Milei’s peso bucks EM losses on shale, agriculture boom

For more than a decade, investors could rely on the Argentine peso to do one thing – plunge. Now, as the war in Iran roils global markets, it’s thriving.  The peso was one... Read more »

$4 Gas, Tariff Expiry, Jobs — Rio Times

1 US Gasoline Hits $4.02 Per Gallon — Largest Monthly Surge in GasBuddy’s History as Diesel Reaches $5.45 and Consumer Pain Reshapes Midterm Politics Today’s USA and Canada intelligence brief leads with... Read more »

‘Sadism is not a political ideology nor a strategy of war, but a moral perversion’

Argentina, like most of the so-called ‘Western world,’ is suffering from an acute loss of trust in democracy and its main institutions, including journalism. Fifty years on from the coup d’état that... Read more »

Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal... Read more »

Study: Eight in ten low-income workers are in insecure employment

Some 84.8 percent of workers in the lowest income quintile – that is, the bottom 20 percent of earners – are in insecure employment in Argentina, meaning roughly eight in ten are... Read more »

Interlagos at your doorstep: Fernando Barrichello’s Hometown Tour

AIX Racing’s Fernando Barrichello had the unique experience of growing up with motorsport royalty on his doorstep as he revealed while giving us a tour of his hometown. The Sao Paulo native... Read more »

Milei targets 70 repeal of laws in deregulatory push

President Javier Milei’s government has reintroduced a sweeping legislative package to Congress aimed at eliminating outdated laws and curbing state funding for local political organisations, part of the administration’s broader ‘chainsaw’ deregulatory... Read more »

Government cancels R$ 25 million “celebration” for Brasília’s anniversary and allocates funds to health.

Decision redirects millions from traditional event to strengthen primary care in the DF amid budget constraints and a promise to expand medical teams in the public network. The governor of the Federal... Read more »

The war with Iran may be ushering in a new nuclear age

Donald Trump’s willingness to attack adversaries while rattling allies is threatening to push the world into a new nuclear age.  From the North Atlantic to the West Pacific, governments are debating more publicly... Read more »

Master scandal rattles Brazil’s political establishment

The case has triggered the biggest political and financial scandal of the republic, reaching influential politicians, officials across all three branches of government and senior Central Bank personnel. A Federal Police investigation... Read more »