The Rio Times https://www.riotimesonline.com/ Latin America's Voice from Brazil Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:12:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.riotimesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-4-32x32.jpg The Rio Times https://www.riotimesonline.com/ 32 32 São Paulo Daily Brief for Saturday, April 18, 2026 https://www.riotimesonline.com/sao-paulo-daily-pinacoteca-free-sheyla-ayo-final/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:12:47 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651491 Welcome to your São Paulo daily guide for Saturday, April 18, 2026. The Pinacoteca runs its free Saturday across all three buildings: Pascale Marthine Tayou’s Nocaute fills seven Pina Luz galleries, Macunaíma é Duwid holds Pina Estação, and Cristina Salgado occupies the Octógono — all at zero cost. The MASP is also open with five […]

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]]> Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Saturday, April 18, 2026 https://www.riotimesonline.com/rio-de-janeiro-daily-brief-for-saturday-april-18-2026/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:04:23 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651489 Welcome to your Rio de Janeiro daily guide for Saturday, April 18, 2026. MAM Rio opens Rubem Valentim: a ordem do… — the first major retrospective in a decade of the Afro-Brazilian geometric modernist. Rio Fashion Week hits its closing runway at Pier Mauá with Lenny Niemeyer at 21h30. IEM Rio 2026 moves into Day […]

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]]> Bitcoin Price Today: $77K as Hormuz Opens and Oil Crashes 10% https://www.riotimesonline.com/bitcoin-77k-hormuz-opening-oil-crash/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:11:05 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651487 Rio Times Crypto & Perpetuals Brief Saturday, April 18, 2026 · Snapshot at 08:03 UTC The Big Three 1. Bitcoin surged above $77,000 after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” — the highest BTC price since early February — as oil crashed 10% and capital rotated from commodities into risk assets. BTC/USD trades […]

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]]> B3: Hormuz Reopening Turns Petrobras into the Drag That Unlocks the 200,000 Path https://www.riotimesonline.com/b3-hormuz-reopening-turns-petrobras-into-the-drag-that-unlocks-the-200000-path/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:51:14 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651484 Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Brazil Saturday, April 18, 2026 · Covering the session of Friday, April 17 The Big Three 1. Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz is “completamente aberto” — and oil crashed up to 14%, dragging Petrobras down nearly 7% and ripping the Ibovespa from an intraday high of 198,665 to […]

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]]> Latin American Pulse for Saturday, April 18, 2026 https://www.riotimesonline.com/latin-american-pulse-for-saturday-april-18-2026/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:24:56 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651480 Hormuz Reopened: Iran Declares Strait “Completely Open,” Brent Crashes 9% Below $90, WTI Hits $83 Intraday — Trump: “Deal Is Close,” Claims Iran Will Suspend Nuclear Programme and Ship 441kg Uranium to US — Tehran: “Nothing Is Certain Yet” — Petrobras Crashes ~7%, Ibovespa Falls Third Straight Session to 195,733 (−0.55%), but Real Strengthens to […]

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]]> Global Economy Briefing — April 18, 2026 https://www.riotimesonline.com/global-economy-briefing-april-18-2026/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:18:45 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651477 This global economy briefing covers Friday, April 17 — the day the war effectively ended. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” to all commercial vessels for the duration of the ceasefire, posting on X: “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait […]

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]]> The Domino Effect: Chile’s Deportation Flight Triggers Peru’s Border Lockdown https://www.riotimesonline.com/peru-chile-border-tacna-deployment-kast-deportations/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:11:45 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651461 Key Points — Peru’s Interior Minister José Zapata ordered an immediate reinforcement of the southern border in Tacna after Chile launched its first deportation flight, deploying 135 police officers — 100 of them transferred from Cusco, Ica, Arequipa, and Puno — The deployment includes motorized patrols, ATVs, drones for real-time aerial surveillance, and 10 illumination […]

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]]> Slim Proves Again He’s Latin America’s Smartest Commodity Trader https://www.riotimesonline.com/slim-sells-500-million-oil-stocks-hormuz-war-premium/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:04:33 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651459 Key Points — Carlos Slim’s investment vehicle Control Empresarial de Capitales has sold US$497 million in PBF Energy shares and nearly US$40 million in Talos Energy stock in 2026, reducing his PBF position by more than a third while both stocks surged over 30% — The PBF shares were sold at up to 268% above […]

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]]> Messi Acquires Spanish Club Cornellà, Matching Ronaldo’s Move Into Ownership https://www.riotimesonline.com/messi-buys-cornella-spanish-club-barcelona/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:02:17 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651456 Key Points — Lionel Messi has acquired UE Cornellà, a 75-year-old fifth-division Spanish football club located in the Barcelona metropolitan area, where the Argentine star moved at age 12 to join FC Barcelona’s youth academy — The purchase puts Messi in direct competition with Cristiano Ronaldo, who bought a stake in UD Almería in February […]

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]]> USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Thursday, April 17, 2026 https://www.riotimesonline.com/us-canada-pulse-bessent-sanctions-senate-vote-jobs/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:38:08 +0000 https://www.riotimesonline.com/?p=651455 The Rio Times — USA & Canada Pulse Covering: Treasury · Senate · Labour Market · Defence Secretary · Canada · Fed · Markets · Energy · Earnings · Tax Day What Matters Today 1 Bessent Declares US Launching “Financial Equivalent of Bombing Iran” — Treasury Threatens Secondary Sanctions on Banks in China, Hong Kong, […]

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