OTTAWA — A free market think tank is warning Canadians not to believe the hype surrounding the suddenly fashionable idea of city-run grocery stores. Read More

Today, we present the female musical group “La Banda en Flor” de Chile with a video of the song “Aguanta Maipo”. (2014)

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Millennials were twice as likely to live with their parents in 2021 than baby boomers were at the same age, a trend that was particularly acute in expensive cities but not fully attributed to affordability challenges. Read More

The U.S. and Iran were circling around a fresh proposal to end the war on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump searches for an exit from a conflict that has elevated energy prices and damaged his political standing. Read More

A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein, which his former cellmate said he discovered tucked in a book, was released by a federal judge on Wednesday. Read More

The Trump administration is studying using oil under land at U.S. military bases and other Department of War sites to help refill the nation’s depleted emergency reserves, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read More

Margarita Fresco from Cuba took our photo of the day: "The Joy of a Bakery in Revolution", in Havana,

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Highs will be between 30 and 32ºC (86 and 90ºF), and lows between 21 and 24ºC (70 and 75ºF). Sea surface temperature will be 28ºC (82ºF).

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Braskem (B3: BRKM5), Latin America’s largest petrochemical company, released its Q1 2026 operational report on Tuesday May 5, showing Brazilian resin sales of 782,000 tonnes (down 3 percent year-on-year) and chemical sales of 622,000 tonnes (down 2 percent), with domestic ethylene utilisation falling to 69 percent from 74 percent a year ago, according to the […]

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Ecuador’s electricity deficit problem worsened on Monday, May 4, 2026 when the Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (Celec) declared its 77 million dollar tender for a 50 MW diesel-generator lease at Pascuales failed because all four bidders were disqualified for missing minimum requirements or contract deadlines. The collapse marks the second power-contract failure in less than […]

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Paraguay construction debt is being cleared on schedule, the Ministry of Public Works (MOPC) confirmed on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, after the government released 106 million dollars to road and infrastructure contractors in April against an original target of about 60 million dollars. The Santiago Peña administration committed in mid-April to disburse a total of […]

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Prio S.A. (B3: PRIO3), Brazil’s largest independent oil producer, reported Q1 2026 net income of US$460 million on Tuesday May 5, up 33 percent year-on-year from US$345 million, with adjusted EBITDA surging 91 percent to US$852 million on record production of 155,400 barrels per day, according to the company’s earnings release filed with CVM and […]

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