Guatemala Army Panel Names No Units in Eight Killings
Guatemala's army-only commission is reviewing the troops' role in eight Huité deaths but has named no unit, commander or deadline.
October 2, 2026Section
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Guyana Load-Tests US$35 Million Linden Bridge
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Argentina’s Milei Faces Criminal Complaint Over Insults
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October 2, 2026
Chile Teachers’ Union Calls Police Response ‘Brutal’
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October 2, 2026
Mexico City Postpones Its Local Judicial Election
Mexico City judicial election moved to June 2028: the city’s Congress voted 46 to 17 on 1 October to align...
October 2, 2026
Argentina Tax Revenue Rises 38.3% in September
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October 2, 2026
Venezuela Coffee Growers Plan Protests Over Prices
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October 2, 2026
Festival do Rio 2026, Day 2: Full Programme Under Way
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October 2, 2026
Ecuador to Rent Generators for Local Election Day
Ecuador elections: the electoral council plans to rent generators and buy backup power for the 29 November local vote, as...
October 2, 2026
Costa Rica Unemployment Rises to 6.7% as Jobs Fall
Costa Rica unemployment rose to 6.7% in June–August 2026 from 6.0% a year earlier. Finance and insurance lost 19,000 jobs,...
October 2, 2026
Colombia Wage Commission Opens Early 2027 Talks
Colombia's minimum wage commission held an early session on 1 October 2026 and set up a panel to review labour...
October 2, 2026
Panama’s PRD Forms Election Reform Panel
Panama PRD, the party that governed until 2024, sets up a commission to agree one line on election reform and...
October 2, 2026
Bolivia Navy Raids Illegal Mining Camp on Beni River
Bolivia illegal mining: the navy raided a foreign-run camp on the Beni river as scientists gave Pope Leo XIV a...
October 2, 2026
Mexico Judicial Reform Hits Projects at 28.8% of Firms
Mexico judicial reform: 28.8% of 3,721 firms polled by employers’ group Coparmex say they cut or postponed projects; 67.8% report...
October 2, 2026
Brazil’s ArcelorMittal Plans US$1.9 Billion More
ArcelorMittal Brazil plans over US$1.9 billion of new investment after anti-dumping duties cut steel imports. Its CEO says imports must...
October 2, 2026
Costa Rica Teachers Strike Over Pay Shortfall
Costa Rica teachers at a public school in La Unión, Cartago, stopped classes over planning pay missing since February, about...
October 2, 2026
Peru’s Puno Lithium Could Interest German Carmakers
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October 2, 2026
Colombia’s ANDI Chief Bruce Mac Master Quits
Bruce Mac Master resigned as head of Colombia’s ANDI business lobby on 1 October 2026, citing pressures after weeks of...
October 2, 2026
Bolivia Ombudsman Counts 120 Mining Deaths in Potosí
Bolivia mining deaths in Potosí reach 120 in 2026, most of them young day labourers without insurance, the Ombudsman's Office...
October 2, 2026
Trinidad and Tobago House Votes to Raise Drinking Age
Trinidad and Tobago drinking age bill passes the lower house 23–10: 21 for alcohol, 25 for cannabis and gambling. Police...
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