Reports Name 2 CIA Officers Killed in Mexico
Reports name two Americans killed in an April Chihuahua crash as CIA officers, while Mexico pursues a treason case. The CIA has not confirmed it.
LatAm Opens After Brazil Stocks Drop 1.15%
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France Boosts Security for Saturday Protests
Mexico Stocks Fall 1.25% on Hot Inflation
Brazil Stocks Fall 1.15% on Election Nerves
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Datafolha Finds 46% Reject Flávio, 45% Lula
Datafolha: 46% of Brazilian voters reject Flávio Bolsonaro and 45% reject Lula, a statistical tie three days before...
Colombia Stocks Fall 1.25% as Peso Slips
Colombia's COLCAP fell 1.25% to 2,528 on 22 October as Ecopetrol slid 1.64% and the peso weakened to...
Argentina Stocks Fall 1.5% as Risk Rises
Argentina's Merval fell 1.5% to 97,993 on 22 October as a tech sell-off hit ADRs and country risk...
Chile Stocks Fall 1.88% as Copper Slides
Chile's IPSA fell 1.88% to 10,780 on 22 October as copper slid and the peso weakened to 986.2...
Oil Fund Gains 1.70% as Ecopetrol Falls 1.33%
The USO crude fund rose 1.70% on 22 October on Middle East supply fears, yet Petrobras, Ecopetrol and...
Copper Fund Falls 2.71% as Southern Copper Drops 7.31%
The CPER copper fund fell 2.71% on 22 October while Southern Copper lost 7.31% and Freeport 6.26% in...
Gold Fund Falls 2.63% as Silver Fund Drops 5.59%
Gold fund GLD fell 2.63% and silver fund SLV 5.59% on 22 October as an oil rally raised...
Datafolha Poll Has Flávio 50%, Lula 50%
Datafolha's new runoff poll has Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula tied at 50% of valid votes each, three days...
Lula Approval Rises to 49% in Datafolha Poll
Datafolha finds 49% approve and 48% disapprove of Lula's government, a statistical tie, three days before Brazil's 25...
Mexico Arrests Hells Angels Leader, 21 Oct
Mexican federal forces say they arrested an alleged Hells Angels leader in Cancún on 21 October 2026, seizing...
Brazil’s Bradesco Profit Up 14.6% to US$1.4B
Bradesco's recurring profit hit R$7.1 billion (US$1.4 billion) in Q3 2026, up 14.6% in a year, as overdue...
US Offers Migrant Children US$3,000 to Leave
The US Department of Homeland Security offers migrant children up to US$3,000 to leave voluntarily. See how it...
F1 US Grand Prix 2026 in Austin: Times, TV and Tickets
US Grand Prix 2026 at COTA in Austin: race Sunday 25 October at 4 p.m. ET, session times, Apple TV at US$14.99 and Antonelli's title chance.
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Who Runs Costa Rica’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Costa Rica economy runs on medical device exports, state utilities and a few big banks. Here is...
Trinidad and Tobago Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Trinidad and Tobago politics in 2026: who the prime minister, president, opposition and judges are, how Parliament and...
Who Runs Bahamas’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Bahamas economy in 2026: the ministers, banks, resorts and state firms that run it, and what a...
Who Runs Guyana’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Guyana economy in 2026: who controls the oil, the oil fund, the banks, the gold and bauxite...
Who Runs Puerto Rico’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Puerto Rico economy in 2026: the banks, factories, power companies and federal overseers that run it, and...
Dominican Republic Media Landscape Explained
Dominican Republic media in 2026: who owns the newspapers and TV channels, how the new Penal Code treats...
Who Runs Barbados’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Barbados economy in 2026: the government, central bank, banks, listed firms, tourism and rum that run it, and...
Religion in Venezuela Explained
Venezuela religion in 2026: how Catholic the country is, the rise of evangelicals, new saints, big festivals and...
Haiti Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Haiti politics in October 2026: the prime minister who rules alone, the UN-backed force, the courts, the parties...
Nicaragua Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Nicaragua politics in 2026 explained: the co-presidents, Assembly, courts, army, police and opposition, and what it means for...
Spain Polls Split Ahead of 29 November Vote
Spain votes on 29 November 2026. Private polls put the PP ahead at about 31%, while the state-run...
Best Places to Live in Guatemala for Expats
Antigua, Guatemala City, Lake Atitlán or Xela? Compare four expat bases, the US Level 3 advisory and the...
Sudan’s Leader Lifts Import Ban on Food
Sudan's army chief cancelled an import ban as the dollar hit 10,300 pounds and inflation reached 28.29%. Importers want a written order.
Guinea-Bissau Says Saltinho Dam Is Approved
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Benin Joins INTERPOL Sweep Netting US$105M
Benin took part in INTERPOL's Africa-wide cybercrime sweep that led to 1,462 arrests and the recovery of more...
Kenya Ebola Quarantine Release Sunday and What Happens Next
Kenya plans to release its first Ebola contacts from quarantine on Sunday, 25 October, after 21 days without...
Tanzania Plans 6 to 9 Nuclear Hospitals
Tanzania's atomic energy chief said on 22 October 2026 the country plans to raise hospitals using nuclear technology...
Algeria Site Flags US Sahara Mission Draft
Algeria's TSA says a US draft would renew the UN mission in Western Sahara for a year but...
Angola Oil Price Gap Hits US$51 a Barrel
Brent traded near US$112.4 on 22 October, about US$51 above the US$61 in Angola's 2026 budget. It is...
Dangote IPO May Lift Investors Up to 5 Times
NGX Group's chief says the US$1.6 billion Dangote IPO could lift Nigeria's active investors three to five times,...
Morocco Inflation Jumps to 0.5% in September
Morocco's annual inflation rose to 0.5% in September from a 0.3% fall in August, driven by a 1.0%...
Kenya Cargo Insurance Rule Starts 1 November
Kenya Revenue Authority will block imports without valid digital marine cargo insurance from Sunday 1 November; importers and...
Uganda Starts Karuma Power Line on 22 Oct
Uganda broke ground on Thursday, 22 October on a 347 km, 400 kV Karuma power line, with main...
Bank of Mauritius Sold US$15M on 15 October
The Bank of Mauritius sold US$15 million on 15 October at Rs47.30 a dollar; Defimedia reports a second...
Netherlands Closes Cairo Embassy to Public
The Netherlands closed its Cairo embassy to the public until further notice on 22 October after protests; visa...
Ghana Petroleum Revenue Up 52% to US$561M
Ghana petroleum revenue rose 52% to US$561.41 million in the first half of 2026 as crude output grew...
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