Taylor Swift fans are considering flying to Buenos Aires to take advantage of bargain tickets due to high inflation

fortune.com Taylor Swift tickets may cost a fortune in the US, but 100% inflation in Argentina is about to make her highly coveted concert a world-class bargain. Excluding fees, tickets…

Kid Cudi Is ‘The Best Daddy’ Ever After Scoring Taylor Swift Tickets for His Teen Daughter

billboard.com Kid Cudi is in the running for the father of the year award — at least, according to his 13-year-old daughter, Vada Mescudi. On Friday (June 2), Cudi shared a sweet text his…

Ecuador’s president Lasso bows out of August election

ft.com Latin American country’s leader had dissolved congress and called snap poll after facing impeachment charges

Taylor Swift Expands Her The Eras Tour With New Dates

forbes.com Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour has quickly become one of the highest-grossing treks of the year. Known for her immense popularity, getting tickets to Swift’s latest shows has…

Taylor Swift Adds International ‘Eras Tour’ Dates With Support from Sabrina Carpenter

variety.com Taylor Swift shared the first round of international tour stops for her “Eras Tour,” on Friday morning. Swift will play three dates in Mexico’s Foro Sol stadium starting…

Taylor Swift Announces Latin American Eras Tour Shows, Promises ‘Lots More’ International Dates

billboard.com The Eras Tour is going global. After keeping fans waiting for months, Taylor Swift announced Friday (June 2) that she’s bringing her best-selling show to Latin America with…

We Need To Create Jobs In Ukraine. Let's Start With Adtech & Video Production

mediapost.com The war in Ukraine hangs over all of us, as a Russian autocracy has invaded an emerging democracy, threatening so much of what we all care about -- and committing horrible…

The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti Come Together on ‘Popular’ Track: Stream It Now

billboard.com Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye recruits the original pop idol Madonna and Playboi Carti for their new single “Popular,” which dropped Friday (June 2). The single arrives ahead of…

DACA program is debated in court before judge who ruled it unlawful

nbcnews.com Attorneys representing young immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, defended the legality of the program before a…

Japan's Largest Airline Group ANA Launches NFT Marketplace

coindesk.com Japan's largest airline group holding company All Nippon Airways (ANA) has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace featuring aviation photography, digital…

Why brands shouldn’t wait until 2026 to invest in the Mexican Men’s National Team

adage.com To understand how invested fans are in the Mexican Men’s National Team, consider three key stats from the 2022 World Cup: • The Mexican National Team’s World Cup jersey was…

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" defies boundaries of animation

axios.com "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" — one of the most anticipated movies of the summer — is defying the boundaries of animation. Why it matters: The film, out Thursday,…

BRICS: European Countries Requesting Membership Into the Bloc

watcher.guru With the annual BRICS summit arriving in August, South African BRICS Ambassador, Anil Sooklal said European countries have requested membership in the bloc. Speaking amid…

The Chinese Yuan could finally become a fierce competitor for the US dollar

fortune.com The Chinese economy’s sheer size and rapid growth are impressive. China maintained one of the highest economic growth rates in the world for more than a quarter of a…

BRICS: What Happens if Mexico Joins the Alliance?

watcher.guru Mexico is among the 19 countries that have expressed interest to join BRICS but has not formally sent its application, reported Bloomberg. If Mexico officially applies to…

Mexico Is Outpacing LatAm Economies. Can It Continue?

forbes.com The Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Argentine peso and other Latin American currencies have either fallen or remained flat against the U.S. dollar in 2023 • Supported by…

Gulf nations invest in Latin America energy projects

arabnews.com SAO PAULO: As Latin American countries have been moving to enhance their energy infrastructure and meet the needs brought by economic development, investors worldwide have…

What To Eat, Drink And Do In London This Summer

forbes.com With its trove of spectacular sites and preserved history, London has long enjoyed status as one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet. Nowadays more and…

Olé Life wants to make buying life insurance for Latin Americans easier

techcrunch.com Life insurance isn’t something that young, healthy people typically consider buying. It also isn’t always that accessible to those with lower income or easy to buy: It can…

Singapore Tech Giant Sea Pulls Plug on Investment Arm

asiafinancial.com Southeast Asian e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd is disbanding its investment arm amid worries over the global economic picture. Sea Capital stopped new equity investing…

Crypto.com Unveils Payment Feature in US, Offering Rewards and Wide Brand Selection

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Crypto.com Unveils Payment Feature in US, Offering Rewards and Wide Brand Selection On May 31st, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com announced the…

Firms are bringing production back home because of the Ukraine war, China's slowdown

cnbc.com A new "reshoring" trend is set to upend global supply chains as firms look to source products — such as clothes and computer chips — closer to home, turning away from…

Neobanks should take heart from Monzo’s performance in 2022

techcrunch.com UK-based neobank Monzo has had quite the bittersweet year. The company’s full-year financial results for 2022 paint a picture of a business that’s growing rapidly, though at…

NewsNation appoints Martin co-anchor

talkingbiznews.com The following excerpt was sent out from Editor & Publisher: NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing cable news network, today announced that its Dallas-based correspondent…

Banking On China, Argentina’s Economy Minster Sergio Massa Secures Financing Ahead Of Disputed Presidential Elections

forbes.com As it looks to shore up its foreign exchange reserves in the midst of triple digit inflation, the Argentine government secured some $1 billion in financing from Chinese…

In Latin America, China Gets Down To Business As U.S. Dithers

zerohedge.com In Latin America, China Gets Down To Business As U.S. Dithers Authored by Addison Graham via RealClear Wire, Before COVID-19 raged through Chile in all its lethal power,…

Luis Fonsi’s ‘Buenos Aires’ & More Must-Hear New Latin Music Releases

billboard.com In a special edition of New Music Latin, Billboard‘s Latin and Billboard Español editors have compiled a list of five must-hear new Latin songs that dropped over the past…

Lens Social Media Protocol Unveils Layer 3 Scaling Solution

thedefiant.io Lens, the decentralized social media protocol from the team behind Aave, has begun beta-testing Momoka, a bespoke Layer 3 scaling solution. “The main challenge for…

Is Chevron Stock A Buy Or A Sell Right Now After Bolstering Assets With $6 Billion Deal?

investors.com Dow Jones energy giant Chevron (CVX) was a strong candidate for investors looking to grab a piece of the 2022 energy bonanza, with CVX rising more than 50% even as the…

BRICS Increases Its Dominance on Global Trade

watcher.guru China and the BRICS alliance are moving to dominate global trade by ending reliance on the U.S. dollar. In the last two decades, China’s trading partners rose from a low of…

Co-Helmer João Salaviza on Un Certain Regard Winner ‘The Buriti Flower,’ the Krahos’ Sophisticated Battle for Land Rights

variety.com Lightning strikes twice. Having won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2018 with “The Dead and the Others,” filmmaking duo Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza scooped a…

More Evidence that Biden's Private Sponsorship Migrant Parole Policy Reduced Illegal Migration by Making the Legal Kind Easier

reason.com Venezuelans fleeing the socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro. On January 5, the Biden Administration extended the private sponsorship migration system used by the successful…

Crypto Funding: Focus on Web3 Development in $151M Week

blockworks.co Approximately 12 crypto startups raised over $151 million this week, with Web3 gaming taking center stage. Openfort brought in $3 million in an effort to continue developing…

‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘The Settlers’ Score Fipresci Awards at Cannes

variety.com Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” has scored a Fipresci award in Cannes. The jury of the International Federation of Film Critics praised the film “for its formal…

Why Russia and China’s BRICS May Fail in Competition with the West

watcher.guru The economic bloc has embraced an attempt to challenge the global power balance. Yet, there is a reality in which Russia and China’s BRICS could fail in competition with the…

Panama is ready to cash in on its copper boom

theglobeandmail.com The Cobre Panama mine has been gouged from the rain forest at a scale only great underground wealth could achieve. Its 38 ultraclass mining trucks, each loaded with 400…

BRICS: Putin Says Decentralization Will Help Global Economy’s Resilience

watcher.guru The man behind one of the BRICS bloc’s strongest nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin, has stated that decentralization will help the global economy’s resilience.…

BRICS Could Enter Latin American Markets if Mexico Accepts New Currency

watcher.guru If BRICS currency captures the Latin American markets, the U.S. dollar could be on a path of decline. Mexico and 18 other countries have expressed their interest to join the…

U.S.-Based Dark Star, Mexico’s Mantícora, Spain’s La Dalia Launch Genre Label Antídoto Horror Factory (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com U.S. distribution company Dark Star Pictures, Mexico’s Mantícora Distribution and Spain’s La Dalia Films announced at Cannes a strategic deal to launch genre label Antídoto…

Putin Believes Decentralization Will Help Global Economy Be More Resilient

bitcoin.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the decentralization of the finance system might benefit the global economy, allowing it to be more resilient in the long…

TikTok Shop, a rising threat to Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia

cnbc.com TikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia. It comes as its parent ByteDance pushes the short video app in…

Connecticut lawmaker who tried to ban ‘Latinx’ now promotes ‘Latine’

nbcnews.com Several Latino legislators in Connecticut who had proposed banning the term "Latinx" in state documents, calling it "offensive" and a "woke term," are now proposing the use…

The latest on Netflix's password-sharing crackdown

theweek.com The days of password sharing are coming to an end at Netflix. After the streaming giant started testing ways to crack down on password sharing in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru…

Weeks before EU and Latin American joint summit, trade deal remains elusive

go.com BRUSSELS -- Only weeks before a joint summit between the European Union and Latin American nations was supposed to seal an oft-delayed trade deal, the writing on the wall of…

Nymbus, which offers tools for banks to migrate their legacy stack and help launch neobanks, raised a $70M Series D led by Insight Partners

techcrunch.com Nymbus, a startup that partners with banks to migrate their legacy stack and launch neobanks to attract new customers, today announced that it raised $70 million in a Series…

Reservoir Acquires Rights to ‘Conga’ Songwriter Enrique ‘Kiki’ Garcia’s Catalog

billboard.com Indie music company Reservoir Media has acquired the rights to the full catalog of drummer and songwriter Enrique “Kiki” García. García, who was part of Miami Sound Machine,…

Kapital gets more of its own capital to help LatAm businesses monitor cash flow

techcrunch.com Mexican fintech company Kapital grabbed a fresh round of capital, $20 million in Series A and $45 million in a debt facility, less than a year after securing a $8.6 million…

DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement plagued by glitches on Twitter

pbs.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday with firm words but a disastrous Twitter announcement that did little to counter criticism…

Ron DeSantis just officially filed his declaration of candidacy for president

fortune.com Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis entered the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday, stepping into a crowded Republican primary contest that will test both his national appeal as a…

Media Movers: CNN’s Gustavo Valdes

talkingbiznews.com For years, I thought that CNN en Español was simply CNN news translated. Then I got to know Gustavo Valdes, a correspondent for CNN en Español. The smaller-but-mighty sister…

Astranis’ novel approach to internet satellites is starting to pay off

techcrunch.com Astranis, a satellite internet startup based in San Francisco, said Wednesday that its first spacecraft completed a milestone test and will start bringing broadband access…

DeSantis set launch 2024 presidential run in Twitter conversation with Elon Musk

pbs.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an outspoken cultural conservative long seen as Donald Trump’s leading rival for the Republican nomination, is set to launch his 2024 presidential…

Bitfinex And Crypto Bank OrionX Forged Partnership To Broaden Presence In Latin America

bitcoinist.com A press release shared with Bitcoinist claimed that Bitfinex partnered with crypto bank OrionX. The cooperation will allow the trading venue to strengthen its foothold in…

Bitfinex And Crypto Bank OrionX Partner To Expand In L America

newsbtc.com A press release shared with Bitcoinist claimed that Bitfinex partnered with crypto bank OrionX. The cooperation will allow the trading venue to strengthen its foothold in…

First Astranis internet satellite working ‘perfectly’ as company readies to bring coverage to Alaska

cnbc.com Astranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to providing internet access from satellites, has its first spacecraft in orbit and the company on…

When digital nomads come to town

restofworld.org The Semilla cafe and coworking space sits in the heart of the upscale Laureles neighborhood in the city of Medellín. It looks as if it were picked up in Silicon Valley and…

EBANX: We will be operating in 11 African countries by the end of the year

techcrunch.com For all the talk about emerging markets and their similarities, moves involving African startups expanding to Latin America are rare. Only two significant activities come to…

Europe wants Latin America on side against Vladimir Putin. Good luck with that

politico.eu LONDON — In the struggle for hearts and minds against Russia, Europe has it sights on a new target. Unfortunately for them, Latin America’s not listening. An extended charm…