Latin American Pulse for Monday, September 28, 2026
Latin America's mood on September 28: Brazil's bitter election run-in, Mexico's quiet nationalism and Argentina's legal and investment gamble.
September 28, 2026Section
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Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Monday, September 28, 2026
Ibovespa pre-market: Focus holds its 13.50% year-end Selic call but lifts 2026 inflation to 4.99%, and the August current-account gap...
September 28, 2026
Lithium Wrap: Albemarle Up 1.4%, Chile’s SQM Slips as LIT Edges Higher
Albemarle rose 1.37% and Chile's SQM slipped 0.34% as the LIT ETF gained 0.29% to US$69.02 on Friday. What split...
September 28, 2026
Canada’s Digital Economy Is Expanding Beyond Banking and Finance
Canada's digital economy is widening beyond fintech into AI, data infrastructure, e-commerce and online entertainment, and regulation is moving with...
September 28, 2026
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE): how it works, who runs it, and what issuers must disclose
What this exchange is The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is Africa's largest, oldest and most sophisticated securities market, founded in 1887...
September 27, 2026
Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE): how it works, who runs it, and what issuers must disclose
What this exchange is The Nairobi Securities Exchange is Kenya's stock market and the dominant exchange of East Africa, based...
September 27, 2026
Nigerian Exchange (NGX): how it works, who runs it, and what issuers must disclose
What this exchange is Nigerian Exchange Plc, almost everyone still calls it the NGX or simply "the exchange in Lagos",...
September 27, 2026
Who Is Bola Tinubu? Nigeria’s President, His Reforms and the 2027 Race Explained
Who is Bola Tinubu? Nigeria's president explained: his Lagos rise, fuel and naira reforms, the allegations he faces and his...
September 27, 2026
Britain Revises Its Cuba Travel Advice: Bring Cash, Expect Blackouts
Cuba travel advice from the UK still says avoid all but essential trips. The 25 September update: carry cash, expect...
September 27, 2026
Guyana Plans a New Migration Policy as Its Oil Boom Runs Short of Workers
Guyana migration policy: President Ali wants flexible rules for foreign workers and sees three million people passing through the economy...
September 27, 2026
Peru’s Biggest Oil Producer Drills Again After Output Fell by a Third
PetroTal, Peru's biggest oil producer, is drilling again after output fell by a third. Why the Bretaña restart matters for...
September 27, 2026
Chile’s Defence Minister Says Britain Has Held the Falklands for 200 Years
Chile Falklands row: the defence minister backs Argentina’s claim but says Britain has exercised sovereignty for 200 years, wording at...
September 27, 2026
Panama Business Chamber Urges Lawmakers to Rethink a Rushed Election Bill
Panama electoral reform: business says lawmakers rewrote the rules overnight, lifting donation caps to US$500,000 and raising hurdles for independents.
September 27, 2026
Honduras Fuel Prices Rise for an 11th Week Despite a Bigger Subsidy
Honduras fuel prices rise again on 28 September: premium hits about US$5.70 a gallon in Tegucigalpa as support on regular...
September 27, 2026
Brazil’s Bahia Grows More Crops but Earns Less: Farm Output Up 5.7%
Bahia farm output grew 5.7% in Q2 2026 on record soy and cattle slaughter, yet a 13% price slide cut...
September 27, 2026
Cuba Says US Sanctions Are Holding Back Its Opening to Private Business
Cuba market reforms could become ‘truly irreversible’ if Washington eases sanctions, a senior Cuban diplomat says. What he offered, and...
September 27, 2026
Colombia’s Gas Is Running Low. Three Firms Race for Its First Fracking Well
Colombia fracking is back on the table: Ecopetrol, Drummond and GeoPark are racing to drill the first well as gas...
September 27, 2026
Brazil’s TIM Mobile Network Now Answers to Italy’s State-Backed Post Office
TIM Brasil now answers to Italy's state-backed Poste Italiane after its offer for Telecom Italia closed at 85.8%. What changes...
September 27, 2026
Mexico’s President Rejects Foreign Meddling as She Nears Two Years in Power
Sheinbaum Zócalo speech rejected foreign meddling and called Congress a Constituent Congress; the Senate vote on dual nationality slipped to...
September 27, 2026
Argentina Gas Subsidy Cut for 3.35 Million Users Angers Mayors’ Federation
Argentina gas subsidy cut: a federation of 500-plus mayors calls the loss of the cold-zone discount for 3.35 million users...
September 27, 2026