1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1158+ words) USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: a divided Congress passed the largest housing law in a generation, then the President abruptly paused the signing, as a left-wing wave swept New York's primaries and Canada met its housing strain with careful,…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1113+ words) Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: from a governor's re-election in Nigeria to a coalition power struggle in South Africa and a tense Kenyan treasury, the continent spent the week arguing over a single question " who really holds the power to…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (966+ words) The break: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, ending a two-year alliance. The deadlock: Sonko, who has a large youth following, has refused to back the new government, raising fears of paralysis. The…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (671+ words) The latest US Cuba sanctions target the one bank that foreign companies on the island can hardly do without, and the timing could not be more pointed. On June twenty-third, the United States added five Cuban state entities and one…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago  (844+ words) The Peru election Fujimori spent fifteen years chasing has tipped her way after a two-week count, putting her on the brink of the presidency, even as her opponent refuses to concede. After one of the closest finishes in its modern…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago  (678+ words) A proposed Brazil judge dismissal rule would end one of the country's strangest privileges: punishing wrongdoing on the bench with a comfortable, paid retirement rather than the loss of the job. For years, the toughest thing that could happen to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (755+ words) Latin America " Defense " Analysis The Latin America arms buildup of 2026 is real but narrower than it looks, a run of large, headline defense orders rather than a region-wide spending boom. In the space of a few months, several Latin American…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (668+ words) Brazil " S'o Paulo " Housing A quiet S'o Paulo property push is handing residents the one document that turns a home they live in into one they legally own, free of charge. On June 17, S'o Paulo's city hall handed out 670 free…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (661+ words) Brazil " Rio de Janeiro " Cities A fresh wave of federal money is heading into the Rio favela districts of Rocinha, Alem'o and Mar, the latest sign of Bras'lia spending directly on the city's informal neighborhoods. On Monday, President Luiz In'cio…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (580+ words) Mexico has quietly shut the door that let well-off newcomers skip straight to permanent residency. Under financial-solvency guidelines in force since mid-2025, only retirees and pensioners can still apply for permanent residency directly from abroad. For years, applicants with enough savings…...