US Nonfarm Payrolls, Banxico Rate Decision, Copom Minutes, ISM Services, RBA Hike, Mexico CPI, ADP, Michigan Sentiment, Brazil Industrial Production Week Overview Markets digest last week’s seven-central-bank super week while facing a fresh batch of labor market and rate decisions. US Nonfarm Payrolls (Friday 8:30 AM, cons. +73K, prior +178K) is the week’s global anchor […]

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The Rio Times · RT SP Nightlife Desk Cold front arrives — high 18 °C, 25 % rain · Nômade Festival 2026 Day 2 closes at Parque Villa-Lobos · Carol Biazin 13h, Marcelo D2 14h25, Jota.Pê 15h55, Péricles 17h50, Urias 19h20, Zé Ramalho 20h55 closing · Time Warp official after at Praça das Artes from […]

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The Rio Times · RT Nightlife Desk Post-Shakira recovery day · Comlurb cleanup operation through the morning · Av. Atlântica releases vehicles 19h · Pedra do Sal Sunday roda from 6 pm · Beco do Rato feijoada Sun 12h with Grupo Nó na Madeira · Blue Note Rio Cozido & Bossa Nova 12h–17h · Bip […]

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The Rio Times · RT SP Nightlife Desk Time Warp Brasil Day 2 at Neo Química Arena · Sven Väth, Maceo Plex, Vintage Culture, Henrik Schwarz Live · 6 pm–6 am · Nômade Festival Day 1 at Parque Villa-Lobos · 12h–22h · Luísa Sonza, Gaby Amarantos, João Gomes, Jorge Aragão · Lobão Luau Indoor at […]

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The Rio Times · RT Nightlife Desk SHAKIRA at Copacabana — “Todo Mundo no Rio” · ~2 million expected · DJ Vintage Culture 17h45 · DJ Maz 19h–20h30 · Shakira 21h45 · After Papatinho + Melody from 0h15 · 1,500 m² stage · 7,927 security agents · MetrôRio Siqueira Campos main entry / Cardeal Arcoverde […]

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Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Brazil Saturday, May 2, 2026 · Weekend wrap: April closed, B3 reopens Monday May 4 The Big Three 1. The Ibovespa enters May at 187,317.64 — sitting exactly on the Kijun/Tenkan at 187,197, 121 points above the most important technical level in the chart — after April’s extraordinary 7% […]

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Petrobras Q1 Production Hits 3.23 Million Barrels Per Day — Búzios Sets Single-Day Record — Ecuador: Noboa Declares Curfew in Nine Provinces, 2,509 Homicides in Four Months, 100% Tariffs on Colombia Now Active — Lula Announces “Desenrola Brasil” Debt Relief Programme on National TV, Launches Monday — Brazil Fiscal Deficit Reaches R$199.6 Billion in March, […]

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Key Points —President Javier Milei’s approval rating fell to 35.5% in April from 44% in January, while disapproval climbed from 51.6% to 63%, according to AtlasIntel polling for Bloomberg. —Argentine sovereign dollar bonds maturing October 2028 — twelve months after the next presidential election — yield 8.3%, a 360 basis-point premium over comparable bonds maturing […]

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Key Points —São Paulo water utility Sabesp has hired Bradesco to prepare a potential bid for Copasa, the state-owned sanitation company of Minas Gerais, in a move that signals serious commitment to a cross-state acquisition. —Aegea Saneamento — backed by Itaúsa and Singapore’s GIC — is also evaluating a competing offer, setting up a head-to-head […]

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Key Points —Vale is leading a consortium with Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau to bid for Porto Sudeste, the iron ore export terminal in Itaguaí controlled by Trafigura and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala, in a deal valued near US$5 billion. —The package includes both Porto Sudeste in Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, and the Mineração Morro do Ipê […]

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Key Points —Kora Saúde, controlled by US private-equity fund HIG Capital, filed Wednesday night for an out-of-court restructuring covering roughly R$1.3 billion of financial debt at the holding level. —Total net debt closed 2025 at R$2.5 billion, with the gross-debt-to-EBITDA ratio at roughly 8x — pushed up by interest costs after a debt-funded pandemic-era hospital […]

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Key Points —Brazil’s nominal fiscal deficit reached R$199.6 billion in March 2026, the worst monthly figure since the COVID pandemic and far above the R$148 billion median Bloomberg forecast. —The consolidated public-sector primary deficit hit R$80.7 billion versus a R$3.6 billion surplus in March 2025, and the central government posted R$73.78 billion — the worst […]

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