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		<title>Bahia&#8217;s New Cruise Season to Inject US$27.9 Million Into Brazil&#8217;s Northeast Economy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Diarra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bahia's 2026-2027 cruise season should bring more than 180,000 visitors and inject R$144 million (US$27.9 million) into the state's economy, with 47 ship calls in Salvador.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/bahia-cruise-season-144-million-2026/">Bahia&#8217;s New Cruise Season to Inject US$27.9 Million Into Brazil&#8217;s Northeast Economy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Senate Advances the End of the 6&#215;1 Work Schedule as the Election Clock Ticks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Diarra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rapporteur Omar Aziz kept the Chamber's text on the 6x1 work schedule and rejected all 12 opposition amendments. A pre-election floor vote now depends on a deal.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-6x1-work-schedule-senate-report-2026/">Brazil&#8217;s Senate Advances the End of the 6&#215;1 Work Schedule as the Election Clock Ticks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Senate Puts Critical Minerals Bill on Fast Track With Braga as Rapporteur</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Diarra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Brazil&#8217;s Senate will vote on the critical minerals bill in the week of 31 August 2026, with Eduardo Braga of Amazonas as rapporteur and about R$7 billion of public support on the table. The monetary council has cut sector credit to 3 percent a year.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-critical-minerals-senate-braga-2026/">Brazil&#8217;s Senate Puts Critical Minerals Bill on Fast Track With Braga as Rapporteur</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 28, 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rio nightlife tonight, Friday 28 August 2026: Lapa at full strength with Rio Scenarium, Carioca da Gema and TribOz, plus a sold-out Ajuliacosta show at Circo Voador.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/rio-de-janeiro-nightlife-tonight-august-28-2026/">Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight — August 28, 2026</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Quaest State Polls Map Brazil&#8217;s Divide: Flávio Bolsonaro Takes the North, Lula the Northeast</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Diarra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>New Quaest state polls give Flávio Bolsonaro Espírito Santo, Acre and Roraima, while Lula sweeps the Northeast with 50% in Bahia.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/quaest-state-polls-brazil-map-2026/">Quaest State Polls Map Brazil&#8217;s Divide: Flávio Bolsonaro Takes the North, Lula the Northeast</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Ceará Wins Largest New Export-Zone Investment With Voltalia Data Centre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amina Diarra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Brazil's export-zone council approved a Voltalia-linked data centre worth R$181.7 billion (US$35.3 billion) for Ceará, the second mega data centre for the Pecém complex.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/ceara-zpe-voltalia-data-centre-2026/">Brazil&#8217;s Ceará Wins Largest New Export-Zone Investment With Voltalia Data Centre</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Federal Public Defender Sues Braskem Over Abandoned Macei&#243; Salt Mines</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Brazil&#8217;s federal public defender sued Braskem for at least R$5 billion over 29.4 million tonnes of rock salt abandoned under Macei&#243;. The federal government is also a defendant, accused of failing to protect its mineral patrimony.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/dpu-braskem-maceio-salt-mines-lawsuit-2026/">Brazil&#8217;s Federal Public Defender Sues Braskem Over Abandoned Macei&oacute; Salt Mines</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>When an Off-Duty Officer&#8217;s Argument Ends in Gunfire in Rio</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkady Petrov]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A ten-year count credited to Fogo Cruzado records 194 people shot in arguments involving off-duty security agents in Rio. Nearly half of those killed were officers themselves.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/rio-off-duty-police-shootings-fogo-cruzado-2026/">When an Off-Duty Officer&#8217;s Argument Ends in Gunfire in Rio</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rio&#8217;s Fastest-Growing Drug Faction Now Sits on the Airport Road</title>
		<link>https://www.riotimesonline.com/rio-armed-groups-map-tcp-territory-avenida-brasil-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Rojas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A study credited to Fogo Cruzado and GENI/UFF puts 457,000 people in territory held by Rio's third-largest armed group. Its expansion now reaches the road every arriving traveller uses.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/rio-armed-groups-map-tcp-territory-avenida-brasil-2026/">Rio&#8217;s Fastest-Growing Drug Faction Now Sits on the Airport Road</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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		<title>Pernambuco Leads Brazil&#8217;s Northeast Growth in the First Half of 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rafael Silva Santos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pernambuco posted the strongest economic growth in Brazil's Northeast in the first half of 2026, expanding 4.47 percent on a restarted refinery, surging industry and record company creation.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/pernambuco-northeast-economic-growth-2026/">Pernambuco Leads Brazil&#8217;s Northeast Growth in the First Half of 2026</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com">The Rio Times</a>.</p>
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