RIO DE JANEIRO—Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Wednesday they had found a haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons worth an estimated 3 million euros (approximately $3.4 million) at the home of a Brazilian man suspected of raping a minor. Rio’s civil police said they found more than 1,000 items at the home of…
Brazil Police Find Millions Worth Of Nazi Memorabilia at Home of Suspected Pedophile
Auto Output Dives in Brazil, Mexico as Chip Shortages Bite
MEXICO CITY/SAO PAULO—Automotive production in Brazil and Mexico, Latin America’s two largest economies, plummeted in September, dragged down by an industry-wide semiconductor chip shortage and railroad blockades in Mexico, data showed on Wednesday. Brazilian auto production was down 21.3 percent to 173,287 units in September from the same month in 2020, when the industry was…
2 Inert Grenades Found in Powder Caused Bridge Shutdown
WINDSOR, Ontario—The discovery of two inactive grenades inside a vehicle led to a seven-hour closure of Canada-bound traffic on the Ambassador Bridge at the busiest border closing with the U.S., Windsor police said Tuesday. The inert grenades were found submerged in an unidentified white powdery substance, police said, leading to the closure from about 9…
White House Confirms It’s ‘Working’ With Texas Officials to Prepare for Another Wave of Haitian Illegal Immigrants
October 5, 2021
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The White House confirmed it is helping Texas authorities prepare for a surge of tens of thousands of Haitians who are heading to the U.S.–Mexico border. “As you can imagine, we’re working with the leaders in the region on this issue of migrants coming to the border, but we do have a system in place…
Exclusive: Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Sees More Rate Hikes Coming
October 5, 2021
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MEXICO CITY—The Bank of Mexico’s cycle of interest rate hikes is not yet over and one or two more increases are likely amid concerns about inflation, though any monetary policy moves will depend on incoming data, Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath said. Expressing concern about above-target inflation, Banxico, as the bank is known,…
The Fable of the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
October 3, 2021
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Commentary The story of trade in our world is an ongoing fable of successes and failures, even as the setups to facilitate it are usually invariably designed to bring happily prosperous outcomes. Like all fables, there are lessons to be learned. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began as an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership…
Earthquake of Magnitude 5.9 Hits Peru-Brazil Border Region–EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Peru-Brazil border region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center said. The quake was at a depth of 370 miles, EMSC said.
Ecuador Declares Prison Emergency After 118 Killed in Riot
QUITO, Ecuador—Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least 118 people and injured 79 in what authorities say was the worst prison bloodbath ever in the country. Officials said at least five of the dead were found…
Mexico’s Central Bank Raises Interest Rate to 4.75 Percent Over Inflation Concern
The Bank of Mexico raised the benchmark interest rate by one-quarter percent to 4.75 percent in a 4:1 split vote on Thursday over short-term inflation concerns. The central bank of the second-largest Latin American economy, also known as Banxico, revised upward the inflation in the latest inflation forecasts because of “global inflationary pressures and bottlenecks…
Mexico Sends 70 Haitian Migrants Back Home by Plane
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s government sent 70 Haitian migrants back to Haiti on Wednesday in what it described as a “voluntary return” flight, days after the United States cleared thousands of Haitian illegal immigrants from a camp at the Mexican border in Del Rio, Texas. Mexico’s interior and foreign ministries said in a joint statement that the…
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