Ecuador Police Arrest Los Lobos Suspect on 11 October
Ecuador's police arrested a Los Lobos suspect known as El Patrón in Quevedo, a city the US tells Americans not...
October 12, 2026Section
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Mexico Sets US$68.60 Duty on Chinese Bicycles
Chinese bicycles for adults will cost importers in Mexico an extra US$68.60 each from 13 October, under a provisional anti-dumping...
October 12, 2026
Haiti Digicel Outage Hits 3 Times in Under a Month
The Haiti Digicel outage on 12 October followed damage to both international fibre links where gunfire was reported, and no...
October 12, 2026
Cuba Oil Law Takes Effect 19 October for Foreign Firms
Cuba’s new oil and gas law, published on Monday, lets foreign firms explore under contracts of up to 40 years...
October 12, 2026
Dominican Republic, Venezuela Weigh Direct Fuel Sales
Presidents Abinader and Rodríguez met in Rome and told Refidomsa and PDVSA to discuss direct sales of AC30 asphalt and...
October 12, 2026
Bolivia Orders Arrest of Marset’s Sister on 12 October
A Bolivian court declared Tatiana Marset, sister of US-charged drug suspect Sebastián Marset, in contempt on Monday and ordered her...
October 12, 2026
Paraguay Evacuates 60 Families as Paraná River Rises
At least 60 families have left their homes in Ciudad del Este as the Paraná River rises, and the Yacyretá...
October 12, 2026
Brazil’s Flávio Ad Airs Silent 13 Days Before Runoff
Flávio Bolsonaro's free TV campaign ad aired without sound in Brazil on Monday, 13 days before the runoff, and he...
October 12, 2026
Brazil Court Orders Union to Delete 5 Anti-Flávio Posts
Brazil's electoral court ordered the CUT union to remove five Instagram Flávio posts linking him to militias, pension freezes and...
October 12, 2026