Chile Pension Funds Face US$7.7 Billion Loss
Chile pension funds' bets that US interest rates would fall showed a US$7.7 billion loss in September, and the regulator's...
October 15, 2026Section
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Peru and US Step Up Fight on Illegal Mining
Peru's defence minister met the US ambassador and the head of US Southern Command in Iquitos to widen the fight...
October 15, 2026
Chile’s ENAP Paid Envoy’s Law Firm US$1m
ENAP Zaliasnik payments: Chile's state oil firm paid the envoy's law firm over US$1 million from 2019 to 2025, and...
October 15, 2026
Brazil Factory Confidence Rises in October
Brazil factory confidence rose to 46.2 points in October, but executives rate current business at its worst since July 2020,...
October 15, 2026
US Notes Drug Claims Against Petro’s Ex-Wife
The US State Department says it is aware of claims that Petro's ex-wife flew drugs to Venezuela and came back...
October 15, 2026
Brazil Probes Meta and X Election Takedowns
Brazil's federal prosecutors gave Meta and X five days to explain account bans and deleted political posts, with the 25...
October 15, 2026
Mexican Drug Lord Caro Quintero Weighs Plea
Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero is still in plea talks with US prosecutors, a Brooklyn court heard on 14...
October 15, 2026
Mexico Ends Case Against Ex-Migration Chief
A federal judge closed the case against Mexico's former migration chief over the 2023 Ciudad Juárez fire that killed 40...
October 15, 2026
Milei Calls Lula a Dictator in Washington
Milei called Lula a dictator at a Washington gala on 14 October and said Flávio Bolsonaro would beat him in...
October 15, 2026