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FalconX Expands into Latin America to Support the Region’s Largest Financial Institutions
FalconX, the leading institutional digital asset prime broker, announced the next phase of its global growth with expansion into Latin America. Now working with some of Latin America’s largest financial institutions—such as BTG Pactual and Mercado...

Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for July 30, 2025
Brazil’s financial markets open today amidst heightened uncertainty driven by U.S. tariff threats and domestic economic pressures. The looming 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian imports, effective August 1, 2025, jeopardize R$175 billion in export...

Caribbean Golden Visa offers fast-track citizenship to investors buying property
Caribbean golden visa programs are gaining popularity among wealthy foreigners who are willing to invest in a property to attain citizenship. There are five Caribbean countries, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint...

Brazil’s B3 Exchange Holds Ground as Risks Loom Over Trade and Central Bank Moves
Brazil’s financial markets showed resilience on July 29, with official B3 data confirming that the Ibovespa climbed 0.45 percent to close at 132,726. Despite global equity weakness and ongoing trade concerns, heavyweights Petrobras and Embraer...

Brazil to impose sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide
Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Brazil has announced a series of sweeping sanctions against Israel over what it has described as the regime’s ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 2023. Speaking at a high-level United Nations conference on...

Brazil withdraws from International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, joins ICC genocide case against Israel
View of "Sugarloaf" mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, as seen from the Corcovado mountain. November 14, 2015. Photo by Nati Shohat/FLASH90 Late last week, Brazil officially withdrew from the International Holocaust Remembrance...

Mexico softball breaks in new turf field before season
By Don Munsch, Editor Van-Far R-I School District will have a rollback in taxes, the district superintendent said Friday in an email. At the school board meeting July 17, Superintendent Natalie Gibson said the district’s financial assessment...

México Quetzales - Armadillos FC Crowned Champion at Phygital Contenders: Abu Dhabi - Football
In the span of 5 days, 21 clubs battled it out on both physical and digital stages to crown an overall winner Six clubs head to the Games of the Future 2025 this December taking place at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, UAE, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/...

Caribbean must shift from consumption to production, says Caribbean Export Development Agency head
Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Dr Damie Sinanan, is calling for the region to shift from being a consumer-based society to one that is driven by innovation, production, and export, warning that the region’s...
Seatrium settles Brazil corruption case; S$168.4 million financial penalty to Brazilian authorities
[SINGAPORE] Seatrium has on Wednesday (Jul 30) signed a leniency agreement with Brazilian authorities in relation to Operation Car Wash - a major corruption investigation in the country. It will make a final settlement payment of around S$168.4...

Caribbean seeks stronger Africa trade
Caribbean nations are looking to "decisively" broaden opportunities for trade with Africa, the secretary-general of its regional bloc said on Monday, in view of looming uncertainty with its more traditional trade partners. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT...

Brazil to sanction Israel over genocide in Gaza
Addressing a high-level United Nations conference on Palestine in New York, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said, as part of the punitive measures, Brasilia was to halt exports of military equipment to the regime. The nation, he added, had also...

When the Government becomes the Bank and the Beneficiary
- Advertisement - By Algernon Watts In the chaos of broken promises, ballooning debt, and a government that treats transparency as a threat, a single sheet of paper has emerged. A leaked letter dated January 20, 2020, signed by Prime Minister...
Telefonica books $59 million net loss in second quarter on currency swings
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish telecom giant Telefonica booked a net loss of 51 million euros ($58.93 million) in the second quarter due to currency swings and capital impairments on assets sold in Latin America. The company's net loss during the...

GO-Invest, Procolombia formalise partnership to advance regional trade, investment
IN a move aimed at deepening regional economic integration, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has entered a formal partnership with Procolombia, the national investment and trade promotion agency of the Republic of Colombia. According...

Why Brazil Might End Up With Higher Tariffs Than Any Other Nation
Brazilians are bracing for impact. Unless a last-minute negotiated solution is reached, the 50 percent tariff imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Brazilian imports is set to take effect on Friday, Aug. 1. If...

Etihad Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines launch loyalty partnership
Post Views: 106 Etihad Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines have launched a frequent flyer partnership agreement. The agreement enables members of both Etihad Guest and the Azul Fidelidade programme to earn and redeem their respective loyalty...

Seatrium to pay $168m to Brazilian authorities, $73m to Singapore authorities to settle corruption case
SINGAPORE – Singapore-listed Seatrium will pay financial penalties to Brazilian and Singapore and Brazilian authorities totalling $241.7 million to settle a long-drawn corruption probe in Brazil. The offshore and marine company, which was then...
Madrona expands finance partnership
Brazilian Highly Recommended firm Madrona Advogados has added firepower to its banking practice by hiring the co-founder of local outfit Vaz Barreto Shingaki e Oili Advogados as a partner. Subscribe to unlock unlimited access Get news, unique...

Ex-president Álvaro Uribe of Colombia Is convicted of bribery
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe in Medellín, Colombia, Nov. 9, 2020. Uribe, Colombia’s conservative former president who shaped the country’s politics more than anyone over the past 25 years, was found guilty on Monday, July 28, 2025, of...