Togo Sets Cocoa Price at US$3.84 a Kilo as Exports Fall
Togo will pay cocoa farmers about US$3.84 a kilo this season, far below a US$9.48 peak, after cocoa exports fell...
October 4, 2026Section
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What Brazil’s Election Means for US Investors
Brazil votes Sunday after the Ibovespa rose 2.6% on Friday. What the real, Petrobras and Vale ADRs and the EWZ...
October 4, 2026
Puerto Rico Lifts Official Coffee Price Minimums by 20%
Puerto Rico coffee prices: official floors rose about 20% (local coffee now, imports from 13 November); the Agriculture Secretary sees...
October 3, 2026
Guyana Borrowing Nearly Triples to About US$505 Million
Guyana borrowing hit about US$505 million in January to June 2026, nearly triple a year earlier, official data show. Debt...
October 3, 2026
Grenada Carriacou Commissions Two 100,000-Gallon Tanks
Grenada commissions new water infrastructure on Carriacou: two 100,000-gallon tanks and clinic cisterns, from a climate project worth about US$47.7
October 3, 2026
Costa Rica Unemployment Hits Women and Youth Hardest
Costa Rica unemployment weighs most on women and the young, business leader says. INEC puts women at 7.3% against 6.4%...
October 3, 2026
Venezuela Baker Hughes Talks Focus on Gas Projects
Venezuela Baker Hughes talks: acting president Delcy Rodríguez met the US firm's chief in Caracas on gas projects. No contract...
October 3, 2026
IEA Says 325 Million Barrels Released Since March
The IEA says 325 million barrels of the 400 million pledged in March are out. The G7's new 100 million...
October 3, 2026
Colombia Swaps US$6 Billion of Bonds in Debt Deal
Colombia debt reprofiling: the Treasury swapped about US$6 billion of peso bonds due in 2026 and 2027 for paper running...
October 3, 2026