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Argentina’s Steel Production Fell 8.6% in June
Referential image of a steel production factory. Photo: SteelRadar July 28, 2025 Hour: 5:43 pm Crude steel production in Argentina reached 320,100 tons last June, a drop of 8.6% compared to May, according to industry data released this Monday....

Discovering South America: A Tourist’s Handbook
Chapter 1: Introduction to South America Overview of the Continent South America is a continent that boasts a rich tapestry of cultures, landscapes, and histories, making it a prime destination for tourists from around the globe. Stretching from...

Rs 47,000 Crore Gone! Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Loses 25% Wealth To Loan Scam
Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 14:06 IST Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas lost 25% of his $16 billion fortune in a global loan scam run by fraudsters posing as Astor heirs, triggering legal action and market shock Salinas' legal team has frozen...

Construction Projects Facing Delays Under Threat of ICE
Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of Mobile. The site is eerily quiet. Last month, the $20...

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 29, 2025 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $4.38, expectations were $4.09. Operator: Good morning. My name is Regina, and I will...
Seatrium to pay over S$240 million to Brazilian, Singapore authorities over corruption offences
[SINGAPORE] Seatrium is putting a long-running corruption case behind it with the payment of financial penalties of more than S$240 million to the authorities in Brazil and Singapore. On Wednesday (Jul 30), the company announced that it signed a...

High Hotel Prices Risk Excluding Poor Nations at Brazil’s COP30 Climate Conference
The United Nations climate conference COP30, set for November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, faces an unexpected challenge: sky-high accommodation prices that may stop poorer nations from joining critical talks. Around 45,000 people are expected, but...

$5.5 Billion gone in a day: How a bitcoin loan turned into a financial black hole for Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego
“I feel like an absolute idiot. How could I fall for this?” said Ricardo Salinas Pliego, 69, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. The Mexican billionaire, who owns Grupo Salinas, lost close to $400 million in what turned out to be a...

Sharjah Real Estate Transactions Surge 48.1%
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) Sharjah - The real estate sector in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, recorded transactions worth AED 27 billion, equivalent to USD 7.35 billion, during the first half of 2025, a 48.1% increase from AED 18.2...

SEPROD DOUBLES DOWN ON CARIBBEAN
SCOTT...we can move duty-free to a shelf anywhere in the Caribbean (Photo: Joseph Wellington) SEPROD Limited is accelerating its regional expansion as newly imposed US tariffs begin to weigh on product performance, particularly in its biscuit...

500km-long Indigenous pilgrimage route in Mexico joins Unesco World Heritage list
Mexico’s Wixárika route through sacred sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé) was added to Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites earlier this month, becoming the country's 36th listed site and, in many ways, its most unique. Spanning 500km across...
Real estate group RAGHSA launches first Argentine IPO of 2025
Credit: Shutterstock/Lazy_Bear Argentine real estate developer RAGHSA has enlisted Bruchou & Funes de Rioja to launch a US$33 million initial public offering (IPO), marking the first time a company has debuted on Buenos Aires’s stock exchange so...

International home shoppers are buying lots of South Florida’s newest housing, report says
International demand has been high for South Florida’s newest housing — with shoppers abroad buying up nearly half the region’s newly built residences, according to real-estate data released Monday. The Miami Association of Realtors looked at more...

Argentina rises on the global tanker map as shale exports surge
Argentina is poised to become a far more prominent fixture on the global crude oil shipping landscape, with soaring shale output and major infrastructure investments unlocking new export opportunities and driving increased demand for mid- and...

Argentina and US advancing in construction of an integrated naval base in Tierra del Fuego
Monday, July 28th 2025 - 08:45 UTC US Southern Command chief Admiral Alvin Holsey when visiting Argentina and meeting President Javier Milei The Argentine government shipyard Company Tandanor has finished the flat cement foundation on which the...

Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for July 28, 2025
Brazil’s financial markets open today under continued pressure from U.S. trade tensions and domestic fiscal challenges. The U.S.’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, effective August 1, 2025, threaten R$175 billion in export revenues. A FIEMG study...

Wellness Real Estate Market Reached $584 Billion in 2024 and Is Forecast to Double to $1.1 Trillion by 2029
Global Wellness Institute unveils major update of its groundbreaking 2018 report, Build Well to Live Well, packed with new data, global project examples, and impact studies for the wellness real estate market––which has been growing an...

Luxon vs Milei: Contrasting economic reforms in NZ and Argentina - Richard Prebble
Argentina’s situation was dire. When Milei took office, inflation was running above 200%. The economy was in recession, foreign reserves were nearly exhausted and the country was once again dependent on an IMF bailout – its ninth default. New...

Brazil’s Billion-Dollar Farmland Boom Transforms Mato Grosso into a Prime Investment Hub
A surge in farmland prices has turned Mato Grosso, Brazil’s agricultural heartland, into an investor magnet, according to Scot Consultoria. Between 2019 and 2024, the value of agricultural land rose 113.3%, and pastureland jumped by 116.3%. Both...

Viridis nabs $11.5M raise to fast-track Brazilian rare earths play
Viridis Mining and Minerals has supercharged its war chest with a heavily oversubscribed $11.5 million placement from a raise that drew in heavyweight institutional interest and sent its share price up about 20 per cent to $1.19. The deal was...