Brazil Election Polls Now Disagree by Nine Points on the Same Race
Five polling firms surveyed Brazil in the same four days and produced five different races. The gap is in the voters each one leaves out.
LatAm Pre-Open — Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Key Facts — What happened New polls this month show tight governor races in both Pará and Alagoas....
Argentina’s 2027 Budget Sets Growth, Inflation and Peso Targets
Key Facts — What happened Argentina filed its 2027 budget bill on the September 15 deadline, with growth...
Argentina’s Bid to Scrap PASO Primaries Stalls in the Senate
Key Facts — What happened A Senate committee recessed on September 15 without votes to scrap Argentina’s PASO...
AySA Privatization Narrows to Two Bidders Amid Lawsuit
Argentina opened technical bids for state water utility AySA, narrowing seventeen offers to two consortiums as a court...
Transener Buyers Recover Millions Paid in Privatization
Transener's new private owners collected tens of millions of dollars in dividends weeks after buying into the company,...
Global Economy Briefing — September 16, 2026
Global economy: Global stocks slip as 10-year US yields hover near 5%, oil stays above US$100 and Brazil's...
Britain Defies Argentina With New Falklands Business Guide
Britain published new guidance defending companies operating in the Falkland Islands, rejecting Argentina's jurisdiction claims two weeks after...
Zinc Dips but Nexa, Buenaventura Hold Firm on Tuesday
LME zinc pulled back 0.70% on Tuesday, September 15, but Nexa and Buenaventura shares stayed positive as the...
Oil Wrap: Saudi Outage Pushes Crude Proxies Higher
WTI-tracking USO rose 3.32% after Saudi pipeline and Hormuz jitters. Petrobras, YPF and Ecopetrol followed. Here is the...
Patricio Guzmán, Chilean Filmmaker Who Chronicled Coup, Dies at 85
Patricio Guzmán, the Chilean documentary filmmaker who spent decades chronicling the 1973 coup and its aftermath, has died...
Griselda Gambaro, Argentine Playwright Who Confronted Violence, Dies at 98
Griselda Gambaro, the Argentine playwright whose work defined a theater of cruelty confronting dictatorship-era violence, has died in...
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 16, 2026
Argentina's Merval stock index closed at 3,079,779, down 0.16%, as banks led the pullback while the peso held...
What to Do in Rio in September 2026: the First Semana de Arte and Nine Free Things
Your guide to Rio in September 2026: the first Semana de Arte, 23 free harp concerts, ballet in Barra, bossa in Ipanema, a Copacabana march and nine free events.
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Chile’s Fiestas Patrias 2026: What Expats Need to Know Before the September 18-19 Feriados
Chile's September 18-19 feriados are irrenunciables: supermarkets and malls close both days, Thursday 17 is a working day,...
Mexico’s Independence Day 2026: Banks, No FX Fixing, Parade Routes – an Expat Playbook
Banks, INM offices and markets are closed on September 16 and Banxico publishes no FIX. Parade route, Metro...
Latin America Sports Daily for Wednesday, September 16, 2026
World Cup: Libertadores quarter-final second legs decide semifinalists tonight as Palmeiras, Corinthians chase history. Sudamericana and Colombia league
Peru: Cusco Tourism Sector Wants More Order at Machu Picchu
PERU · TRAVEL Key Facts — What happened. Peru eliminated advance ticket reservations for Machu Picchu on 11...
Candlelight’s Hans Zimmer Tribute Comes to Recife, Brazil
Candlelight's Hans Zimmer tribute plays Teatro RioMar Recife on September 25, 2026. Fever tickets start at R$44.50 (US$8.61).
Marina Lima Plays Salvador, Brazil, With Tickets From US$12
Marina Lima plays Salvador's Concha Acústica on September 20, 2026, marking her 70th birthday. Tickets run from R$60...
Mood Primavera Spring Festival Returns to Mendoza, Argentina
Mood Primavera, a free spring festival, returns to Mendoza, Argentina, on September 20, 2026, with the Filarmonica de...
La Delio Valdez Brings Its Cumbia Show to Mendoza, Argentina
La Delio Valdez plays Arena Maipu in Mendoza, Argentina, on September 25, 2026. Theater-tour tickets start around US$91...
The Dangote Refinery Share Offer Is Cheap to Enter and Expensive to Own
Africa's largest share sale opened on 14 September. The minimum ticket is under four US dollars, and analysts say the price is the problem.
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Ceuta Unaccompanied Minors Number 2,100 in a System Built for 29
A Spanish minister says about 2,100 unaccompanied children remain in Ceuta. The enclave's official capacity for them is...
New TB Vaccines Could Save Seven Million Lives, on a Model Nobody Has Published
The vaccine alliance Gavi says new tuberculosis vaccines could save 7.3 million lives by 2050. The modelling behind...
The SADC UniVisa Has Been Approved. You Still Cannot Buy One
Southern African leaders approved a single regional tourist visa in August. No fee, no launch date and no...
Morocco Election Rules Cap What Candidates Can Spend on Artificial Intelligence
Morocco votes on 23 September under rules that limit digital and AI campaigning to a third of each...
Kenya Power Buys More Electricity From Ethiopia at More Than Twice the Old Price
Kenya doubled its contracted Ethiopian power to 400 megawatts in July at 15.5 US cents a unit, up...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 15 September 2026: Dangote Petroleum Refinery opens Africa's largest share offer at 525 naira,...
Rwanda Keeps Entry Ban on Travelers From DR Congo
Rwanda's entry ban on travelers from DR Congo remains active as the Ebola outbreak continues, four months after...
MOGA Festival Returns to Essaouira With ANOTR, Jamie Jones
MOGA Festival returns to Essaouira, Morocco, 30 September-4 October with ANOTR, Jamie Jones and the Martinez Brothers, separate...
Casablanca’s L’Boulevard Festival Returns With Free Concerts
L'Boulevard Festival brings free concerts to Casablanca on 17-20 September, headlined by Brazilian metal band Sepultura at Stade...
Earthdance Peace Festival Returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg
Earthdance Peace Festival returns to South Africa on 18-20 September, with two sites in Cape Town and Johannesburg....
Accra To Mark Nkrumah’s Birthday With Peace Festival
Accra hosts a Global Peace Cultural Festival on 21 September 2026, the same day Ghana marks Founders' Day...
Jazeera Airways Starts Kuwait To Addis Ababa Flights
Jazeera Airways launched direct flights between Kuwait and Addis Ababa in September 2026, running three weekly services on...
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