LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: Brazil's real slides to a two-week low at PTAX 5.1690...
September 15, 2026Section
Expats & Nomads
Living in Latin America: expat and digital-nomad articles from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina.
Brazil’s Real Hits 5.17: What the Two-Week Low Means for Your Money
Brazil's real hit a two-week low after Monday's PTAX fixed at 5.1690 per dollar. Why US yields drove the move,...
September 15, 2026
Western Cape Storm Warning Puts the Karoo at Level 4
A stalled low is dropping up to 80 millimetres on a semi-desert. Cape Town itself is two warning levels lower,...
September 14, 2026
Tunisia Moves to Rewrite a Drug Law That Filled Its Prisons
Cases tripled in five years and twelve million Lyrica tablets were seized at one port. Two reform plans are moving...
September 14, 2026
South African Banks Race Into Kenya as FirstRand Waits
Nedbank has taken control of NCBA and Absa has raised its stake. FirstRand wants in, and its chief executive says...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Deportation Costs Were Misreported by a Factor of 100
A dropped decimal turned 175 million rand into 17 billion. The corrected figures show removals are cheap and most departures...
September 14, 2026
Ebola in Congo Passes 7,000 Cases as Countries Close Borders
Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,400 people. The licensed vaccine does not work on this strain, and thirty...
September 14, 2026
Cost of Living Salvador Bahia 2026 — Rent, Power and Carnival in Northeast Brazil
Rent by district, the food basket, the bus fare and the power bill. What the cost of living Salvador, Bahia...
September 14, 2026
Taxes in Belize 2026 — What Is Really Untaxed, and What Quietly Is Not
Belize charges 25 percent on local income above BZD 29,000, 12.5 percent sales tax and 1 percent land tax. What...
September 14, 2026