Key Points —The US Department of Justice indictment against Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya describes a Sinaloa Cartel governor operation that allegedly began before the June 2021 election with a meeting between Rocha and Los Chapitos. —El País reported that President Claudia Sheinbaum sent intermediaries asking Rocha to step down before the indictment landed, and […]

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The Rio Times — USA & Canada Pulse Covering: Project Freedom Hormuz Operation · 15,000 Service Members · Iran Frigate Strike Claim · UAE Fujairah · S Korea Cargo · Brent $110 · Gas $4.46 · Touska 22 Sailors · War Powers 60-Day · Trump “Terminated” Letter · Collins-Curtis-Tillis-Murkowski-Hawley · S&P 7,230.12 ATH · Nasdaq […]

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Key Points —President Claudia Sheinbaum and Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard launched a new phase of the country’s investment strategy on Monday, framed as Plan México Acciones, with the business council seated up front. —The phase is meant to convert a $407 billion private-investment portfolio of 2,539 projects into actual construction by removing permitting bottlenecks at […]

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Key Points —Pemex disclosed in its annual filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the Pemex Cuba subsidiary Gasolinas Bienestar was renamed Servicios Logísticos Integrales Mumiya as of March 31. —The rename, authorised by the Secretaría de Economía led by Marcelo Ebrard, drops a brand identified with the previous López Obrador administration and […]

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Key Points —Pemex crude exports averaged 415,100 barrels a day in March, down 44.7 percent year on year, but the Mexican blend sold at $82.3 per barrel — the highest realised price since August 2022. —March crude-export revenue reached $1.059 billion, the first month above the billion-dollar threshold since October 2025 according to Pemex operating […]

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Key Points —President José Antonio Kast’s approval dropped to 29.1 percent in the second-half-of-April Pulso Ciudadano survey, the lowest reading of his eight-week-old government and a 4.2-point fall from mid-April. —Disapproval climbed to 55.6 percent and confidence in Kast collapsed to 23.6 percent, down 12 points from the 36 percent reading taken when he was […]

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The Rio Times — Europe Pulse Covering: UK Local Elections May 7 · Farage “Stunningly Well” · Reform +1,550 Councillors · Labour -1,900 · Net -53 Approval · Sunderland Thurrock Wakefield · Greens Hackney · Harborne £5M Referral · Merz -48 Approval · ZDF 54% · CDU Doubt · Macron 19% Last · Hollande 4% […]

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The Rio Times — Asia Pulse Covering: India State Election Upsets · West Bengal BJP · Tamil Nadu Vijay TVK · Kerala · SIR Controversy · KOSPI Record 6,936.99 · Samsung +5.44% · SK Hynix +12.52% · Lee Kun-hee Tax · Trump Project Freedom · Iran 14-Point Proposal · Bessent Economic Fury · Kuwait Zero […]

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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Covering: South Africa Xenophobia · Nine-Province Shutdown · Nigeria Summons High Commissioner · 130 Voluntary Evacuations · Two US Service Members Missing · Morocco Cap Draa · African Lion 26 · Taiwan President Lai Eswatini · Morocco Crown Prince RAF · Mozambique-US $537M MCC · Lobito Corridor Citi · […]

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The Rio Times · RT SP Nightlife Desk SP weekly reset day · Full circuit dark · Blue Note SP lunch only · Casa de Francisca evening dark · Borogodó dark Mon and Tue · D-Edge dark through Wed · Bar Brahma daily 11h–02h · Rabo di Galo from 7 pm · Mild Monday — […]

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