jumps on the Iran...
July 8, 2026
The Ceasefire Breaks, the Oil Shock Returns, and the World Feels It All at Once
Trump calls the Iran ceasefire 'over' after tanker attacks near Hormuz. Oil jumps 6%, markets tumble, and Latin America splits...
July 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — A Maine Senate campaign collapses, the US crashes out of its home World Cup,...
July 7, 2026USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — North America wakes stretched between pride and unease, as the United States marks 250...
July 6, 2026
Washington Freezes the North American Trade Pact — and the Americas Feel It
Washington declined to renew the USMCA on its sixth anniversary, opening a decade of annual reviews. Why it splits Mexico...
July 3, 2026
Weak June US Jobs and Cheap Oil Reach LatAm
America's June jobs report missed badly as oil slid near $68. What the cooling US labour market and easing crude...
July 3, 2026USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — US hiring nearly stalls in June, Washington refuses to renew the CUSMA trade deal,...
July 3, 2026