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$17B and Troops: Trump’s Board of Peace Outpaces the UN...
Key Points — The Board of Peace raised $17 billion at its inaugural meeting — $10...
Supreme Court Kills Emergency Tariffs, Not Trump’s Trade...
Key Points — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump exceeded his...
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Guide for Friday, February 20,...
The Rio Times · Nightlife Desk Friday, 20 February 2026 · Sexta-feira das Campeãs...
Heavy fine, jail time for Berbice mason who assaulted police...
Kaieteur News – Days after his confrontation with a police rank in New Amsterdam,...
Peça de teatro resgata Lucas Dantas como símbolo de liberdade...
Novo espetáculo da Cia de Teatro Gente propõe releitura contemporânea da Revolta...
Ternium’s $250M Cost Push Shields 10% Margin
3 Key Points —Latin America’s largest steelmaker posted FY2025 adjusted EBITDA of...
Chile’s Banco de Chile Holds #1 Profit Crown
3 Key Points —Chile’s most profitable bank posted FY2025 net income of CLP 1.19...
Mexico’s Vesta Beats Guidance With Record Leasing
3 Key Points —Mexico’s leading industrial REIT beat full-year guidance on every...
São Tomé’s $90K Passport Is Selling Fast. Here’s Why
Key Points — São Tomé and Príncipe launched the world’s cheapest citizenship-by-investment...
Embraer Teams With Northrop to Pitch KC-390 to Pentagon
Key Points — Embraer and Northrop Grumman signed a memorandum of understanding to...
Trump Orders Pentagon to Release UFO and Alien Files
Key Points — Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other agencies to...
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Hits 4-Year High on Reserves
3 Key Points —Colombia’s Ecopetrol closed 2025 with proven reserves of 1,944 million...
Colombia’s Nutresa Posts Record Sales on Gilinski Overhaul
3 Key Points —Grupo Nutresa posted record full-year 2025 revenue of COP 20.6 trillion...
Colombia Gold Miner Mineros Posts Record Profits
3 Key Points —Mineros reported record FY2025 revenue of $800 million (+48%) and...
Chile Ships Record Cherries but Prices Drop 22%
Key Points — Chile exported 113.8 million boxes of cherries in the 2025/26 season,...
Bolivia Forgives Tax Debts to Lure Informal Economy
Key Points — Bolivia’s government submitted a bill creating a simplified tax regime...
Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, February 20, 2026
Continental heavyweight Flamengo arrived in Buenos Aires as prohibitive favourites...
São Paulo Daily Brief for Friday, February 20, 2026
Welcome to your São Paulo daily brief for Friday, February 20, 2026. Bad Bunny brings...
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Friday, February 20, 2026
Welcome to your Rio de Janeiro daily brief for Friday, February 20, 2026. The shock...
Dollars Are Flowing Back Into Brazil After Record Exit
Key Points — Brazil recorded $6.6 billion in net foreign exchange inflows through...
Brazil’s Gol Airline Goes Private After Bankruptcy Exit
Key Points — Gol Investment Brasil acquired 5.66 billion preferred shares in a tender...
Venezuela’s Amnesty Law Frees Hundreds but Not All
Key Points — Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously passed an amnesty law covering...
Chile Stocks Slip 0.51% as Falabella Tumbles 4% and Copper...
The Big Three 1 The S&P IPSA fell 0.45% to 10,811.96, marking its third consecutive...
Argentina Stocks Rally 4.3%, Trade Surplus Hits US$2B as...
The Big Three 1 The S&P Merval surged 4.26% to 2,839,106, snapping a six-day losing...
Mexico IPC Flat at 70,845 for 4th Straight Loss as Banxico...
The Big Three 1 The S&P/BMV IPC edged down 0.06% to 70,845.66, extending its losing...
Brazil: The Family Behind JBS Wants to Buy a Cement Empire
Key Points — J&F, the Batista family’s holding company behind JBS, is evaluating...
Argentina Passes Milei’s Labor Reform Despite Strike
Key Points — Lower house approved Milei’s labor overhaul 135 to 115 after a marathon...
Colombia Stocks Rise on Argos Earnings as Dollar SPOT Hits...
The Big Three 1 The MSCI COLCAP rose 0.84% to 2,386.38 on Wednesday, its best...
Ibovespa Surges 1.35% to 188K as Petrobras and Banks Drive...
Ibovespa 188,534 +1.35% USD/BRL R$5.2271 −0.26% Brent $71.83 +2.1% YTD +17.01% 2nd...
Gold Defies Dollar Surge to Hold $5,000 While Silver Eyes...
Gold (XAU/USD) $5,014 +0.37% Silver (XAG/USD) $78.85 +0.45% Gold/Silver Ratio...
Dollar Falls to R$5.22 Defying DXY Surge on $6.6B Foreign...
USD/BRL R$5.2271 −0.26% DXY 97.70 +0.62% Selic 15.00% unchanged FX Flow YTD +$6.56B...
Bitcoin MACD Flips Positive for First Time Since December...
BTC/USD $67,858 +1.32% Fear & Greed 11 Extreme Fear ETH/USD $1,961 −0.71% DXY 97.70...
Global Economy Briefing — February 20, 2026
Today’s global economy briefing for February 20, 2026 covers a massive US trade...
Latin American Pulse for Friday, February 20, 2026
Argentina’s Labor Reform Passes 135–115 After the Broadest Strike of Milei’s Presidency;...
Brazil’s Morning Call for Friday, February 20, 2026
Today’s Focus The Big Picture: The Ibovespa staged a powerful 1.35% rebound on Thursday,...
US$25M Connectivity Push: One Communications ramps up network...
(Kaieteur News) – One Communications (Guyana) Inc. on Thursday announced plans to...
GPL says enough reliable power available on the grid
…power generation up 63% since 2020 as customers grow by 21% (Kaieteur News) – With...
Tourist Accused Of Racist Acts While Visiting Brazil Released...
Prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro requested the preventive detention of Agostina Páez,...
Uefa investiga caso de racismo contra Vini Jr. durante...
Por Jamile Novaes Uma partida da Champions League entre Real Madrid e SL Benfica...
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, February...
Covering Feb 19 What matters today 1 Trump gives Iran 10-day ultimatum: military...
Asia Intelligence Brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026
Covering Feb 19 What matters today 1 Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life for insurrection...
Azul Drops 30% as Bankruptcy Exit Dilutes Shareholders
Key Points — Azul shares plunged over 30% Thursday after the airline completed a...
Europe Intelligence Brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026
Covering Feb 19 What matters today 1 Merz questions FCAS fighter, floats more F-35s...
Lula Brings 900 CEOs to India’s Largest Trade Forum
Key Points — Nearly 600 Indian and 300 Brazilian executives have registered for...
Brazil’s Slowdown Opens the Door for Rate Cuts
Key Points — Brazil’s GDP proxy fell 0.2% in December but grew 2.5% for the full...
Argentina’s General Strike Grounds 255 Flights
Key Points — Argentina’s CGT labor federation called a 24-hour general strike Thursday...
São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Thursday, February 19, 2026
The Rio Times · SP Nightlife Desk Thursday, 19 February 2026 · Pós-Cinzas · The...
Billions Are Pouring Into Caribbean Luxury Hotels
Key Points — The Dominican Republic leads the wave with a $1.5 billion Moon Palace...
Can a Bolsonaro Win Brazil’s Center? Flávio Is Betting...
Key Points — Internal polling showed moderate voters wrongly associate Flávio with...
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Guide for Thursday, February 19,...
The Rio Times · Nightlife Desk Thursday, 19 February 2026 · Pós-Cinzas · The champion...
Maduro’s New York Hearing Pushed Back to March 26
Key Points — Judge Alvin Hellerstein postponed Nicolás Maduro’s next court appearance...
Paraguay’s Grid Has No Backup. Wednesday Proved It
Key Points — A detached conductor on a 500 kV transmission line triggered a cascading...
Viradouro Wins Rio Carnival With a Perfect Score
Key Points — Unidos do Viradouro was crowned champion of Rio de Janeiro’s 2026...
Why the U.S. Is Building a VPN to Undermine EU Speech Laws
KEY POINTS The U.S. State Department is building a portal at “freedom.gov” that...
How a Serbian Drug Case Toppled Ecuador’s Judiciary Chief
Key Points — Mario Godoy resigned as president of Ecuador’s Judiciary Council on...
Gunmen Attack a Children’s Party in Mexico. Eight Kids...
Key Points — Armed men opened fire on families gathered at a park in San Francisco...
Chavismo Is Retreating in Venezuela. It’s Not Surrendering
Key Points — Seven weeks after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, his...
Brazil Sits on $2.6B in Rare Earth Projects. One Mine Works
Key Points — Brazil has 13.2 billion reais ($2.64 billion) in pre-operational rare...
Brazil Inflation Forecasts Keep Falling. Rate Cuts Are...
Key Points — Brazil’s inflation forecast for 2026 fell for the sixth straight week...
Angola Opens Its Farmland. Brazil and China Are Racing...
Key Points — Angola is granting roughly 60,000 hectares to Brazilian farmers in...
São Paulo Daily Brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026
Welcome to your São Paulo daily brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026 — the first...
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026
Welcome to your Rio de Janeiro daily brief for Thursday, February 19, 2026 — the...
Latin America Sports Daily for Thursday, February 19, 2026
The Copa Libertadores roared back to life on Wednesday as South America’s premier...
Chile IPSA Falls to 2026 Low at 10,864 as LatAm Rotation...
Rio Times Daily Market Brief • Chile The Big Three 1 The S&P IPSA fell 0.3% to 10,864.48...
Brazil’s Supreme Court Faces Its Deepest Crisis in Years
Key Points — Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered police raids on tax agency employees...
Lula Blocks Congressional Super-Salaries Before Vote
Key Points — President Lula signed salary increases of 8–9% for congressional staff...
Gold Reclaims $5,000 as Physical Demand Defies Strong Dollar
Gold (XAU/USD) $5,008 +0.65% Silver (XAG/USD) $78.63 +1.91% Gold/Silver Ratio 63.7:1...
Mexico Stocks Reverse Early Gains: IPC Closes at 70,885...
Rio Times Daily Market Brief • Mexico The Big Three 1 The S&P/BMV IPC slid 0.38%...
Colombia’s COLCAP Tests Ichimoku Cloud Support After 7.6%...
Rio Times Daily Market Brief • Colombia Wednesday, February 19, 2026 — Tuesday Close...
Ibovespa Slips as Vale Drags Mining Stocks Post-Carnival
Ibovespa 186,016 −0.24% USD/BRL 5.2406 +0.20% Selic 15.00% unchanged Volume R$89.4B...
Trump Pulls All Troops From Syria, Bets on Former Foe
Key Points — The Trump administration is withdrawing all roughly 1,000 U.S. troops...
Merz Goes to Beijing. German Money Already Got There
Key Points — Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Wednesday he will seek “strategic...
Global Economy Briefing — February 19, 2026
Today’s global economy briefing for February 19, 2026 covers divided FOMC minutes...
Bitcoin Holds $66K Triple Bottom as Fed Hawks Lift Dollar
BTC/USD $67,162 +1.11% Fear & Greed 12 Extreme Fear ETH/USD $1,981 −1.89% DXY 97.70...
Latin American Pulse for Thursday, February 19, 2026
Argentina Shuts Down as Milei Sits with Trump: General Strike Grounds 255 Flights...