South Africa Retail Sales Up 3.3% in August
South Africa retail sales rose 3.3% in August, beating the 3.0% forecast, Stats SA said on Wednesday 21 October, as fuel costs and rate rises bite.
Dominican Mangoes Eye US Return in February
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Brazil Audit Court Gives Angra 3 240 Days
Brazil's audit court gave the government 240 days to decide whether to finish or abandon the Angra 3...
Uruguay Hosts 10 US Agents on US$6.5M Plan
Ten US officials from the DEA, FBI and other agencies are in Uruguay to shape a US$6.5 million...
New York Mayor Hails Brazil 40-Hour Week
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Brazil's 40-hour week with two days off a historic step on 21...
Avianca Cargo Runs 16 Weekly Quito Flights
Avianca Cargo runs 16 weekly cargo flights from Quito to Miami and Los Angeles, mostly with Ecuadorian flowers,...
Gentera Profit Up 8.6% as Bad Loans Rise
Gentera, the Mexican lender behind Banco Compartamos, earned US$126 million in the third quarter, up 8.6%, as past-due...
Pemex Fires 11 Workers and Cuts Pay Levels
Pemex is dismissing trusted staff and cutting pay levels for others, Mexican outlets report, with 11 firings in...
Jamaica Oil Study Maps 2 Wells, No Partner
United Oil & Gas says a rig study found a double-digit pool of rigs for Jamaica offshore oil...
Venezuela Forms Gold Panel of 6 for London
Venezuela's government and the 2015 National Assembly name a six-member panel to press the UK for gold held...
Argentina Food Prices Rise 0.59% in a Week
Argentina food inflation hit 0.59% in the third week of October, nearly five times the 0.12% general rise....
Piura Flood Fund 38% Unspent, Report Says
Willax reports Peru's Piura regional government spent 62.3% of its S/54.2 million (US$15.8 million) flood-risk budget as El...
Alejandro Ordóñez, 71, Takes Colombia Post
Alejandro Ordóñez, a conservative lawyer and former inspector general, is Colombia's new Interior Minister. Here is his record...
Chile Cuts Terms of 56 Child Sex Offenders
Chile sentence reductions for 56 people convicted of child sex crimes spark a political storm after Justice Minister...
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Thursday, October 22, 2026
Tropical Storm Vance strengthens off Mexico, Brazil votes in 3 days and Colombia's visa cut-off nears: today's rates and checklist for expats.
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Who Runs Honduras’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Honduras economy explained for US readers: the banks, state firms, coffee exporters and family groups that hold...
Who Runs Trinidad and Tobago’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Trinidad and Tobago economy in 2026: the gas producers, state firms, banks and family groups that run it,...
Who Runs Haiti’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Haiti economy in 2026: the banks, telecom firms, clothing makers and business families that run it, and what...
Dominican Republic Security and Crime Explained 2026
Dominican Republic security in 2026: homicide rate, police shootouts, drugs, the Haiti border and what it means for...
Barbados Geopolitics Explained 2026
Barbados geopolitics in October 2026: how the island deals with the US, China, Venezuela, the EU, the Gulf...
Bahamas Geopolitics Explained 2026
Bahamas geopolitics in October 2026: how the US, China, Europe and the Gulf compete for influence, from tariffs...
Venezuela Media Landscape Explained
Venezuela media in 2026: state channels, private TV owners, blocked news sites, a 159th press freedom ranking and...
El Salvador Geopolitics Explained 2026
El Salvador geopolitics in 2026: how Bukele balances the US, China, the EU and the Gulf, with loans,...
Who Runs Nicaragua’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Nicaragua economy in 2026: the state firms, gold miners, banks, business families and remittances that drive it, and...
Atlético Mineiro Reach South American Final
Atlético Mineiro lost 2-0 at City Torque but won 3-2 on aggregate and will face Boca Juniors in...
Latin America Sports Daily for Thursday, October 22, 2026
Palmeiras beat Fluminense on penalties to reach the Libertadores final. Flamengo host Estudiantes tonight for the other place...
Calypso Singer Brother Valentino Dies at 85
Brother Valentino, the calypso singer known as The People’s Calypsonian, has died aged 85, reports said on 21...
Kenya’s KCB Foreign Stake Falls to 8.03%
The KCB foreign stake fell to 8.03% at end-September from 8.77% in June, as Kenyan investors absorbed 23.6 million shares worth about US$16 million.
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Congo Basin Living Labs Draw 6 Nations
Experts from six countries met in Brazzaville to plan Congo Basin living labs for nature-based farming, with backing...
US Ambassador Pitches Namibia in 6 Cities
US Ambassador John Giordano pitched Namibia to American investors after a six-city tour, citing energy, critical minerals and...
Sudan Oil Corporation Revived After 7 Years
The Sudan oil corporation, dissolved in 2019, is back: army chief Burhan revived it by decree and reset...
Congo Flags US$20B Paid to Ineligible Firms
DR Congo subcontracting regulator says about US$20 billion went to ineligible firms at 14 mining groups between 2020...
Nigeria Money Supply Hits US$110 Billion
Nigeria money supply rose 5.4% to US$109.9 billion in September, but US$4.2 billion of the monthly jump is...
Comoros Backs Saudi Arabia on Houthis 21 Oct
Comoros backs Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman thanks President Azali Assoumani in...
Egypt Chemical Exports to China Jump 678%
Egypt chemical exports to China jumped 678% to US$287 million in January to August 2026, and Cairo is...
China’s Radical Bearing Morocco Gets US$1M
Chinese maker Radical told Shenzhen investors on 9 September 2026 that Radical Bearing Morocco is registered in Tangier...
Sudan Pound Falls Past 10,000 to the Dollar
The Sudan pound fell past 10,000 to the dollar on the parallel market on 21 October, against a...
52 Kenyans Among 300,000 US Visas Revoked
Citizen Digital reports 52 Kenyans are among more than 300,000 US visas revoked, a total the State Department...
Eswatini Taiwan Trade Tips Offered 21 Oct
Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation says its early-warning methods could help Eswatini Taiwan trade withstand China pressure, the Times...
South Africa Offshore Assets Eyed at US$611B
South Africa offshore assets worth up to US$611 billion could be run from home under a draft rule...
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Africa: New Scramble
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