17+ hour, 55+ min ago (141+ words) Tonight in Rio: A low-key Monday with quintessential carioca rhythms'Pedra do Sal hosts its free Roda de Samba (from 19:00), Carioca da Gema features traditional Monday samba (19:30), Beco das Garrafas offers intimate bossa nova sets (20:00), and Rio Scenarium provides roots samba in its historic space (19:00). Links for details are below. ' Low-key Monday drinks and people-watching in expat-favored south zone spots. Centro warm-up: Start at Pedra do Sal (19:00) for street samba, then 15-minute walk to Carioca da Gema (19:30) or Rio Scenarium (19:00)'easy historic flow. Copacabana: Head to Beco das Garrafas (20:00) for bossa nova, with optional Blue Note detour'tranquil beachside Monday close. Listings gathered for Monday, November 24, 2025. Recheck venue sites for any last-minute programming close to showtime....

17+ hour, 52+ min ago (144+ words) Tonight's easy wins: Memorial da Am'rica Latina Concert Series (various genres) at Memorial da Am'rica Latina (Barra Funda), recurring jazz night at Bourbon Street (Moema), intimate programming at Casa de Francisca (Consola'o), and potential tribute or blues set at Blue Note (Paulista). Also notable: Ongoing theater or cultural events at Sala So Paulo (Campos El'seos) and bar scenes in Vila Madalena. " Start: Evening; Address: Praa J'lio Prestes, 16, Campos El'seos; Tickets: Cultura SP. " From ~20:00; Address: Rua Aspicuelta & surroundings; Info: Bohemian spots for spontaneous sets. 19:30 arrive in Consola'o " 20:00 Blue Note or Casa de Francisca " 21:30 rideshare to Barra Funda for Memorial concert (20:15, late catch) " end in Moema at Bourbon Street jazz. Note: Listings verified for Monday, Nov 24, 2025 (America/So_Paulo). Mondays are quieter; always recheck the ticket/venue page for last-minute changes....

17+ min ago (610+ words) Monday, November 24, 2025: Brazil's top court upheld preventive detention for a former president, shaping security and politics nationwide. City Hall released a study on narrowing income gaps and posted 1,832 job openings for Black Friday week. Overnight closures were set for key tunnels linking the North and South Zones. Summary: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court decided to maintain preventive detention for the former president, moving the case into a steadier, rule-bound phase. The vote unified justices behind the relator's position and emphasized compliance with prior court measures. In Rio, institutions and businesses tracked the ruling for any implications on demonstrations, protective advisories, or courthouse operations. Summary: The municipality released a new diagnostic indicating a reduction in the income disparity between Black and White residents. Why it matters: Better inclusion correlates with safer, more predictable districts'useful for expat families and employers choosing where to…...

16+ hour, 45+ min ago (347+ words) For decades, Costa Rica was sold as the "Switzerland of Central America: no army, stable democracy, rainforest tourism and the promise that serious violence happened somewhere else. That image drew investors and retirees. Today it is colliding with rising murders, entrenched cartels and corruption cases that reach into the state. The shift shows up in the data. Costa Rica logged 603 homicides in 2017 and 907 in 2023, a modern record. Security officials say criminal groups have multiplied from about 35 to 340 in a decade, turning parts of the country from discreet transit corridor into contested territory where gangs extort businesses, fight over ports and recruit teenagers. The crisis now reaches beyond poor neighborhoods. Former security minister and Supreme Court judge Celso Gamboa was arrested after a U.S. grand jury accused him of helping move cocaine, shortly after a constitutional reform allowed Costa Rica to extradite…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago (374+ words) Brazil's Army is quietly building something new in the Para'ba Valley: combat units designed from the ground up around drones. One will be a full drone battalion inside the Army Aviation Command in Taubat; another, a drone company embedded in the 12th Light Infantry (Airmobile) Brigade in Ca'apava. From there, they can be flown or trucked to almost any border or hotspot in the country within hours. On the surface this looks like a tech upgrade. The real story is deeper: Brazil's generals watched Ukraine turn cheap drones into the central weapon of modern land warfare. Ukrainian officers told them bluntly in a recent conference in Poland: adapt or your soldiers die. Drones there spot enemy trenches, guide artillery, deliver ammunition and even evacuate wounded. Whole battalions have been reorganised around operators, coders and electronic-warfare teams instead of only classic infantry....

23+ hour, 34+ min ago (415+ words) When Uruguay's regulator URSEC published its latest telecom report for the first half of 2025, one number stood out. Starlink already had 7,188 active satellite internet users between January and June. For a small country with fewer than 3.5 million people, that is a fast start for a brand-new player. The backdrop is a market that is both advanced and under pressure. Uruguay is a regional leader in fiber and was the first country in Latin America to launch commercial 5G. Nearly the whole territory can access fixed broadband thanks to years of investment by state operator Antel. Fixed broadband connections reached about 1.14 million by June 2025, up from roughly 1.12 million at the end of 2024 and 1.11 million a year earlier. Antel alone provides more than one million fiber lines, close to 94% of the fixed internet market. At the same time, older services are shrinking fast....

1+ hour, 54+ min ago (1308+ words) Brazil's financial markets open today against the backdrop of a deepening political rift in Bras'lia, where President Lula has weakened his grip on Congress after bypassing Senate leadership for a key Supreme Court appointment, triggering threats of fiscal "bombs" and clashes over anti-corruption bills. Public sentiment is shifting amid renewed concerns over corruption and spending, while the Supreme Court's decision to uphold former president Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence and preventive detention has further intensified the country's institutional debates. Lula insists Bolsonaro's jailing won't shake ties with Trump but voices growing fears over U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean near Venezuela. On a more optimistic note, consumer confidence rose to 89.8 in November on lower inflation and a stabilizing job market, bolstered by a R$261.9 billion tax revenue surge in September, though fiscal sustainability questions linger amid business distrust in spending plans. Lula also…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (357+ words) Brazil's political capital is on edge again. The once-stable alliance between President Luiz In'cio Lula da Silva and the leadership of Congress is unraveling, exposing deeper cracks in the way power really works in Latin America's largest democracy. The rupture began when Lula bypassed Senate president Davi Alcolumbre to name his own attorney-general, Jorge Messias, to the Supreme Court. Alcolumbre, who had championed another candidate, took the move as a personal slight. Within days, he warned that the government would "learn what it means not to have the Senate president as an ally." Since then, he has revived a series of costly spending bills, described in Bras'lia as fiscal "bombs," that could force the Treasury to release billions in parliamentary funds ahead of the 2026 election year. At the same time, Alcolumbre faces a political storm over Banco Master, a mid-size…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago (349+ words) Peru's economy expanded 3.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, up from 2.6% in the previous quarter and extending a seven-quarter growth streak. It marks a clear break from the 2023 recession, when protests and climate shocks briefly pushed output into reverse. The central bank says the latest numbers are powered mainly by private demand rather than a state spending surge. Private investment jumped 11.4% compared with a year earlier, its fastest pace in years, driven by a sharp rebound in mining projects and solid non-mining investment in construction and services. Business expectations have moved back into the optimistic zone, helped by low and stable inflation and a steady recovery in credit. Households are also spending again. Private consumption grew 3.6%, the eighth consecutive quarter of expansion, as more Peruvians found jobs and real incomes improved with inflation near the middle of the 13% target range....

54+ min ago (624+ words) A dramatic U-17 World Cup semifinal day in Doha set the regional tone. Brazil fell to Portugal on penalties, while Austria upset Italy to reach a first final. In Mexico, the men's Liguilla quarterfinals were locked in with an unusual schedule to ease security and traffic around Mexico City. Brazil's Monday slate in S'rie A delivered a clean Mirassol win and a survival-shaping draw for Santos in Porto Alegre. Colombia's cuadrangulares stayed heated off the pitch as officials released VAR audio from a debated Junior goal. Argentina's knockout round produced heavyweight movement, and Chile and Peru added clear-scoreline wins to close the night. Key facts: The semifinal finished 00 over 90 minutes before Portugal prevailed 65 in the shootout in Doha. Brazil converted four of the first five but missed in sudden death. Portugal advanced to the final for a first shot at the…...