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Brazil Attorney General’s Office requests that Meta remove illegal gambling ads
iGB
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August 14, 2025
Home > Offshore gaming > Brazil Attorney General’s Office requests that Meta remove illegal gambling ads 14th August 2025 | By Kyle Goldsmith With licensed advertising already under the microscope in Brazil, the Attorney General's Office is now...
Mexico Ships 26 Alleged Cartel Figures to US in Major Extradition.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 15, 2025
- Advertisement - Mexico has sent 26 inmates to the United States, all suspected of holding high-level roles in some of the country’s most powerful drug cartels. This is the second large prisoner transfer of the year. US officials said the group...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September
The Yucatan Times
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August 15, 2025
20 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a senior official familiar with the matter said Friday, August 15th. The meeting comes as America’s neighbors deal with U.S....
Brazil lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro meets US Treasury chief amid push for sanctions
The Gazette - Colorado
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro said on Friday he met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week, as he lobbies for sanctions against officials involved in the trial of his father, former President Jair...
Venezuelan Arsenal Grows as Russian Ties Face Limits in Cash and Crude
LatinAmerican Post
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August 15, 2025
An Americas Quarterly report shows that, under parading tanks and promises of missiles, Venezuela is tightening its bond with Russia. But behind the theater lies a harsher truth: Maduro wants investment, oil output, and loans. Moscow offers...
Venezuela’s Communal Project: A Conversation with Ángel Prado
Venezuelanalysis
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August 15, 2025
Ángel Prado is a founder of the El Maizal Commune in central-western Venezuela and a key leader of the Communard Union, an organization that brings together some eighty communes. Since June 2024, Prado has been Minister of Communes. In that...
Brazilian government announces a $5.5 billion package to counteract Trump’s tariffs
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 15, 2025
Writing and reporting by Camila Gutiérrez The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, launched the ‘Sovereign Brazil Plan’, a set of measures and initiatives aimed at offsetting the economic impacts of the 50 percent tariff imposed on...
Home Depot Vs. Lowe's: Which Is The Best Investment As Q2 Results Approach?
myMotherLode - California
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Friday, August 15, 2025 10:10 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Looking ahead to next week’s earnings lineup, retail earnings from Home Depot (HD - Free Report) and Lowe’s (LOW - Free Report) will be a highlight, and it may be a worthy topic of whether...
Brazil’s Market Tug-of-War: Locals Cash Out, Foreigners Double Down in 2025
The Rio Times
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August 15, 2025
Brazil’s stock market in 2025 reveals a sharp split between those who know the country best and outsiders chasing deals. Official data from B3 show that local institutional investors—such as pension funds and asset managers—have sold R$31.2...
Mexico’s ultra-low carbon methanol plant takes step towards completion
Lloyd's List
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A MEXICAN methanol mega-project has taken another important step to fruition, after a contract to build critical infrastructure was signed with an Italian engineering firm. Transition Industries has signed a heads of agreement contract with...
Finance | Challenges in Emerging Markets Investments
Press Banner - California
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August 15, 2025
“The U.S. innovates, China replicates, and Europe regulates.” —The Christian Science Monitor Developed Markets, Frontier Markets and Emerging Markets Trump tariffs (roughly 25%) punish American consumers, suppliers and foreigners (who will seek...
US court halts YPF share turnover in Argentina’s $16.1bn dispute
The Sun Daily
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August 15, 2025
NEW YORK: A US appeals court has temporarily halted an order requiring Argentina to surrender its 51% stake in YPF to satisfy a $16.1 billion judgment. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan paused the June 30 turnover ruling while...
Brazil SC to start Bolsonaro coup trial in Sept
BDNews24
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasília, Brazil, Aug 14, 2025....
Argentina rejects Perónist statism, as America embraces it
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - California
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August 15, 2025
SACRAMENTO—When economist Javier Milei won the Argentine presidency in 2023, the international media portrayed his victory in the light of America’s burgeoning populist movement. “Who is Javier Milei?” asked The Guardian. Describing him as the...
Venezuela Poised to Escalate Territorial Dispute With Guyana
Oil Price
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August 15, 2025
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Now that Trump has gotten himself involved in numerous conflict venues, Venezuela’s Maduro is testing to see if he’ll have the bandwidth for another: Guyana, which is gearing up for its general elections on...
Caribbean Flavours & Fragrances eyes $1-billion revenue mark as export push gains momentum
Jamaica Observer
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August 15, 2025
KELLY...we’re still having a lot of discussions with customers in the Dominican Republic. We are doing a little business in Dominican Republic and in Panama, and we’re hoping that based on some of the activities and some of the innovations that we...
Mexico Overtakes Brazil as Latin America’s Startup Investment Hub For First Time in Over a Decade
The Rio Times
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August 14, 2025
For the first time in more than a decade, Mexico has pulled ahead of Brazil as the main destination for startup investment in Latin America. Official data from the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) shows that in the first half of...
Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?
Offshore Engineer News
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August 15, 2025
by Melissa Lucio, Analyst, Latin America, Welligence Energy Analytics Aug 15, 2025 The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an...
Brazil announces US$5.5b in credits for exporters hit by US tariffs
The Gleaner
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August 15, 2025
The Brazilian government on Wednesday unveiled a plan to support local companies affected by a 50 per cent tariff imposed by the United States on several of the country’s exports. Dubbed ‘Sovereign Brazil’, the plan provides for a credit lifeline...
CIBC Caribbean’s 2025 Walk for the Cure and 5K set for September 27
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 16, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 6 Hrs Ago Robert Dumas, from left, chairman of the TT Cancer Society; Mahadeo Sebarath, head of country Trinidad CIBC; and Anthony Stoude, event director at the launch of the Walk for the Cure and 5K at CIBC Caribbean on Long...