Colombia’s New Traffic Code: What Drivers and Expats Need to Know
Colombia's president ordered a traffic code cutting some fines by up to 50 percent, with 5.8 million camera fines under...
August 31, 2026Section
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Peru’s Emergency Mode After the Trujillo Massacre: What Travelers and Expats Need to Know
Four dead and a mining businessman kidnapped in Trujillo; the armed forces move to five maximum-security prisons. What Peru's emergency...
August 31, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Monday, August 31, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: Peru enters emergency mode after the Trujillo massacre, Colombia orders...
August 31, 2026
Wheat Leads Grain Rally; Brazil, Argentina Exports in Focus
Wheat surged on Black Sea supply fears, soybeans firmed on Chinese buying, and corn lagged in Friday's grain session. Brazil...
August 31, 2026
Oil Wrap: Petrobras Rises as WTI Slips, Guyana Preps 1M B/d
WTI-tracking USO fell 0.24% to US$129.70 on Friday as Hormuz talk eased risk, while Petrobras gained 1.53% on Búzios pre-salt...
August 31, 2026
Zinc Pulls Back: Nexa, Buenaventura Drop on Friday
Zinc proxies Nexa Resources and Buenaventura fell on Friday, August 28, 2026, as hawkish Fed bets and profit-taking cooled a...
August 31, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Falls 1.83% as China Steel Splits
Vale's US shares dropped 1.83% on Friday, August 28, 2026, while benchmark iron ore held near US$95.84. Here is the...
August 31, 2026
Sudan: Blue Nile Fighting Displaces Nearly 20,000 in Two Days
Nearly 20,000 people fled fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state in two days after RSF and SPLM-N allies seized two...
August 31, 2026
Moody’s Cuts Senegal Deeper Into Junk and Blames the Sonko Power Struggle
Moody's has downgraded Senegal from Caa1 to Caa2, citing the power struggle around Ousmane Sonko, rising default risk and heavy...
August 31, 2026
DR Congo Begins Ebola Vaccinations in Kisangani as Outbreak Passes 5,600 Cases
DR Congo began Ebola vaccinations in Kisangani as the Bundibugyo outbreak passed 5,600 cases and 2,700 deaths. The Ervebo vaccine...
August 31, 2026
Tanzania Carries 39% of East Africa’s Unresolved Trade Barriers as Deadline Lapses
TANZANIA · TRADE Key Facts —The scorecard: the East African Community's Regional Monitoring Committee counts 28 outstanding non-tariff barriers in...
August 31, 2026
Kenya Pipeline IPO Was Rescued by US$740 Million in Arm-Twisted State Money
KENYA · MARKETS Key Facts —The revelation: Kenya's government pressured cash-rich state firms to buy into the Kenya Pipeline Company...
August 31, 2026
Libya’s Rival Camps Sign the 4+4 Electoral Deal — and Haftar Backs It
Libya's rival factions signed the UN-backed 4+4 electoral framework in Tripoli on Sunday, setting a 24-month path to national elections...
August 31, 2026
Zambia Charges Opposition Leader Mundubile With Treason
Treason charge: The charge: Zambian police have formally charged opposition leader Brian Mundubile with one count of treason, his lawyers...
August 31, 2026
South Africa Has Paid US$3.5 Billion More for Fuel Since the Hormuz Shock
The bill: South African fuel importers have paid at least R56.3 billion (about US$3.5 billion) extra for fuel since the...
August 31, 2026
Nigeria’s Presidency Spent US$28 Million on Trips in Three Years
The bill: Nigeria's presidency spent N37.64 billion (about US$28.1 million) on presidential trips, logistics and foreign exchange between June 2023...
August 31, 2026
Tinubu Asks US Court to Keep His FBI and DEA Records Sealed
Us court: The move: President Bola Tinubu has joined a US freedom-of-information case as an intervenor, asking a federal court...
August 31, 2026
Guyana debt burden falls as IDB calls it one of the world’s fastest-growing economies
Guyana debt service has fallen to five cents of every revenue dollar as oil income floods in, the IDB says,...
August 31, 2026
Argentina Softens Its Dogmas: Caputo Bets on Mattress Dollars, Roads and Mortgages
Argentina's mattress dollars anchor Caputo's reactivation plan: mortgage credit, road concessions and four state firms for sale, without printing money.
August 31, 2026
Lithium Wrap: SQM Slips, Albemarle Rises, LIT Falls
Lithium equities Friday: SQM fell 2.24% and LIT lost 1.37% while Albemarle gained 1.17% on Friday as Chile’s lithium policy...
August 31, 2026