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Petrobras Closes 2025 With Record Output

Petrobras Closes 2025 With Record Output

Key Points — Petrobras pumped 3.11 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in...

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The Billionaires Behind Nubank, Stone, and XP Have a New Bet — and It’s Not Fintech

The Billionaires Behind Nubank, Stone, and XP Have a New...

Key Points — The founders of Nubank, Stone, and XP Investimentos — David Vélez,...

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Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Wednesday, February 11,...

Your daily culture-first guide to Rio de Janeiro — from Carnaval blocos and museum...

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Lula’s Party Tells His Vice President: Stay or Go — It’s Your Call

Lula’s Party Tells His Vice President: Stay or Go — It’s...

Key Points — PT chairman Edinho Silva said the party will respect Vice President...

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São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Your daily culture-first guide to São Paulo — from Carnaval blocos and museum exhibitions...

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Six Days On, One Day Off: Brazil’s Exhausting Work Schedule Becomes Its Hottest Election-Year Prize

Six Days On, One Day Off: Brazil’s Exhausting Work Schedule...

Key Points House Speaker Hugo Motta fast-tracked a constitutional amendment to abolish...

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Chile Market Report: IPSA Drops 2% as Latam, Entel Drag Santiago

Chile Market Report: IPSA Drops 2% as Latam, Entel Drag...

The Big Three 1 The IPSA plunged 2.14% to 11,009.28 in its worst session since the...

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Colombia Market Report: Peso Breaks Below 3,660 as Dollar Collapses; COLCAP Gains 0.92%

Colombia Market Report: Peso Breaks Below 3,660 as Dollar...

The Big Three 1 COLCAP surged to 2,418 on Tuesday — its highest close in over a...

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Mexico Stocks Slip From Record High as Peso Holds Near 17.19

Mexico Stocks Slip From Record High as Peso Holds Near...

The Big Three 1 The IPC pulled back 0.29% to 71,303.67 after touching a fresh intraday...

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Argentina Markets: Merval Rallies 2.8% as Peso Hits October Low at 1,406

Argentina Markets: Merval Rallies 2.8% as Peso Hits October...

The Big Three 1 Merval rallies 2.8% as markets reverse early losses. The S&P Merval...

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Gold Holds $5,055, Silver Surges 3.8% Ahead of NFP

Gold Holds $5,055, Silver Surges 3.8% Ahead of NFP

The Big Three 1 Gold consolidates above $5,050 as softer retail sales weaken the...

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USD/BRL Holds Below 5.20 as Flat US Retail Sales Boost Fed Cut Bets and Carry Flows

USD/BRL Holds Below 5.20 as Flat US Retail Sales Boost...

The Big Three 1 Real consolidates near nine-month highs at 5.1931. USD/BRL was virtually...

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Latin American Pulse for February 11, 2026

Latin American Pulse for February 11, 2026

Executive Summary The Big Picture: Cuba’s energy crisis reached a new threshold...

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Bitcoin Drops Below $67,000 as Crypto Fear Hits Extreme

Bitcoin Drops Below $67,000 as Crypto Fear Hits Extreme

The Big Three 1 BTC crumbles to $66,978, its lowest level since early April 2024,...

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Ibovespa Eases From Record as Eneva Crashes and IPCA Lands

Ibovespa Eases From Record as Eneva Crashes and IPCA Lands

The Big Three 1 Ibovespa pulled back from record highs in a session of profit-taking....

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‘Guyana still ranked among corrupt nations’ …flagged for intimidation of independent media, civil society

‘Guyana still ranked among corrupt nations’ …flagged for...

…moves one point up corruption index (Kaieteur News) – Guyana has edged up one place...

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‘Critic’s company blacklisted’ – Agriculture Minister

‘Critic’s company blacklisted’ – Agriculture Minister

…says no more work for “delinquent” Tepui Group, others (Kaieteur News) – Minister...

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Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as U.S. blockade deepens energy crisis

Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as...

(AP) — Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn’t enough fuel...

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Five years on… Gas-to-Energy Project 68% complete

Five years on… Gas-to-Energy Project 68% complete

…as deadlines slip again (Kaieteur News) – Five years after the Guyana Government...

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$157B in non-oil investments approved in 2025

$157B in non-oil investments approved in 2025

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) on Monday revealed...

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Caracas and Washington on collision course

Caracas and Washington on collision course

(Kaieteur News) – Early indications are that Venezuelans have grown tired of the...

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To Wales Sugar Factory

To Wales Sugar Factory

By Krishna Nand Prasad Passed the mechanical deceased Silent as a sleeping stream...

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Indumentárias dos Blocos Afro de Salvador (BA) ensinam e reposicionam o corpo negro na festa

Indumentárias dos Blocos Afro de Salvador (BA) ensinam...

Entenda como cores e adornos ligados às religiões afro-brasileiras estruturam uma...

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Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

What matters today 1 Starmer survives (for now) — chief of staff McSweeney and comms...

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São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Second night of silence before the Carnaval explosion. The pré-Carnaval megablocos...

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Peru Tops Latin America’s Housing Rankings — at a Cost

Peru Tops Latin America’s Housing Rankings — at a Cost

Key Points — Four Peruvian developers placed inside the Best Place to Live 2025...

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Ecuador’s Gulf Gambit: Why the UAE Trade Deal Matters

Ecuador’s Gulf Gambit: Why the UAE Trade Deal Matters

Key Points Ecuador and the UAE will sign their Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

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Homem negro é condenado por sequestro com base apenas em reconhecimento fotográfico de vítima vendada

Homem negro é condenado por sequestro com base apenas em...

Phelipe de Oliveira Batista não tem antecedentes criminais e o reconhecimento fotográfico...

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Bolivia Wants the DEA’s Money and Intelligence — But Not Its Agents on the Ground

Bolivia Wants the DEA’s Money and Intelligence — But Not...

Key Points — Bolivia’s government says its renewed cooperation with the U.S. Drug...

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Brazil’s $4.5 Billion Bond Sale Draws Nearly Three Times the Demand

Brazil’s $4.5 Billion Bond Sale Draws Nearly Three Times...

Key Points — Brazil’s Treasury sold $3.5 billion in new 10-year Global 2036 bonds...

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Mexico Demands Answers After Investigation Links U.S. Military Ammunition to Cartel Massacres

Mexico Demands Answers After Investigation Links U.S. Military...

Key Points President Sheinbaum called the revelations a matter of serious importance...

US Seizes ‘Venezuelan’ tanker in Indian ocean over Trump sanctions

US Seizes ‘Venezuelan’ tanker in Indian ocean over Trump...

Western media reports indicate that the vessel is carrying heavy crude oil meant...

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Cartilha une candomblé a prevenção do câncer entre mulheres negras

Cartilha une candomblé a prevenção do câncer entre mulheres...

Texto: Divulgação O Instituto Nacional de Câncer (Inca) lançou a “Cartilha Saúde...

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Brazil Grew More Soybeans Than Ever — and Now It Can’t Get Them on a Ship

Brazil Grew More Soybeans Than Ever — and Now It Can’t...

Key Points — Brazil’s soybean shipments averaged 236,700 tons per working day in...

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‘$40M for silence’ – Govt. allocates millions for unresponsive office of commissioner of information 

‘$40M for silence’ – Govt. allocates millions for unresponsive...

– $33.5M to pay his salary, other benefits  By Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – For...

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Funds set aside for LGE this year

Funds set aside for LGE this year

…but GECOM short of key staff (Kaieteur News) – A sum of money has been allocated...

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Govt. confirms end to Cuba medical pact

Govt. confirms end to Cuba medical pact

…denies being pressured by US, says Cubans coming on their own (Kaieteur News) – Health...

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Nazar Mohamed hospitalised

Nazar Mohamed hospitalised

…extradition case adjourned (Kaieteur News) – Extradition proceedings involving...

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SAC welcomes Belize and Guyana’s enhanced cooperation

SAC welcomes Belize and Guyana’s enhanced cooperation

(Kaieteur News) – The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) congratulates the...

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The Census report

The Census report

(Kaieteur News) – How quickly the PPPC Government and its representatives find it...

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Getting a Brazilian Phone Plan: Claro vs. Vivo vs. TIM for Expats and Tourists

Getting a Brazilian Phone Plan: Claro vs. Vivo vs. TIM...

A Brazilian phone number isn’t just for calls — it’s your key to WhatsApp (how Brazil...

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Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, February 9, 2026

Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, February 9, 2026

The Monday between pré-Carnaval and Carnaval proper is a breather — but in Rio,...

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Behind Paraty’s Postcard: How Rio’s Comando Vermelho Colonized a UNESCO World Heritage Town

Behind Paraty’s Postcard: How Rio’s Comando Vermelho Colonized...

Key Points — Drug trafficking complaints in Paraty surged nearly fivefold between...

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Chilean Businesses Turn Optimistic for the First Time in Years, but the Real Test Is Just Beginning

Chilean Businesses Turn Optimistic for the First Time in...

Key Points — For the first time since Chile’s Central Bank began measuring the metric,...

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Colombia’s Dams Are Overflowing — and a Political War Over Who Is to Blame May Matter More Than the Water

Colombia’s Dams Are Overflowing — and a Political War Over...

Key Points — Freak February rains pushed Colombia’s Urrá dam past 109?pacity, forcing...

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A resistência e ancestralidade do caboclo de lança no carnaval de Pernambuco

A resistência e ancestralidade do caboclo de lança no carnaval...

Mistérios, bravura e paixão pelo carnaval marcam a história do caboclo de lança....

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Argentina Is About to Rewrite the Rules of Work for 20 Million People — And Nobody Agrees on What Comes Next

Argentina Is About to Rewrite the Rules of Work for 20...

Key Points — Argentina’s Senate votes Wednesday on a near-200-article bill replacing...

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The Same River, the Same Company, Seven Years Later: Why Vale’s Latest Mining Spill Matters Far Beyond Brazil

The Same River, the Same Company, Seven Years Later: Why...

Key Points — On the exact anniversary of the 2019 Brumadinho dam collapse that killed...

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Brazil’s Inflation Outlook Keeps Cooling as Markets Signal Confidence in March Rate Cut

Brazil’s Inflation Outlook Keeps Cooling as Markets Signal...

Key Points — The market’s median 2026 IPCA forecast fell for a fifth straight week...

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Auditor General silent as spending soars, billions go unaudited — Ram

Auditor General silent as spending soars, billions go unaudited...

…questions independence, qualification of Sharma as billions unaudited (Kaieteur...

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