Two Brazil Runoff Polls Put Different Men in Front. The Difference Is a Telephone.
One survey knocks on doors, the other telephones. That single choice explains almost everything separating two results that looked like opposites on Monday.
LatAm Pre-Open — Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Quito Fire Forces 23 Families From Homes in La Bota
A fire in La Bota, northern Quito, burned from 3pm Monday until midnight. Twenty-three families were evacuated as...
MercadoLibre Raises US$1 Billion in Ten-Year Notes
MercadoLibre priced US$1 billion of 5.850% notes due 2036 at 130 basis points over Treasuries, and published a...
Zinc Falls 2.25% as LatAm Miners Nexa, Buenaventura Drop
Zinc closed down 2.25% at US$3,793.50 per tonne on Monday, September 14, 2026, while Latin American producer shares...
Prosecutor Sues Vale and Regulators Over Mine Overflow
A federal prosecutor filed a public civil action over a January overflow at Vale’s Mina de Viga. The...
Petrobras Raised Petrol Prices and Drivers Paid Less
Petrobras raised its refinery petrol price by R$0.44 a litre, about US$0.08. A federal tax cut left drivers...
Embraer Upgraded by Fitch and Moody’s in Five Days
Fitch raised Embraer to BBB on 9 September and Moody’s to Baa2 on 14 September. Both moved their...
US Eases and Tightens Venezuela Sanctions in One Move
OFAC issued General Licence 52C on 14 September. It lets sanctioned PDVSA officials sign contracts and bars transactions...
Traxión Chairman Bids for All of Mexico’s Top Trucker
A company tied to Traxión’s executive chairman bid MXN 13.18 a share, a 20.9% premium. Management says delisting...
Latin American Pulse for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Latin American Pulse: the real mood of the region today, grounded in events from Brasília to Santiago, Buenos...
Chile Loses 36th Regional Secretary in Six Months
Antofagasta housing secretary Jorge Olivares was asked to resign on 14 September, the 36th seremi to leave Chile’s...
YPF Says It Is Close to Signing Argentina LNG Contracts
YPF chief Horacio Marín told Gastech in Bangkok that two or three LNG contracts are close. Nothing is...
Argentina Sends 2027 Budget to Congress Without Milei
Argentina delivered its 2027 budget bill to Congress on the deadline. Milei did not present it and there...
Colombian Afrobeats Singer Kapo Plays Buenos Aires on 17 September
The Afro Rosa Tour reaches the Movistar Arena on Thursday, with doors at 7 p.m. Face value starts at 80,000 pesos, about US$53. It is not sold out.
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Peru Travel Advisory Stays at Level 2 and Excludes Cusco
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World Cup: Copa Libertadores second legs start Tuesday as Fluminense defend a 2-0 lead at Platense while Vasco...
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight – September 14, 2026
Blue Note, Canto da Ema and Casa de Francisca all close on Mondays. Bar Brahma Paulista and Remelexo...
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight – September 14, 2026
The Roda de Samba da Pedra do Sal plays free from 7 p.m. Rio time. Carioca da Gema...
Feria del Hogar Runs in Bogotá Until 20 September, With a Midweek Offer
Colombia's home and living fair fills Corferias with over a thousand exhibitors. Entry is 16,000 pesos, about US$5,...
Two Black Metal Veterans Make Their Colombian Debut in Bogotá
Old Man's Child and Hecate Enthroned play the Royal Center on 20 September 2026. Tickets are 218,500 and...
Balaclava Fest Doubles to Two Days in São Paulo on 26 September
Blonde Redhead, DIIV and Beach Fossils headline a sixteen-act bill at Tokio Marine Hall on 26 and 27...
Milena Warthon Brings Her Latinchola Tour Home to Lima on 19 September
The Andean pop singer plays the open-air amphitheatre in central Lima at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets start...
Chilean Reggae Founders Reunite With Their Original Singer in Guadalajara
Gondwana and Quique Neira play the Teatro Diana on 24 September 2026, twenty-three years after they parted. Seats...
Greeicy Brings Her Candela World Tour to Mexico City on 29 September
The Colombian singer plays the Teatro Metropólitan at 9 p.m. on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Tickets are sold...
A Jazz Festival Backed by Eight Countries Opens in Caracas on 18 September
The fourth Euro-Venezuelan edition runs to 4 October across six venues. The opening concert is free, and a...
The South American Bird Fair Comes to Paraguay for the First Time
The fifteenth edition runs in Asunción from 17 to 20 September 2026. Passes cost 385,000 to 700,000 guaranies,...
Thailand Ends Its 60-Day Visa Exemption for Eleven Latin American Countries
From 15 September 2026 the scheme covers 65 countries instead of 93. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru keep...
Western Cape Storm Warning Puts the Karoo at Level 4
A stalled low is dropping up to 80 millimetres on a semi-desert. Cape Town itself is two warning levels lower, under thunderstorms.
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Uganda Oil Delayed Again, Now Targeting June 2027
The finance minister gave parliament a new date on 11 September. It is the seventh target since 2018,...
BRICS Declaration Presses Africa’s Case on Trade and Reform
The New Delhi text backs Ethiopia’s WTO bid and opposes carbon border levies. It voices concerns about tariffs...
Ramaphosa Asks the Court to Halt His Own Impeachment Inquiry
The president is the applicant in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to set aside the panel report...
South African Banks Race Into Kenya as FirstRand Waits
Nedbank has taken control of NCBA and Absa has raised its stake. FirstRand wants in, and its chief...
South Africa Deportation Costs Were Misreported by a Factor of 100
A dropped decimal turned 175 million rand into 17 billion. The corrected figures show removals are cheap and...
Tooro Kingdom Succession Splits Uganda’s Royal Family
Clan elders named a 56-year-old cousin king over the grave. The dead king’s will names a son nobody...
Zimbabwe Ends Direct Presidential Elections in New Amendment
The amendment signed in July gives Mnangagwa two more years. It also hands the choice of president from...
Niger Mutiny Leaves Russia Stronger in the Sahel
Soldiers attacked the palace and the main air base on 29 August. Russia’s ambassador says Africa Corps was...
Senegal Debt Plan Avoids the Word Restructuring
Senegal has asked the G20 to organise talks with bondholders over US$5 billion. Its finance minister says it...
Ebola in Congo Passes 7,000 Cases as Countries Close Borders
Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,400 people. The licensed vaccine does not work on this strain,...
Burkina Faso Territory Is 74.53% Under Government Control, the Junta Says. Nobody Else Can Check.
The junta publishes territorial control to two decimal places. Independent researchers put militant reach anywhere from 40% to...
A Methamphetamine Case Built on a Boat With No Flag Reaches a Kenyan Courtroom
The vessel carried no flag, no registration and no transponder, 350 nautical miles off Mombasa. A magistrate has...
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