The Rio Times · RT Nightlife Desk VAPORS OF MORPHINE + DEAN WAREHAM at Cine Joia 20h · DANIEL BOAVENTURA at Tokio Marine Hall · RED FLAME (tributo Simply Red) at Blue Note SP 22h30 · BLUE NOTE SP Feijoada com Samba 12h–16h Varanda Blue · Augusta + Vila Madalena Saturday peak · Cool dry […]

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The Rio Times · RT Nightlife Desk NAÇÃO ZUMBI “Afrociberdelia 30 Anos” night 2 at Circo Voador — sold out · BLACK PANTERA “Resistência! Ao Vivo” at Cordão da Bola Preta 19h · Rio Scenarium feijoada 12h–18h + night to 03h · Blue Note Rio Feijoada Raiz 14h–17h + 22h30 show · Carioca da Gema […]

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Argentine President Javier Milei and Economy Minister Luis Caputo unveiled on May 8 a “Super RIGI” investment regime that cuts the corporate income tax for qualifying mega-projects from 25% to 15%, allows companies to deduct 60% of investment in the first year, and eliminates export tariffs and import duties from day one. Caputo said the […]

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Argentina Súper RIGI Announced — Caputo: 15% Corporate Tax, 60% Year-One Depreciation, Zero Export Tariffs, US$140B Pipeline + Chevron US$10B Vaca Muerta — Bill to Congress Monday May 11 — US-Iran Fire Exchange in Hormuz: CENTCOM Says Iran Attacked 3 Destroyers, US Strikes Qeshm + Bandar Abbas, Iran Says “Crossed Point of No Return,” Trump: […]

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Saturday opens at 18°C in São Paulo with the autumn ridge holding 26°C and 10% rain ahead of Sunday’s frente fria, which pushes the city to 16°C with 55% rain. The Pinacoteca runs free admission Saturday 10h–18h across all three buildings, the institution’s weekly free programme, with Tayou’s Nocaute, Pedro Paulo Leal’s solo, and the […]

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Saturday opens at 24°C in Rio with the high-pressure ridge peaking at 32°C and 10% rain — the warmest day of the week and the hottest Saturday since Carnaval. The Museu de Arte do Rio runs free admission Saturday 11h–18h with the No Martins, 36th Bienal, and Guilhermina Augusti programme. The Saturday Carioca football lens […]

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Brazil’s April export value hit $34.148 billion, the highest monthly figure ever recorded since the historical series began in 1989, with the trade surplus reaching $10.537 billion (+37.5% YoY) on the back of an oil-price surge tied to the Middle East war and a record soy harvest. Oil-price increases pushed average crude export values up […]

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The Banco Central do Brasil bought $500 million in dollar futures on May 6, marking its first reverse-swap auction since November 2016 and signaling a turn in FX policy as the real surged 11% year-to-date and emerged as the best-performing major currency of 2026. Through the operation the BCB took the buy side of dollar […]

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The Neoenergia concession renewal triggered a R$47 billion ($9.5 billion) five-year investment commitment announced on May 8 across four Brazilian electricity distributors as their 30-year concession contracts move toward signature. Coelba in Bahia leads the package with R$25 billion ($5.1 billion) in capital expenditure through 2030, followed by Cosern in Rio Grande do Norte at […]

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Peru’s energy and economic outlook deteriorated sharply this week as state oil firm Petroperu faces refinery shutdowns and the BCRP three-month business confidence index fell to 44.6 points in April, the first negative reading in 2 years. The Iquitos refinery has paralyzed for lack of crude, and Talara (95,000 barrels per day capacity) and Conchán […]

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The Rio Times — USA & Canada Pulse Issue Nº 18 · ~3,800 words · 14 minute read US nonfarm payrolls rose 115,000 in April against a 65,000 consensus while unemployment held at 4.3 percent, but the BLS revised February down a further 23,000 to minus 156,000 and trimmed the three-month average to 48,000 jobs […]

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Embraer (NYSE: EMBJ, B3: EMBR3), Brazil’s flagship aerospace company and the world’s third-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, reported Q1 2026 adjusted net income of R$145.4 million ($29M), down 51.5 percent year-on-year from R$299.9 million, while delivering record first-quarter revenue of R$7.6 billion ($1.45B, +18% in BRL, +31% in USD), according to the SEC 6-K filing released […]

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