Emerging Markets

Argentina Inflation Ticked Up to 2.1% in July, Ending a Three-Month Slowdown

Argentina's monthly inflation ticked up to 2.1% in July 2026, according to the official statistics agency INDEC, ending three stra…

Nubank Q2 2026: Profit Tops US$1 Billion for the First Time

Nubank has crossed a threshold no Latin American fintech had reached before, posting US$1.061 billion in net income in the second …

Tanzania’s Stanbic Bank Launches Direct Yuan Settlement for China Trade

Tanzania · FINANCE Key Facts —Launch date: Stanbic Bank Tanzania launched the direct RMB settlement service in Dar es S…

South Africa’s Ramokgopa Says Coal Exit Won’t Follow Foreign Agendas

South Africa · ENERGY Key Facts —Coal dependence: Coal supplied about 83% of South Africa’s electricity generatio…

Indonesia Plans to Cut State Firms From 1,000 to 250

Indonesia · ECONOMY Key Facts —The target: President Prabowo Subianto wants to cut state-owned entities from more than …

Netstar Turns to AI to Regain Ground in Vehicle Tracking Market

South Africa · TECHNOLOGY Key Facts —Market position: Netstar held 46.2 percent of South Africa’s vehicle trackin…

Bolivia Dollar Withdrawals Reach US$5,000 From Friday 14 August

From 14 August 2026, Bolivia's central bank lets savers holding US$3,001 to US$5,000 withdraw their dollars in cash, the second st…

Brazil Decrees Unlock Hydrogen, CCS and SAF

Brazil · Energy What happened: On 12 August 2026, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed decrees regulating low-carb…

Paraguay Residency, the Cheap South American Route, Just Changed Its Rules

Since 6 July 2026, Resolución DNM 407/2026 has applied a single economic-solvency test across Paraguay's residency categories, res…

MST Paints US Embassy in Brasília: ‘They Profit From Death’

Brazil · Politics What happened: Activists spray-painted the wall of the United States embassy in Brasília early on Thur…

What a SAT Invoice Really Needs, and Why Clients Can’t Demand Your Constancia

Mexico's SAT has confirmed that issuing a CFDI invoice requires only the recipient's RFC, name, postal code and tax regime, all ve…

Chile Tax Reform Clears Congress With a VAT Break for New-Home Buyers

Chile's tax reform, the overhaul known locally as the megarreforma, has cleared Congress and now awaits the president's signature.…

How Ending a Fuel Subsidy Turns Into Inflation

Europe · Inflation Key Facts Price spike German fuel prices rose 11.2% month-on-month in July 2026, with diesel up 12.6% and …

Malaysia Is Rebuilding Its Power Grid for Foreign Data Centers

Asia · Energy Key Facts Data surge Data centers will use about 7% of Peninsular Malaysia’s electricity in 2026 and 31% …

The Lobito Corridor: A New Railway for African Copper

Africa · Infrastructure Key Facts Loan approved The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board approved a US$255 million loan on 6…

Germany and Italy Share the Euro but Not the Same Inflation

Europe · Inflation Key Facts German gap Germany’s July 2026 headline inflation hit 2.8%, while core inflation fell to 2…

The Renminbi Is Becoming a Hedge Against the Dollar

China · Currencies Key Facts Hedge shift Chinese firms now hold the yuan as a store of value, not just for payments, per a UO…

How Taurus Won a US$7.3 Million Philippine Army Rifle Contract

The Brazilian gunmaker Taurus won a roughly US$7.3 million contract to supply 12,412 T4 5.56mm rifles to the Philippine Army, anno…

Brazil’s Army Puts Anti-Drone Defense to the Test in Goiás

Brazil's Army has tested anti-drone defenses during Sagitta Primus 2026, an exercise at the Campo de Instrução de Formosa in Goiás…

Prosecutors Ask Brazil’s Top Court to Keep the Ban on Flávio Bolsonaro Visits

Brazil's Prosecutor-General's Office has asked the Supreme Federal Court to keep the ban on Flávio Bolsonaro's visits to his fathe…

A Margaritaville Resort Is Coming to Roatán in 2027

Honduras · Tourism Key Facts Resort name Margaritaville Island Reserve Resort Roatan, in Turtling Bay. Developer pair Karisma…

Mexico Approves the World’s First RNA Biofungicide, Drawing a US$100 Million Bet

Mexico · Agriculture Key Facts World first Mexico’s Cofepris granted the world’s first sanitary registration for …

Mexico Pushes for Lower US Auto Tariffs as the T-MEC Review Heads to a Fourth Round

Mexico · Trade Key Facts Review date The first USMCA/T-MEC joint review was held on 1 July 2026; the treaty remains in force …

FEMSA Scales Bara, Its Discount Chain Growing Faster Than OXXO

Mexico · Retail Key Facts Store count Bara operates in 8 states with roughly 700 stores, about half concentrated in Guanajuat…