Emerging Markets
Latin America, Africa and the Middle East: the currencies, commodities and companies of the emerging world.
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Bladex Lends US$125 Million to Argentina’s First LNG Export Project
The loan is a corporate credit facility, not the money that builds the plant. That distinction is the whole story. The post Bladex…
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Argentina’s Deputy Economy Minister Says Inflation Is No Longer the Problem
José Luis Daza told a Buenos Aires conference that inflation is not, for him, a subject any more. The July numbers are less relaxe…
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Ecuador Wants Guayaquil Wired Straight Into the Port of Shanghai
Shrimp, bananas, cocoa, coffee, flowers and tropical fruit are the six categories named. Nothing has been signed. The post Ecuador…
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A Peruvian Judge Just Dropped 14 Ex-Officials From a Pipeline Case
Twelve years of investigation ended for these 14 defendants because the prosecution did not prove its case. That is not the same a…
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Casas Bahia Has Filed for Court Protection Owing 17 Billion Reais. Banco do Brasil Is In for 2.9 Billion of It
Casas Bahia has filed for judicial recovery with R$17.3 billion of debt. Banco do Brasil is exposed for about R$2.9 billion of it.…
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Colombia Formally Charges the Man Who Ran Its State Oil Company Until Last Month
Colombia's Attorney General has filed written accusations against former Ecopetrol president Ricardo Roa in two separate criminal …
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Lima Gets an 80-Brand Gourmet Fair Next Saturday, and Entry Is Under Five Dollars
Expo Gourmet 2026 brings more than 80 brands to Lima on 29 August, with tastings and masterclasses for S/15, about US$4.50. The po…
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A Show About a Girl, a Grandmother and a Magic Box Plays Mexico City Twice on Saturday
MEXICA plays two performances only on 22 August at the Marketeatro in Mexico City's Roma, a multidisciplinary show on Mexican trad…
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Lulinha: Brazil Prosecutor Wants Lula’s Son Probes Out of Top Court
Brazil's Prosecutor-General's Office asked the Supreme Court to send the inquiries into President Lula's son to a lower federal co…
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Creamfields Argentina 2026: The Lineup, and US$138 All In
Creamfields returns to Buenos Aires on Saturday 14 November 2026, at Parque de la Ciudad in Villa Soldati. Charlotte de Witte, FIS…
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The Chiles en Nogada Origin Story Historians No Longer Accept
Augustinian nuns are said to have invented chiles en nogada for Agustín de Iturbide in 1821. Historians, INAH researchers and the …
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A Culture-Heavy Weekend in Córdoba, From About US$3 a Seat
Córdoba's state theatres run a symphony-and-chorus gala, a free community festival and a comic history of Argentine stagecraft. Al…
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Brazil’s Dario Durigan Pledges a Fiscal Squeeze if Lula Wins Again
Brazil's finance minister told Exame that a fourth Lula government would keep the arcabouco spending rule and sustain a fiscal eff…
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Brazil Bad-Loan Provisions Hit US$9.1 Billion as Defaults Climb
Brazil's four largest banks set aside about R$47 billion (US$9.1 billion) against bad loans in the second quarter, while industria…
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On Saturday, Chilean Restaurants Give Part of the Till to Families the Storms Left Without Roofs
On 22 August, Chilean restaurants and food trucks give part of the day's sales to TECHO-Chile for families hit by the winter storm…
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Rock in Rio Has Sold 8,000 Hours of Branded Experience, and That Is Not a Side Business
Rock in Rio 2026 carries more than 90 brands, over 100 activations and about 8,000 hours of branded experience across seven days. …
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What Is On in Mendoza This Friday, From a Soda Stereo Show to Free Stand-Up
Mendoza's Friday 21 August listings run from Soda Stereo ECOS at Arena Maipu to free stand-up comedy, across five departments. The…
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Colombia Gold Mine Collapse Kills 13 Miners in Nariño
Thirteen miners died and seven were injured when a slope collapsed at an artisanal gold pit in Policarpa, Nariño, after the Patía …
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Mexican Peso Hits a Two-Year High, Closing Below 17 to the US Dollar
Mexico's currency ended August 20 at about 16.96 to the US dollar, its firmest level since June 2024, while the government separat…
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Europe Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Sweden Held Still And Warned It Might Have To Raise
Sweden held at 1.75% for a seventh meeting and warned it may still have to raise, while German yields set a fifteen-year high and …
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Africa Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Ghana Asked For Dollars, Three Times Over
Ghana's central bank drew three dollars of bids for every one on offer, South African core inflation hit a two-year high, and Zamb…
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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: The Treasury Rewrote Its Own Buyback Plan
The Treasury will double its long-end buybacks from 9 September, Walmart raised guidance and fell 9%, and Canadian producer prices…
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Asia Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Japan Sold More Than Ever And Still Came Up Short
Japan set export and import records in July and still ran a US$4 billion deficit, while the Kospi rose 5.9% on a 40 trillion won S…
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Continental Resources Joins a US$4 Billion Argentina Shale Venture
Harold Hamm's Continental Resources will take half of Mercuria-controlled Phoenix Global Resources, in a Vaca Muerta venture plann…