Egypt Avoids Emerging-Market Downgrade
FTSE Russell took Egypt off its downgrade Watch List on 6 October 2026 and kept it an emerging market. What...
October 7, 2026Section
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US Border Arrests Dip to 8,870 in August
US Border Patrol arrested 8,870 people on the southwest border in August, 5% fewer than July, as troops and new...
October 7, 2026
Bolivia IMF Deal Sets Path to World Fuel Prices
Bolivia’s IMF programme foresees fuel prices at world levels in early 2027, with the subsidy falling from 6.2% of GDP...
October 7, 2026
Colombia Debates Bringing Back Re-election
Ex-president Gustavo Petro dared Colombia's new leader to reopen presidential re-election. The 2015 ban can only change by referendum or...
October 7, 2026
US Seizes US$2.8 Million of Cuba-Bound Fuel
US agents seized 90 Cuba-bound biodiesel shipments worth over US$2.8 million at Florida and Texas ports. What the ENETEC case...
October 7, 2026
Magellan Strait Ship Traffic Jumps Over 70%
Ship traffic through the Strait of Magellan rose over 70% in August and September as Panama Canal drought limits bite....
October 7, 2026
Mexico Senate Backs Hotel Checks on Minors
Mexico's Senate voted unanimously on 7 October to make hotels and tour firms check an adult's link to any child....
October 7, 2026
Peru Copper Output Rises 3.7% in July
Peru’s copper output rose 3.7% to 236,515 tonnes in July as zinc fell 22.2% and gold 9.0%, MINEM data show....
October 7, 2026
Oil Reserves Release Speeds Up, Diesel First
IEA members back a faster release of emergency oil, diesel first. About 325 million barrels are out, 100 million to...
October 7, 2026
Peru Clears Fujimori Trip to El Salvador
Peru's Senate approved President Fujimori's 28-31 October visit to El Salvador, where she plans to tour the CECOT prison, then...
October 7, 2026
Peru Launches Military-Police Crime Command
Peru's President Keiko Fujimori created a 1,350-member joint military and police command on 7 October to fight organised crime and...
October 7, 2026
Milei Calls Lula a Thief Ahead of Brazil Vote
Argentina's Milei called Brazil's Lula a thief on Instagram on 7 October, 18 days before the 25 October runoff. Markets...
October 7, 2026
Caputo Takes Argentina’s IMF Case to Bangkok
Argentina's Economy Minister flies to Bangkok on 12 October with US$900 million in IMF money on hold. See what the...
October 7, 2026
Chile Passes Rules on Police Use of Force
Chile's Senate passed rules on when police and soldiers may use force, 29 to 15 on 7 October. See what...
October 7, 2026
Ceará’s US Exports Fall 78% in September
Ceará’s exports to the US fell 77.9% in September to US$42.9 million, trade ministry data show, after a new 25%...
October 7, 2026
Brazil Clears American Airlines’ 8% Azul Stake
Brazil’s antitrust tribunal voted unanimously on 7 October to clear American Airlines’ US$100 million investment for about 8% of Azul,...
October 7, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro Vows to Join US Security Pact
Flávio Bolsonaro says Brazil would join the US-led Shield of the Americas if he wins the 25 October runoff, a...
October 7, 2026
Argentina Factory Output Falls 3.2% in August
Argentina's factory output fell 3.2% in August from a year earlier, INDEC says, worse than the 0.8% forecast, though it...
October 7, 2026
Chile Admits Not All Goods Regain Zero US Tariff
Chile's trade chief says not all exports will return to zero US tariffs. A 12.5% US surcharge now hits Chilean...
October 7, 2026
Brazil Clears Trials of Vivax Malaria Vaccine
Anvisa has approved the first human trial of Vivaxin, a Brazilian vaccine against vivax malaria, with 48 volunteers in Belo...
October 7, 2026