Cuernavaca Highway Blocked for Hours Over Missing Teen
Relatives of a missing 16-year-old blocked the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway for over three hours on Saturday, pressing Mexico City for a...
October 4, 2026Section
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Uruguay Beef Sells Above Australia, Minister Says
Uruguay sold beef above Australia’s prices, Minister Alfredo Fratti said on 3 October. Beef exports earned US$2.748 billion in 2025.
October 4, 2026
Panama Weighs Licences for Electric Scooters
Panama's ATTT is reviewing traffic rules that could require licences for electric scooters and motorcycles, though no date has been...
October 4, 2026
Venezuela Inflation Slows to 8.4% in September
Venezuela inflation slowed to 8.4% in September 2026, its second single-digit month in a row, as the central bank reported...
October 4, 2026
Cárcel del Encuentro Splits Ecuador Gangs, Experts Say
Ecuador's Cárcel del Encuentro keeps gang bosses cut off from their crews. Experts say that is splitting the gangs, but...
October 4, 2026
Marset Lawyer Denies US Talks and Says He Chose Trial
Marset lawyer Santiago Moratorio denies the Uruguayan drug suspect is negotiating with US prosecutors and says he will face trial...
October 4, 2026
Paraguay’s Peña Renews Push for an Energy Ministry
Paraguay's President Santiago Peña wants an energy ministry and a power regulator, a day after green-hydrogen firm Atome quit its...
October 4, 2026
Ecuador Family Says Remains Near Quito Are Joselyn Oña
Remains found near Quito's Chiche bridge match Joselyn Oña, missing since May, her family says. Ecuador's forensic service has yet...
October 4, 2026
Nicaragua Moves to Quit Central American Parliament
Nicaragua says it is quitting the Central American Parliament at once; the assembly's board meets Monday and a deputy doubts...
October 4, 2026
Bolivia Judge Orders Six Months Detention for Mariaca
Bolivia's Mariaca preventive detention is under appeal as a second hearing over ambulance cash opens and three co-defendants go to...
October 4, 2026
Haiti Embassy Disowns Football Statement, Fans Eye FIFA
The Haiti football row with the Dominican Republic deepens: Haiti's embassy denies a statement credited to it, and fans ask...
October 4, 2026
Guatemala Central Bank Chief Faces Court Deadline
Guatemala's new central bank chief, Jonathan Menkos, still holds a seat in Congress. The Constitutional Court wants answers by Sunday...
October 4, 2026
Colombia’s Barbosa Alleges Petro-Era Spying on Him
Colombia's former attorney general Francisco Barbosa makes an espionage allegation against Petro-era spy agencies and will file a complaint on...
October 4, 2026
Rio Startup Montage Plans App for Licensed Tour Guides
Montage, a Rio-born startup, says it will launch an app on 1 December 2026 to book Cadastur-licensed private tour guides...
October 4, 2026
Ecuador Court Fines Two Amigo Movement Leaders US$9,200
Ecuador's electoral court fined two leaders of the Amigo movement US$9,200 each over 2024 referendum campaign accounts. The party is...
October 4, 2026
Suriname Kept US$4.74 Billion From Newmont Merian Mine
Newmont Merian gold mine in Suriname: US$4.74 billion of US$6.6 billion revenue stayed in the country over ten years, the...
October 4, 2026
Ecuador Pipeline Fire Shuts Main Oil Line
An Ecuador pipeline fire at the Baeza pumping station has stopped the SOTE, the state's main crude line. Petroecuador expects...
October 4, 2026
Cuba Ranks Fourth in UN Forced Disappearance Appeals
Cuba has 217 UN urgent-action requests over forced disappearances since 2012, fourth after Mexico, Iraq and Colombia, a new UN...
October 4, 2026
Peru ID Registry Warns of Voter Roll Manipulation
Peru votes today in regional and local elections as Reniec, the ID registry, warns of bused-in 'golondrino' voters and voter...
October 4, 2026
Mexico’s EZLN Delegates to Meet Mothers of the Missing
Mexico's Zapatista rebels say 1,509 EZLN delegates will leave Chiapas on 29 November for Mexico City to embrace mothers searching...
October 4, 2026