The Colombian Peso Is Having Its Best Year in About a Decade
The Colombian peso has gained about 19% against the dollar in 2026, its best run in roughly ten years. Here...
September 4, 2026Section
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Milei Made Inflation Boring; the Bill Is Still Coming
Milei's Argentina cut monthly inflation from 25% to low single digits — while household debt now touches nine in ten...
September 4, 2026
Chile Supplies a Quarter of the World’s Copper. July Was a Bad Month.
Chile mines about 23% of the world's copper, more than any other country. July output fell 9.4% after deadly storms,...
September 4, 2026
Keiko Fujimori’s First Five Weeks and Peru’s 21.6% Rally
Five weeks into her term, Keiko Fujimori has 60% approval, a market-friendly cabinet, and a Lima stock exchange up 21.6%...
September 4, 2026
Venezuela Sells Its Oil to Washington and Has No Cash
Venezuela's 2026 paradox: the Pentagon takes a 35% stake in an oil venture while 28 million Venezuelans run short of...
September 4, 2026
Guyana Opposition Leader Arrested Twice, Then Released
Guyana opposition leader Azruddin Mohamed was detained twice on September 3 near the president's home, then released without charge.
September 4, 2026
Uruguay’s Interior Minister Says Death Threats Will Not Stop Him
Uruguay's Interior Minister Carlos Negro faces death threats from organized crime. He says they won't change his work. Here's what's...
September 4, 2026
Brazil Eases Fiscal Rules for Small Towns
Brazil's Congress approved easing fiscal rules for small towns, allowing transfers even with debts. Learn what changes and who benefits.
September 4, 2026
Morocco Votes, the Palace Decides, Turnout Judges
Morocco votes on 23 September 2026 in a parliament election the palace will shape. Parties, turnout and why the result...
September 4, 2026
Three Juntas Left West Africa’s Club and Built Their Own
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger left ECOWAS and built the Alliance of Sahel States, now with its own parliament, passport...
September 4, 2026
The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis Is the One Nobody Covers
Sudan's war between the army and the RSF has forced more than 14 million people from their homes since April...
September 4, 2026
The Mercosur-EU Deal Is Four Months Old and Already Fighting
The EU-Mercosur trade chapter began applying in May 2026, while its political pillar still awaits national ratification. Four months in,...
September 4, 2026
The USMCA Now Faces Annual Reviews Until 2036
Washington declined to extend the USMCA at its July 2026 review, triggering yearly check-ins until 2036. The pact stays fully...
September 4, 2026
De-Dollarization Is Real, Slow and Run by India
BRICS de-dollarization moves through small payment pilots, not a shared currency, and India's central bank is the main brake on...
September 4, 2026
Lula’s Fourth-Term Bid Meets Its First Lost Poll
Lula seeks a fourth term in Brazil's 2026 election with approval below 50% and a runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro statistically...
September 4, 2026
The Son Who Inherited a Movement and Leads a Poll
Flávio Bolsonaro topped Lula in a Brazil poll for the first time on 3 September 2026. Who he is, what...
September 4, 2026
How 158 Million Brazilians Vote Twice in October
How Brazil's 2026 election works — two rounds on 4 and 25 October, 158.7 million registered voters, mandatory voting and...
September 4, 2026
Thirteen Tickets, and Only Two of Them Matter
Brazil's 2026 election has 13 registered tickets, but the race is Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro — with a runoff on...
September 4, 2026
The BRICS Bank That Cannot Say Who May Join
The New Development Bank, the BRICS lender in Shanghai, funds infrastructure across emerging markets — but its membership rules remain...
September 4, 2026
Ten Members, Thirty Nations Waiting at the BRICS Door
BRICS has grown from five to ten full members since 2024, with more than 30 countries waiting. Who is in,...
September 4, 2026