Brazil Poultry Exports Face China Halt
Newcastle disease on a Santa Catarina turkey farm puts Brazil's chicken exports to China, about 10% of its shipments, on...
October 19, 2026Section
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Peru Senate Panel Advances Executive Powers
A Peruvian Senate committee backed 27 legislative powers for President Keiko Fujimori on security and El Niño; the full Senate...
October 19, 2026
Chile Deputies Pass Migrant Expulsion Bill
Chile's lower house voted 128 to 11 to speed expulsions of migrants in irregular status, a bill that now goes...
October 19, 2026
Chile’s Escondida Copper Output Falls 19%
Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, made 252,600 tonnes in the third quarter, down 19%, but BHP kept its annual...
October 19, 2026
Peru’s 8-Month Trade Surplus Tops US$30B
Peru's trade surplus hit US$30.793 billion in January to August 2026, up US$12.291 billion, as August export prices rose 30.3%.
October 19, 2026
Argentina’s Trade Surplus Hits US$3 Billion
Argentina ran a US$2.976 billion goods-trade surplus in September 2026 as exports passed US$10 billion for the first time in...
October 19, 2026
Florida Issues Warrant for Raúl Castro
A Florida judge signed a no-bond warrant charging Raúl Castro, 95, with conspiracy to murder over the 1996 shootdown of...
October 19, 2026
Colombia Gold Mine Collapse Kills 14
A landslide at a gold mine in Nariño, Colombia, killed 14 people and injured 7 on Monday, local authorities said....
October 19, 2026
Brazil Court Ends Americanas Restructuring
A Rio court ended Americanas' judicial recovery on 19 October, nearly four years after an accounting fraud. Shares rose 6.99%...
October 19, 2026