Honduras Cut the Money It Gives Deported Hondurans, and Then the Lights Went Out
Economic assistance for returnees falls to 2,500 lempiras, retroactive to January. The grid meanwhile struggled to keep the lights on.
September 12, 2026Section
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Barbados Will Patent Its Sargassum Microbes So the Money Stays on the Island
The government says it will patent discoveries about microbes that break down sargassum, to keep the commercial value in Barbadian...
September 12, 2026
Bahamian Domestic Violence Reports Are Up More Than 125% While Overall Crime Falls
Armed robberies rose 25% over the same period. Both increases sit inside a headline decline in the Bahamas overall reported...
September 12, 2026
Suriname Signed Nine Agreements With Venezuela, Then Raised the Court Seizure of Venezuelan Oil
Ten documents were signed in Paramaribo covering fisheries, energy, aviation and education. President Simons also raised a seizure on PDVSA...
September 12, 2026
Cuba Now Requires a Permit and an Architect’s Report Before You Can Put Up Solar Panels
Approval from physical planning, an architectural project and neighbours' consent. Cubans answered in the comments under the government's own posts.
September 12, 2026
Trinidad’s State of Emergency Expires in Days and the Government Has Not Said What Comes Next
Five days from expiry, no extension had been announced. The government is instead returning zones of special operations legislation to...
September 12, 2026
Jamaica’s Bond Buyback Targeted US$2.33 Billion and Got Back a Fifth
Investors offered US$476.6 million against a target of roughly US$2.33 billion. Holders of the highest-coupon bond had the least reason...
September 12, 2026
Jamaica Arrivals Fell Almost a Quarter in August and the Closed Hotels Are the Reason
International arrivals at Sangster fell to 166,325 from 217,849. The airport's commercial director says traffic depends on closed hotels reopening.
September 12, 2026
Guyana’s Gas-to-Energy Plant Is Three Months From Start-Up, and Siemens Will Run It
The prime minister met Siemens Energy on operational readiness for the 300-megawatt Wales plant. First fire is expected around 4...
September 12, 2026
Masked Gunmen Shot Up a Suriname Union Building Hours Before Its Leadership Vote
Three men in a grey car opened fire on the power utility workers' headquarters. One person was wounded and the...
September 12, 2026
Panama Charged 22 People Over a Tax-Credit Fraud Worth About US$40 Million
Prosecutors moved against an alleged scheme inside the revenue authority. The same week brought a subsidy, a development loan and...
September 12, 2026
Costa Rica’s Exchange Rate Set a Record, and Almost Everyone Reported It Backwards
The dollar closed at 447.77 colones for a third straight record. The central bank bought dollars to slow it. Exporters...
September 12, 2026
Guatemala’s Top Court Gave Police Six Hours to Clear the Road Blockades or Lose Their Jobs
The Constitutional Court ordered the interior minister and police director to act under threat of dismissal. The clearing turned violent...
September 12, 2026
Mexico: Striking Teachers Broke Through the Cordon at a Sheinbaum Event in Oaxaca
Section 22 marched on the Guelaguetza auditorium during the president's second government report. Accounts differ on who formed the cordon.
September 12, 2026
Colombia and Israel Restore Visa-Free Travel After the 2024 Rupture
Ordinary passport holders of both countries may enter for up to 90 days in a year. The waiver was restored...
September 12, 2026
Colombia Captures a Los Tiguerones Leader a Day After Washington Designated the Group
Guido Rodriguez Vargas was arrested in Soacha with Ecuadorian intelligence support, two days after the US designated his organisation.
September 12, 2026
Bolivia’s State of Exception Expires This Week and the Extension Is Not Law Yet
A committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved a 90-day extension on Thursday. The full chamber and a joint session...
September 12, 2026
Ecuador Gave Marco Rubio a Medal as US Boat Strikes Keep Hitting Its Fishermen
A rights committee says 143 Ecuadorian fishermen have been affected and at least nine vessels destroyed. Rubio confirmed the strikes...
September 12, 2026
Ecuador Has Imposed a Nighttime Curfew Across Four Coastal Provinces
The government cited rising insecurity. Fuel prices changed the same week and the state says it destroyed 1,119 illegal mining...
September 12, 2026
Peru Puts the Odds of an Extraordinary El Nino at 62 Percent
An emergency declaration already covers 893 districts across 22 regions. The central bank governor says the economic hit could exceed...
September 12, 2026