Colombia’s President Says PepsiCo Will Invest US$1 Billion Over Five Years
The PepsiCo Colombia investment plan is worth US$1 billion over five years, the president says. The company itself has yet...
September 28, 2026Section
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Spain’s Courts Put Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez in an Awkward Spotlight
Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's acting leader, surfaces in two Spanish criminal inquiries: oil-deal chats and a diplomat's cocaine arrest. She is...
September 28, 2026
Colombia’s State Oil Firm Seeks Criminal Probe of Its Own Gas Import Deal
Ecopetrol asked Colombia's prosecutors to probe the US$172 million Pacific gas terminal deal signed under Petro. The terminal is months...
September 28, 2026
Dominican Republic: Judge Jails Eight in Public Health Insurance Fraud
A judge jailed eight suspects in the Dominican Senasa fraud case over a health insurance scheme said to cost US$673,000....
September 28, 2026
Ecuador Replaces Its Economy Minister With Its Social Security Chief
Ecuador economy minister Sariha Moya is out: Noboa named Social Security chief Bernardo Cordovez, who leads a US$2 billion property...
September 28, 2026
Uruguay’s Opposition Refers Councillor to Ethics Over Drug-Money Aide
The Uruguay National Party sent a Montevideo councillor to its ethics panel after his paid aide was jailed for laundering...
September 28, 2026
Colombia Sends Armed-Group Boss From Peace Talks to Face US Drug Charges
Colombia once shielded him as a peace negotiator. Now the Comandos de la Frontera boss faces US narco-terrorism charges, and...
September 28, 2026
Alias Charlie: Ecuador Media Name Man Killed in Manabí Army Operation
Ecuadorian media name alias Charlie, killed with two escorts in a Manabí army operation on 23 September 2026, as Carlos...
September 28, 2026
Chile’s Kast Unveils Emergency Jobs Plan Promising Over 100,000 Jobs
Chile's Kast unveils a US$1.35 billion emergency jobs plan: 75,000 more hiring subsidies, US$311 million for small-firm loan guarantees and...
September 28, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for September 28: US import bans on Canadian goods take effect at midnight, Washington says...
September 28, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief
Europe Intelligence Brief for September 28: Poland treats a burnt Starlink station as sabotage, Serbia's president resigns on his own...
September 28, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 28: Japan counts Dujuan's toll, Bangkok pumps through a fourth disaster day, the Durand Line...
September 28, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 28: Sudan's exodus into Chad runs at twenty times the old rate, Congo's Ebola cases...
September 28, 2026
Chile Opposition Asks Watchdog to Rule on Kast’s US-Led Security Pact
Five Chilean deputies ask the comptroller to rule on the Shield of the Americas, calling it a treaty in disguise....
September 28, 2026
Chile’s Election Bots Probe Widens Around Jailed Argentine Consultant
Chile's electoral service traced US$26,800 in 2021 campaign payments to a jailed Argentine consultant's firm, as analysts estimate 1,300 election...
September 28, 2026
Days Before Brazil Votes, a Patron-Saint Row Pulls In Bishops and Judges
An Our Lady of Aparecida story reported as false has pulled Brazil's bishops, judges and the Bolsonaro campaign into a...
September 28, 2026
Chile Mayors Fight Cut That Stops New Santiago Train Short of the Centre
Chile's state railway shelved the tunnel taking the Santiago-Melipilla train into central Santiago. Eight mayors want it back.
September 28, 2026
Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro Dares Lula to the Last TV Debate Before the Vote
Flávio Bolsonaro says he will attend Thursday's Globo debate with or without Lula. A Lula aide says the president should...
September 28, 2026
Chile Raids Target First Local Cell of Brazil’s PCC Crime Gang
Police hit the first PCC cell in Chile on 28 September, raiding six homes and eight prisons to target 24...
September 28, 2026
Chile’s Environmental Judges Step Aside in Barrick Mine Case After Leak
Chile's Environmental Tribunal lost all three judges in the Barrick El Alto case after the court website posted a ruling...
September 28, 2026