Petronio Alvarez in Cali, Rosalia in Rio, Colombia's budget gap and a heavy data week: what is on across Latin America, August 10-16, 2026.
Latin America · What’s On
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Culture. Cali’s 30th Festival Petronio Álvarez runs to August 17, with the free Ciudadela at the Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo open August 12–17.
Music. Rosalía plays Rio’s Farmasi Arena on Monday and Tuesday, August 10 and 11 — her only Brazilian dates on the LUX tour.
Politics. Colombia’s new government turns hardline on security in its first week, while the 2027 budget it inherited sits in Congress with a COP 30.2 trillion hole (about US$9.6 billion).
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