Colombia Coca Hits 261,000 Hectares as Cocaine Trade Latin America Shifts to New Routes
The cocaine trade Latin America now rests on record Colombian coca and shifting routes through Ecuador and the Caribbean into...
September 7, 2026Section
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Noboa Locks Ecuador Into the Dollar as Argentina Weighs Currency Competition in Latin America
Dollarization Latin America style: Ecuador, El Salvador and Panama anchor a full-dollar bloc as Argentina debates currency competition in 2026.
September 7, 2026
Mexico Remittance Rebound Reaches 3.8% as Latin America Braces for US Tax Vote
Mexico's remittance decline has paused with four months of growth in 2026. Currency shifts and US policy risks now define...
September 7, 2026
Mexico Nearshoring Boom Hits US$40.9 Billion FDI Record Before Energy and Tax Limits Bite
Nearshoring Latin America is redrawing investment maps in 2026 as Mexico posts record FDI while energy and tax bottlenecks start...
September 7, 2026
Caribbean CBI States Enforce 200,000 US Dollar Floor as EU Visa Pressure Builds
Caribbean citizenship by investment programs in five states now enforce a 200,000 US dollar floor as EU visa pressure and...
September 7, 2026
Caribbean Debt Crisis Deepens as Hurricane Melissa Leaves Jamaica a J$198 Billion Hole
Caribbean debt climate finance is being tested as hurricane costs push island states toward fiscal crisis. Investors face new debt...
September 7, 2026
Safaricom’s M-Pesa Enters Ethiopia as Wave Secures a West African Bank Licence
Africa mobile money is shifting fast as Wave gains a West African bank license and Nigeria's fintech unicorns get CBN...
September 7, 2026
JNIM Blockades Bamako Fuel Supply as Sahel Deaths Top Half of Global Terror Toll
The Sahel security crisis is spreading toward coastal West Africa as JNIM and Islamic State Sahel expand attacks into Benin,...
September 7, 2026
US and EU Pour $6 Billion Into Lobito Corridor as China Revives TAZARA Rail Rival in Zambia
The Lobito Corridor is reshaping how DRC and Zambian copper reaches the sea as Western money races a Chinese-backed Dar...
September 7, 2026