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The lempira exchange rate broke 27 to the US dollar on 28 August 2026. Reserves and remittances are both at records, which is why the central bank sounds unmoved. The post Honduras Sees the Dollar Break 27 Lempiras for t…
BRAZIL · DEFENSE Key Facts —What happened: Lula and Turkey’s president Erdoğan agreed on Monday 24 August to deepen defence-industry cooperation. —The mechanism: A new Strategic Council at vice-president level will draft…
BOLIVIA · POLITICS Key Facts —What happened: Bolivian authorities jailed Fernando Cerimedo, an adviser to President Rodrigo Paz, in August on two criminal allegations. —The charges: He faces attempted femicide over a sho…
Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 30, 2026 If You Only Go to One Place Sunday Roda at Bip Bip After a Sunday on the sand, Copacabana has the perfect… The post Rio de Janeiro Nightlife T…
BRAZIL · ELECTIONS 2026 Key Facts —What happened: Four pollsters measured Brazil’s presidential race in ten days, and all show the same picture. —The first round: Lula leads Flávio Bolsonaro by three to six points, at 37…
A Bolivian research foundation puts YPFB staff spending at Bs2.4 billion (US$201 million) for 2025. Days later the government doubled the Treasury money that pays for imported fuel. The post YPFB Budgeted US$201 Million…
BRAZIL · ELECTIONS Key Facts —What happened: Flávio Bolsonaro named pro-market economists and executives to his 2026 campaign team on 18 August. —The headline hire: Adolfo Sachsida, his father’s former mines and energy m…
Brazil's power regulator held the yellow tariff flag for a fifth month, adding US$0.36 to every 100 kilowatt-hours billed in September. The post Brazil Holds Its Yellow Tariff Flag for a Fifth Straight Month appeared fir…
ZAMBIA · POST-ELECTION CRISIS Key Facts —The surrender: Brian Mundubile, runner-up in Zambia’s 13 August presidential election, surrendered to police on Thursday after about two weeks in hiding, much of it under United N…
NIGER · COUP ATTEMPT Key Facts —What happened: Heavy gunfire and explosions shook Niamey overnight from Friday into Saturday, centred on Base 101, an air force base inside Diori Hamani International Airport, and on the p…
Latin America Sports Daily: Palmeiras lead Brazil and Libertadores quarter-finals are set. Today's key fixtures and results from across the region. The post Latin America Sports Daily for Sunday, August 30, 2026 appeared…
Key Facts Eight civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday when drones struck a group of travelers in the Sowdari district of North Kordofan, the Sudanese Emergency Lawyers group said on Friday. A second drone…
Key Facts Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces said on Friday that it seized the Bakori and Surkum army bases in the southeastern Blue Nile region, fighting alongside SPLM-N rebels, Sudan Tribune reported. The army did not confi…
MALI · SECURITY Key Facts —The swap: Tuareg-led rebels freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for Inkinane Ag Attaher, a former army officer who defected and became a rebel leader, security sources told AFP. —Handove…
Rio Times · Africa M23 rebels have launched a counteroffensive in Kalehe territory, in the northern hills of South Kivu, and heavy fighting with pro-government forces is still under way. The rebel push has reversed most…
The NFL has exported its sport to territories like the United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain and now Australia, which will host the first of the nine international games on Sept. 11.
Asia moves roughly $245 billion in stablecoin volumevand on a stage in Bali in August the people who move a good deal of it spent forty minutes not talking about consumers. The panel at Coinfest Asia on 20 August was "St…
Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief August 29, 2026 Europe Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 29, 2026 The Throne, The Rating, The Rocket Key Facts The king. Norway’s King Harald V died at 6:35 on Friday morning in…
Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief August 29, 2026 Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 29, 2026 The Ministers Meet First Key Facts The summit. The African Union’s 26th Extraordinary Executive Council sits in…