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, 2026Section
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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
Oil Fund Jumps 2.6% as Isaias Shuts Gulf Output
The oil fund USO rose 2.55% on 8 October as Hurricane Isaias shut in 1.28 million barrels a day of...
October 8, 2026
Steel ETF Slips 0.5% as Gerdau Falls 2%
Steel fund SLX fell 0.46% to US$101.96 on 8 October as Gerdau lost 1.99% to US$4.92; Brazil and Mexico keep...
October 8, 2026
Nexa Slips 0.7% as Buenaventura Gains 1%
Nexa Resources fell 0.71% to US$12.51 and Buenaventura rose 0.96% to US$31.43 on 8 October as Peru's zinc output fell...
October 8, 2026
Vale ADR Falls 1.4% as China Steel Losses Deepen
Vale's New York shares fell 1.40% to US$13.42 on 8 October as about 7% of Chinese steelmakers were profitable and...
October 8, 2026
Lithium ETF Falls 0.7% as Chinese Spot Prices Firm
Lithium fund LIT fell 0.70% to US$69.02 on 8 October and Albemarle 0.63%, even as Chinese spot lithium carbonate firmed...
October 8, 2026
Copper Fund Slips 0.9% as Centinela Strike Begins
Copper fund CPER fell 0.88% on 8 October while LME copper rose 0.96% to US$14,614.5. A strike began at Chile's...
October 8, 2026
Gold Fund Gains 0.7% as Bullion Rebounds
Gold fund GLD rose 0.73% to US$378.62 on 8 October as spot gold rebounded about 1% to near US$4,135. Silver...
October 8, 2026
COLCAP Slips 0.4% to 2,525 After a Fall
Colombia's COLCAP fell 0.37% to 2,525 on 8 October. The peso closed at 3,216.81 per US$, below the official TRM...
October 8, 2026
Merval Gains 0.3% as Loma Negra Jumps 4.6%
Argentina's Merval rose 0.30% to 2,832,472 on 8 October as Loma Negra jumped 4.6% and dollar bonds gained up to...
October 8, 2026
IPSA Gains 0.2% to 11,024 as Inflation Slows
Chile's IPSA rose 0.22% to 11,024 on 8 October after INE reported September inflation of 0.4% for the month and...
October 8, 2026