The World’s Biggest Trade Deal Just Started a 10-Year Countdown

por Paul Brown | jul 3, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

The Hispano-Luso Report — Friday 3 July 2026 On Wednesday, on a quiet video call between three trade ministers, the largest trade agreement on Earth began a ten-year countdown towards its own expiry. The occasion was the first formal joint review of the USMCA — the...

Petrobras Just Became Latin America’s Most Valuable Company. Here’s the Part That Should Worry You.

por Paul Brown | jul 1, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

This week, Petrobras overtook Mercado Libre to become the most valuable publicly traded company in Latin America, with its market capitalisation jumping from roughly US$75 billion to more than US$101 billion. Itaú Unibanco also leapfrogged Mercado Libre in the...

Argentina joins Pax Silica: why a mining pact is really an AI story

por Paul Brown | jun 29, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

Hispano-Luso Report — from the Spanish- and Portuguese-language press, before it reaches the English-language news On Friday, Argentina signed up to Pax Silica, a US-led alliance of 35 countries built to secure the raw materials, energy and semiconductors that...

Google Calls Brazil “an Extraordinary Home” — and Quietly Says Why

por Paul Brown | jun 26, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report

Hispano-Luso Report Google is expanding its engineering centre presence in Brazil, chief executive Sundar Pichai told the Brazilian business magazine Exame this week — and in the same exclusive interview he singled the country out in the company’s global...

Translating Court and Litigation Documents from Spanish or Portuguese: What You Need to Know

por Paul Brown | jun 24, 2026 | english-speakers-guide

When a legal dispute crosses borders, the documents at its heart often have to cross a language barrier too. A claim filed in a Spanish court, a judgment handed down in Brazil, a witness statement taken in Portugal — any of these may need to be presented, relied upon,...