Did the ayatollahs get one over on Trump?

Channelling Genghis Khan, Donald Trump threatened to make a “whole civilisation die tonight” unless he got his way, only to relent at the last minute after persuading himself that Iran should be... Read more »

PPI, China GDP, Beige Book — Rio Times

US PPI, China Q1 GDP, Fed Beige Book, ECB Accounts, Philly Fed, Brazil IBC-Br, Argentina CPI, UK GDP, IMF Meetings Week Overview The post-CPI recalibration week. After last Friday’s expected oil-shock CPI... Read more »

Russian psyops and the dance of the candidates

A former ally of the governing libertarian coalition recently repeated what the President’s unofficial biographer, Noticias  magazine journalist Juan Luis Gonzalez, explained in his notorious book El Loco (“The Madman”): Javier and Karina Milei... Read more »

US and Iran end ceasefire talks without an agreement

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks on Sunday without an agreement, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. officials said the negotiations collapsed over what they... Read more »

Cabinet chiefs past and present

This column’s thumbnail history of the post of Cabinet chief proposes to start with a left-handed defence of its current occupant, Manuel Adorni – not least because he is a prime example... Read more »

20,000 urban interventions and the energy of São Paulo’s urban art

In São Paulo, walls are rarely silent. They carry the visual pulse of one of the most dynamic urban art scenes in the world, layered over decades with graffiti, pixação, murals, and... Read more »

Wanted: A governing agenda for Javier Milei

President Javier Milei has lost all the improvement he gained in opinion polls after the October midterm elections victory last year. His approval ratings are now at their lowest level since he... Read more »

Historic stage set for Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasília 26 | News | Brasilia 26

The Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasilia 26 will break new ground this weekend as the global race walking community gathers in Brazil for a landmark edition of the championships... Read more »

Peru frontrunner vows to expel migrants, further Latin America’s rightward tilt

Presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori vowed expel illegal migrants, attract US investment and extend a conservative tide sweeping power in Latin America, in an exclusive interview with the AFP news agency on the... Read more »

Brazil Lets Rio de Janeiro Drift

Rio de Janeiro has been without a governor for weeks, and the crisis is no longer just constitutional theater. It is exposing how fragile Brazilian state power can look when crime, fuel... Read more »