Nigeria Orders 30-Day Petrol Discount at NNPC Pumps
Nigeria will sell petrol at cost at NNPC stations for 30 days, the finance minister said on 8 October, as...
October 9, 2026Section
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Guinea-Bissau Says 6 December Election Cannot Go Ahead
Guinea-Bissau's transitional prime minister and election commission say the 6 December election cannot be held after legal deadlines were missed.
October 9, 2026
Mauritania Report Faults SOMELEC Over 2 Grid Fires
Mauritania's SOMELEC fire report links August's Nouakchott blackouts to new cables, costing over US$9 million, and urges a payment freeze.
October 9, 2026
Gabon Debt Passed 80% of GDP, World Bank Estimates
The World Bank estimates Gabon public debt passed 80% of GDP in 2025, far above the 68.91% the government reported...
October 9, 2026
Morocco Kenitra Battery Hub Readies October Cell Line
Gotion says the first cell line at its Kenitra battery gigafactory starts in October, weeks after VW's PowerCo joined a...
October 9, 2026
Nigeria Stocks Shed US$1 Billion as Energy Shares Slide
Nigeria stocks lost about US$1.0 billion on Thursday as the NGX All-Share Index fell 0.82%, led by a 10% drop...
October 9, 2026
Tanzania Inflation Holds at 4.3% in September
Tanzania inflation held at 4.3% in September as transport costs rose 14%, while the central bank kept its key rate...
October 9, 2026
Burkina Faso Plans US$435 Million Irrigation Push
Burkina Faso unveiled a US$435 million dry-season plan on 8 October to drill 750 boreholes and irrigate 50,000 more hectares...
October 9, 2026
Hurricane Simón: Checklist for Foreigners in Mexico
Hurricane Simón is forecast to reach Category 4 near Mexico’s Pacific coast this weekend. What foreigners in Jalisco and Nayarit...
October 9, 2026
South America Holiday Closures on 12 October 2026
Monday 12 October 2026 is a holiday in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Brazil’s banks and B3 close. What expats and...
October 9, 2026
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Friday, October 9, 2026
Hurricane Simón nears Mexico’s coast, Monday 12 October is a holiday in four countries and Brazil’s inflation is due. Your...
October 9, 2026
Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, October 9, 2026
Copa Libertadores semi-final schedule confirmed for October with Fluminense-Palmeiras and Estudiantes-Flamengo. Boca Juniors host Vasco in Sudamericana.
October 9, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief
Your São Paulo Friday brief: weather, Marília Mendonça exhibition at MIS, market mood in words, transport and where to go...
October 9, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief
Your Friday Rio plan: a warm day with possible showers, free CCBB exhibitions in Centro, the Museu do Amanhã and...
October 9, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, October 9, 2026
Latin America's mood on October 9, 2026: Brazil's runoff anxiety, Mexico's US friction, Argentina's economic hope, Colombia's quake relief.
October 9, 2026
Nasdaq Falls 1.3% as Oil Stays Above US$100
Wall Street's tech slide, 29,000 US jobs and Brent above US$100 frame Friday's Brazil IPCA inflation test. See what it...
October 9, 2026
Mexican Peso Slides 1.2% as LatAm Opens
LatAm opens Friday after the Mexican peso fell 1.2% and the Ibovespa rose 0.9%. Brazil's IPCA inflation data at 9am...
October 9, 2026
Ibovespa Rises 0.9% Before IPCA Data
Brazil's September IPCA lands at 9am BRT after the Ibovespa rose 0.9% to 206,220, with the real near 5.02 per...
October 9, 2026
Mazatlán Prison Riot Kills 10, Injures 16
Ten people died and 16 were injured in a riot at Mazatlán’s El Castillo prison in Sinaloa, Mexico, on 8...
October 8, 2026
Wheat, Corn and Soy Funds Slip Before WASDE
Soybean fund SOYB fell 0.72%, corn fund CORN 0.47% and wheat fund WEAT 0.56% on 8 October before the USDA...
October 8, 2026