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Rs 47,000 Crore Gone! Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Loses 25% Wealth To Loan Scam
News18
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July 30, 2025
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...
Seatrium to pay over S$240 million to Brazilian, Singapore authorities over corruption offences
The Business Times Singapore
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July 30, 2025
[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 Rio Times
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July 30, 2025
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...
Cultural vibrancy in Metro Van: How the Latin American community is contributing to the Lower Mainland’s rich identity
The Runner
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July 23, 2025
The Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre is just one of a number of organizations spotlighting Latin culture and heritage in the Lower Mainland. (Submitted) On a lively Vancouver night, a community hall lights up with the sounds of Spanish and...
$5.5 Billion gone in a day: How a bitcoin loan turned into a financial black hole for Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego
The Economic Times
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July 30, 2025
“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...
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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July 30, 2025
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...
Yucatán’s real estate industry is experiencing a slowdown
The Yucatan Times
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July 23, 2025
43 Since last year, Yucatán’s real estate industry has been experiencing a slowdown. This means fewer people are buying properties or investing in the sector, said Iván Cervera López, president of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Association...
ByteFederal Launches Crypto Real Estate Service in Florida, Partners with NEO and OPISAS
Bitcoin Magazine - Tennessee
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July 23, 2025
ByteFederal, a blockchain technology company, has launched a pilot program in Florida enabling real estate buyers to use bitcoin for property purchases, with settlements delivered in U.S. dollars to sellers. Announced on July 21, 2025, the service...
International real estate company acquires Polaris Fashion Place
WOSU - Ohio
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July 23, 2025
An international real estate company has purchased Polaris Fashion Place. O'Connor Capital Partners has been an investor in the Delaware County mall for more than a decade. The company announced Wednesday it now holds 100% ownership. In a...
500km-long Indigenous pilgrimage route in Mexico joins Unesco World Heritage list
The Art Newspaper
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July 29, 2025
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...
China-aided railway to help South American economy
China Daily Global
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By HELIO ROCHA in Juiz de Fora, Brazil | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-07-23 22:53 The Bi-Oceanic Railway connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across South America is about to become a reality. Brazil and China recently signed a...
SEPROD DOUBLES DOWN ON CARIBBEAN
Jamaica Observer
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July 30, 2025
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...
I’ve seen Latin America, but Mexico’s still my favorite country for retirement
Mexico News Daily
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July 18, 2025
It seemed like such a good idea at the time: My husband Barry and I would visit Cuenca, a UNESCO World Heritage city in the south of Ecuador, staying in a private home while en route to my nephew’s wedding in Lima, Peru. We belong to a...
Luxon vs Milei: Contrasting economic reforms in NZ and Argentina - Richard Prebble
The New Zealand Herald
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July 30, 2025
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...
Tulum real estate slows down after pandemic-era boom
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 23, 2025
Once hailed as Mexico’s real estate goldmine during the pandemic, Tulum real estate is entering a period of contraction. According to real estate consulting firm 4S Real Estate, home sales in the city have declined by 32 to 35 percent since 2023,...
Insights into Vesta Real Estate's Upcoming Earnings
Benzinga
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Vesta Real Estate VTMX is gearing up to announce its quarterly earnings on Thursday, 2025-07-24. Here's a quick overview of what investors should know before the release. Analysts are estimating that Vesta Real Estate will report an earnings per...
Polaris mall sold to international real estate company
The Daily Record - Ohio
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One of central Ohio's most popular malls has been bought by an international real estate development company. Polaris Fashion Place, located at 1500 Polaris Parkway in Columbus, was officially acquired by O'Connor Capital Partners as of July 23,...
Costa Rica Tops Latin America in Attracting Foreign Millionaires
Tico Times
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July 23, 2025
Costa Rica is a country that attracts millionaires. Projections indicate that by the end of 2025, a total of 350 foreign millionaires will have moved to the country. This makes it the Latin American country that attracts the most economic elite,...
Five Eastern Caribbean nations offering citizenship for investment
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 29, 2025
Five Eastern Caribbean nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia — are attracting increasing numbers of investors through their citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programs. These schemes allow individuals to...
Former Argentine senator arrested in Paraguay to be extradited
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 29, 2025
An Argentine court has ordered former senator Eduardo Kueider’s extradition from Paraguay. The ex-lawmaker, a Peronist turned Libertarian, had been arrested in December while trying to enter the neighbouring country with US$200,000 in undeclared...