Emerging Markets
Latin America, Africa and the Middle East: the currencies, commodities and companies of the emerging world.
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Caiado Asks Supreme Court to Lift Secrecy on Master, INSS Probes
Ronaldo Caiado used a nationally televised interview to appeal to Brazil's Supreme Court to lift the secrecy shielding the Banco M…
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Brazil Opens US$1.36 Billion Credit for Tariff-Hit Exporters
Brazil will channel US$1.36 billion in new financing to exporters hit by US tariffs under the Brasil Soberano plan. The provisiona…
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Brazil’s CVM Orders Oncoclínicas Tender Offer for Minorities
Brazil's securities regulator has ordered shareholder Centaurus to launch a tender offer for Oncoclínicas minority shares, in a ca…
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SureGifts Launches ‘Beyond Cash’ report as Nigeria’s corporate rewards economy hits ₦150 Billion
Twice as much reward value has been issued since the start of 2024 as during the entire preceding decade, while 79.1% of redemptio…
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Naira trades at N1,838/£1 against British pound as traders await US inflation data
Nigerian Naira shed slight value against the British Pound in the Nigerian market (both NFEM and parallel). The post Naira trades …
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Caputo to Unveil Economic Measures as Argentina Faces Arrears Crisis
Economy Minister Luis Caputo holds a press conference at 10:00 on Wednesday 26 August 2026 at the Palacio de Hacienda to announce …
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Brazil Overtakes Mexico as Latin America’s Top FDI Destination in 2026
Brazil received US$46.99 billion of foreign direct investment in the first half of 2026, about US$12 billion more than Mexico's re…
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Oil Slides as Iran-Oman Talks Fuel Hopes of Strait of Hormuz Reopening
Oil prices fell for a second straight session on Wednesday 26 August 2026 as Iran and Oman discussed a temporary joint shipping co…
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Chile GDP Flat in Second Quarter, Joint-Weakest in the OECD
Chile's economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026, posting zero growth and a year-on-year contraction. The figures landed in…
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Bolivia Swears In New Economy Minister as YPFB Owes US$1.056bn to Traders
President Rodrigo Paz swore in Christian Morales Burgos as Bolivia's new economy minister and told him to keep negotiating with th…
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Colombia Court Upholds Pension Reform but Returns Nine Articles
Colombia's Constitutional Court has upheld the core of the pension reform approved under President Gustavo Petro after two years o…
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CBN to sell N700 billion Treasury Bills today in second August auction
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on behalf of the Debt Management Office (DMO), will offer N700 billion across the 91-day, 182-d…
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Keeping Tango Alive Means Letting It Change: Ollantay Rojas on the Past, Present and Future of the Dance
Choreographer Ollantay Rojas curates tango at Casa de la Cultura, honours Claudio Segovia at the Buenos Aires Legislature and, wit…
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Atiku vows to restore petrol subsidy, rejects aide’s conflicting position
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that he will restore petrol subsidy …
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TotalEnergies Says Its Namibian Oil Decision Cannot Wait
The company says engineering is finished and contractor tenders will not stay valid indefinitely, putting pressure on talks with t…
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Grains Wrap: Corn Extends Rally, Soy Rebounds
Corn funds rose after the Pro Farmer tour cut the US yield estimate, wheat firmed on Black Sea disruption, and soybeans slipped de…
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Latin America Steel: SLX Gains, CSN Slips Tuesday
Latin American steel moved on Tuesday, August 25, 2026: SLX rose, Gerdau gained, CSN fell and Ternium edged up on tariffs and Chin…
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Oil Slides as Iran Sanctions Fail to Stop Selling
US crude proxy fell sharply Tuesday on Iran negotiation hopes and a surprise US inventory build. Petrobras, YPF, Ecopetrol tracked…
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Bitcoin Slips Under US$80,000; Stablecoins Rule LatAm
Bitcoin settled at US$78,565 on Tuesday after briefly piercing $80K. Altcoins fell harder while Latin American volumes stay domina…
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FG blames concessionaire for Benin-Asaba road failure, plans concession review
The Federal Government has blamed the concessionaire of the Benin-Asaba Expressway for the deteriorating condition of the highway …
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Zinc Wrap: Nexa Jumps 3.94% as LME Zinc Tightens Further
LME zinc held a four-year peak on Tuesday with cash at a $134 premium, lifting Nexa Resources 3.94% and Buenaventura 2.10%. Chines…
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Lithium Wrap: LIT, Albemarle, SQM Fall on Aug 25
LIT, Albemarle and SQM slid on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 as Chinese futures reversed. Read the Lithium Triangle and EV-battery dema…
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Iron Ore Wrap: Vale ADRs Rise 1.93% on Steady China
Iron ore held near flat on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, while Vale's New York shares jumped. Read the drivers for Brazil's mining gia…
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Dangote Refinery raises petrol price again to N1,200/litre
Dangote Refinery has raised its gantry price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, by N15 to N1,200 read more…