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Lights out in Laos as electricity exports surge
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (754+ words) Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the "Battery of Southeast Asia", powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and Vietnam are…...
Vance-linked group approaches Flávio Bolsonaro for anti-China minerals deal
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (348+ words) A proposal tied to JD Vance's Rockbridge Network sought to build a Brazil-to-US rare earths pipeline, with strings attached to Bolsonaro's presidential ambitions A political operative with ties to Brazil’s Bolsonaro dynasty drafted a proposal for the Rockbridge Network, a…...
Fuego Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 17,000 ft (5,200 m) as of Sep 13, 01:10 UTC
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Brazil's Casas Bahia Is in Court-Supervised Reorganisation With US$3.4 Billion of Claims
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (815+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” This is reorganisation, not liquidation. The company keeps trading, keeps its stores open and gets six…...
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella Loosens Restrictions on Being Armed for Self-Defense
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (175+ words) Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella issued a decree loosening a decades old restriction on carrying firearms in public for self-defense. BBC reported that the restriction had barred “even those in possession of a permit to carry guns” from being…...
Fuego Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 17,000 ft (5,200 m) as of Sep 12, 18:20 UTC
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Kast at Six Months: 34 Percent and a Stalled Security Reform
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (685+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” Six months in, Chile’s president has a third of the country behind him, a stalled economy…...
Santiaguito Volcanic Ash Advisory: ash plume to 14,000 ft (4,300 m) as of Sep 12, 17:40 UTC
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France Sends Its Trade Minister to Panama With the Canal First
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (601+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” France is sending its trade minister to Panama with the Canal at the top of the…...
Coast Chronicles: Spanish moss is good for history and money
1+ day, 15+ min ago (1294+ words) Spanish moss did not originate in Spain. It is not moss. It is not a parasite. And it does not kill trees. But is that really hair from a Spaniard's beard at the core of each long strand of moss?...