Emerging Markets

Nigeria Has Drawn on a US$5 Billion Abu Dhabi Loan It Will Not Explain

Abuja has drawn the first US$1.5 billion of a US$5 billion swap facility. The pricing and the collateral terms remain unpublished.…

South Sudan Restarts Salary Payments After Months of Arrears

A ministerial committee has told the finance ministry to start paying. The election is on 22 December. The post South Sudan Restar…

Nigeria Would Make Crypto Exchanges Base Their Chief Executive There

The SEC has published draft rules with a 2 billion naira capital floor and a resident-CEO test. Nothing is in force yet. The post …

Congo Wants 10,000 Megawatts. First It Has to Fix Its Power Company

A consultant's diagnostic of the state utility lands the same week Ankara offers to help build the solar. The post Congo Wants 10,…

Namibia Approved an Oil Local-Content Policy That Binds Nobody Yet

Cabinet signed it off on 4 August. It has not been gazetted, and no percentage targets have been published. The post Namibia Appro…

Ghana’s Central Bank Lost US$1.7 Billion Buying Gold, the IMF Says

The Minority Leader wants the off-takers named and the discounts published. GoldBod disputes the framing. The post Ghana’s C…

World Bank Bars Kenya’s eCitizen Builder Over a Somalia Contract

Webmasters Kenya and its founder are barred from Bank-financed contracts until June 2031. The case is about Somalia, not Nairobi. …

US Envoy Flags Vaca Muerta Espionage Risk From Chinese Tech

US Ambassador Peter Lamelas warned of a Vaca Muerta espionage risk from Chinese technology, naming six firms. The basin drives rec…

Brazil Fiscal Target Met Only Through Legal Carve-Outs

Brazil's 2026 fiscal target will be formally met, but only through legal carve-outs that mask a deepening underlying deficit, acco…

Colombia Earthquake Reconstruction: One Bank, One City So Far

Colombia earthquake reconstruction is underway but slow, with a 30 trillion-peso cost estimate and only one bank and one city offe…

Judge Strikes Down US Immigrant Visa Ban for 75 Nations

A federal judge vacated the immigrant visa ban for 75 countries, ruling it patently unlawful. The order restores case-by-case revi…

Mexico Farm Credit Fund Raises 4.5 Billion Pesos in Debut Long-Term Bond Sale

Mexico’s agricultural credit trust has tapped domestic capital markets for the first time with a 4.5 billion peso long-term debt i…

Anecacao launches Ecuador cocoa origin brand amid 63.5% export value drop

Ecuador’s cocoa exporters have unveiled a new origin label to reposition the crop as a premium product, a strategic pivot aimed at…

Brazilian energy lobby urges expiration of 12 percent crude export levy

Brazil’s primary oil and gas trade body has formally requested that the government allow a 12 percent crude export levy to lapse i…

Uruguayan Wool Export Value Jumps 32% as Global Prices Hit Five-Year Highs

Uruguayan wool export earnings have surged 32% year-to-date driven by a global pricing rally and robust demand from China and Ital…

Suzano Removes Three Vice-Presidents in Strategic Executive Reorganisation

Brazilian pulp giant Suzano has removed three vice-presidents and redrawn its industrial leadership structure, signaling a strateg…

Panama First-Half Tax Revenue Rises 4.3% but Misses Budget Forecast

Panama’s tax collections grew in the first half of 2026, yet a significant shortfall against budget forecasts underscores ongoing …

Dominican Republic Invests Over RD$358 Million in Police Training Infrastructure

President Luis Abinader inaugurated a new higher-education police training complex, signaling continued state capital expenditure …

Brazil regulator clears derivatives access to four US exchanges

Brazil’s securities regulator has authorized local brokerages to offer derivatives trading on four major US exchanges, expanding i…

Acciona Data Center Plans in Brazil Await Senate Tax Incentive Approval

Spanish infrastructure group Acciona is evaluating its first data center project in Brazil, but any final investment hinges on a s…

Jamaica Shifts Tourism Focus to Cultural Heritage to Boost Visitor Yield

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is directing government investment toward cultural and heritage sites to increase per-visitor spendi…

Venezuela Passes New Housing Law to Spur Construction After Quakes

Venezuela’s National Assembly has sanctioned a new housing construction law to replace older anti-fraud statutes, signaling a push…

Guyana to host 2027 Caribbean Energy Week as oil output nears 1 million bpd

Guyana will host the 2027 Caribbean Energy Week in Georgetown, highlighting the country's push to leverage its surging oil revenue…

Colombia Moves ProColombia Overseas Offices into Embassies to Cut Costs

Colombia’s new ProColombia director Samuel Bluman Levy will integrate the trade agency’s overseas operations into diplomatic missi…