Guatemala Fuel Protests Shut Border Crossings: What Travelers and Expats Need to Know
Fuel protests, El Carmen border closed, Q40.95 gas, no end date: what Guatemala's road blockades mean for travelers and expats.
September 2, 2026Section
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Peru’s El Niño Emergency 2026: 893 Districts, 60 Days, No New Treasury Money
60-day decree, 893 districts, no new Treasury money, ENFEN 62% probability: what Peru's El Niño emergency means for residents and...
September 2, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Peru El Niño 893 districts, Guatemala border blockades, oil >US$90, FX reset: your Wednesday LatAm expat and nomad daily guide.
September 2, 2026
Kigali Is Hosting Africa’s Biggest Farm Investment Meeting This Week
The 20th Africa Food Systems Forum runs in Kigali to 4 September. Last year's Dakar edition drew US$6.14 billion in...
September 2, 2026
A UN Committee Says Governments Should Make Banks and Insurers Contribute Over Slavery
A UN committee asked governments to make banks, insurers and other institutions that profited from slavery contribute to reparations. The...
September 2, 2026
Razon’s ICTSI Buys a Southern African Cargo-Handling Group
ICTSI agreed on 28 August to buy TLG, a port and cargo-handling group in South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, months...
September 2, 2026
South Africa’s Eskom Doubled Its Annual Profit to US$1.88 Billion While Selling Less Power
Eskom's annual profit more than doubled to R30.3 billion (US$1.88 billion) while sales fell 6.2%. Municipal arrears rose 17.9% to...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It
Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...
September 2, 2026
Soybeans Lead Grains Rally; Brazil Watches China
The soybean-tracking fund rose 1.98% as China kept buying and Black Sea risk lifted wheat. Corn and wheat trackers also...
September 2, 2026
Oil Surges on Hormuz Attack; Petrobras, YPF Rally
WTI proxies jumped after two tankers were struck near the Strait of Hormuz. Petrobras and YPF shares climbed as the...
September 2, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN ADR Surges 8.65%
CSN's New York line jumped 8.65% while Gerdau and Ternium advanced. Tariffs shield Brazilian and Mexican mills, but cheap Chinese...
September 2, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Edges up as China Restocks
Iron ore proxies were mixed on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Vale rose while Rio Tinto slipped, as China's steelmakers restocked...
September 2, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Falls 3.6%, Buenaventura Slides
Zinc futures rose 1.3% to US$3,907.80 a tonne on Tuesday, but the main Latin American zinc proxies fell sharply. Nexa...
September 2, 2026
Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips as Albemarle, SQM Diverge
LIT fell 2.17% to US$74.71 while Albemarle rose 0.42% and SQM gained 1.90%. Physical lithium benchmarks in Asia climbed, but...
September 2, 2026
Copper Slumps on Fed Hike Bets: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Copper proxies slid Tuesday as a stronger dollar and rising Fed rate-hike bets hit the industrial metal. Chile and Peru...
September 2, 2026
Lula Says He Personally Would End Betting, but Stops Short of a Decision
Lula said he personally would end betting at a Planalto meeting on 1 September, but announced no measure. Neither the...
September 2, 2026
Mexico Remittances Rise in Dollars and Fall in Pesos
Mexico's remittances hit US$5.571 billion in July, up 3%, but fell about 3.9% in pesos as the currency firmed to...
September 2, 2026
Court Orders Milei’s Government to Apply the University Funding Law
An Argentine federal judge ordered the government to apply the university funding law on 1 September. The Supreme Court had...
September 2, 2026
Bitcoin Slips Below $78,000 on Fed Fears; LatAm Stablecoins
Bitcoin eased to US$77,404 on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed. LatAm adoption stays anchored in dollar stablecoins, with Brazil and...
September 2, 2026