Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso
The Mexico IPC rose 1.13% to 64,992 on Friday, ending a four-week losing streak, as the peso firmed to 17.67...
September 26, 2026Section
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Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real
Ibovespa fell 0.27% to 183,477 as Petrobras led losses on cheaper oil. The real firmed to 5.1868 per US dollar....
September 26, 2026
Guinea-Bissau’s Junta Promises a Free Vote and Seeks a UN Council Seat
A year after its coup, Guinea-Bissau told the UN its 6 December vote will be free, and asked for a...
September 26, 2026
Equatorial Guinea’s Heir Apparent Brings a Rare Court Win to the UN Stage
Obiang's son spoke for Equatorial Guinea at the UN for a fourth straight year, carrying a World Court ruling that...
September 26, 2026
Namibians Who Fled South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Violence Want to Go Back
Namibia brought 153 citizens home from South Africa's anti-migrant violence in July. Many want to go back: jobless rate at...
September 26, 2026
Kenyans in Egypt Face Discrimination and Deportation, Kenyan Lawmakers Say
Kenyan lawmakers say Kenyans in Egypt face discrimination and monthly deportations, while their Cairo embassy has no emergency fund, legal...
September 26, 2026
Kenya’s Exports to the UAE More Than Double After Iran War Slump
Kenya's sales to the United Arab Emirates more than doubled to about US$68 million in July, after the Iran war...
September 26, 2026
Kenya Bills Solar Owners for Power Dumped on the Grid
Kenya's regulator EPRA now bills solar power fed into the grid without approval as dumping, at the base tariff. The...
September 26, 2026
Cameroon Starts a US$382 Million Kempinski Hotel, a Test of Luxury Demand
Cameroon has broken ground on a US$382 million Kempinski hotel in Douala, yet only a third of its planned bank...
September 26, 2026
South Africa Shields Its Steel Mills as the EU Starts Charging for Carbon
South Africa is raising steel tariffs as its top steelmaker shrinks, while the EU prices the carbon in imported steel...
September 26, 2026
Kenya Court Upholds 1.5% Housing Levy on Salaries, Foreign Staff Included
Kenya's appeals court upheld a 1.5% payroll levy that funds a US$14 billion housing plan. Foreign staff keep paying, and...
September 26, 2026
Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of Funding Rebels as War Returns to Its North
Ethiopia says Eritrea is funding a new seven-group rebel alliance that unites former enemies, four years after a war that...
September 26, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Saturday, September 26, 2026
Latin American Pulse September 26 2026: Brazil bans online betting before the vote, Oaxaca dissolves Juchitán and Argentina pays the...
September 26, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: Gerdau up, Ternium Slips
Latin America steel: Gerdau rose while Ternium slipped and CSN held flat on Friday, as tariffs and cheap Chinese imports...
September 26, 2026
Working in Brazil: Jobs, Work Permits and Starting a Business
Working in Brazil in 2026: unemployment at a record-low 5.3%, minimum wage R$1,621, VITEM V work permits, digital nomad visa...
September 26, 2026
Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro Proposes US$579 Billion SOS Brasil Debt Fund
Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro proposes SOS Brasil, a R$3 trillion (US$579 billion) fund fed by oil concessions and federal assets to...
September 26, 2026
Ghana: COCOBOD Turns to Home Investors for US$1.4 Billion Cocoa Season Rescue
Ghana's COCOBOD wants to raise US$1.4 billion from domestic investors via Cocoa Capital PLC to fund the 2026/27 cocoa season....
September 26, 2026
Brazil’s Desenrola 3.0 Targets US$29 Billion in Debt
Brazil's Desenrola 3.0 will buy up to about US$29 billion of defaulted family debt at up to 90% off. Who...
September 25, 2026
Datafolha Poll Shows Lula Leading Flávio Bolsonaro 40 to 36 as the Runoff Stays a Two-Point Tie
Datafolha poll September 22 to 24 with 2,002 voters, TSE BR-00304/2026: Lula 40%, Flávio Bolsonaro 36% first round; runoff tied...
September 25, 2026
Best Time to Visit Brazil 2026: Weather and Seasons by Region
When to visit Brazil in 2026-27: Rio is best April-June and September-November, the Pantanal May-October, the Amazon July-December. Carnival 2027...
September 25, 2026