Global Economy Briefing for Friday, September 18, 2026
The Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, two days after the Fed. Wall Street rebounded 1.14% and gold recovered to about US$4,346 an ounce.
LatAm Pre-Open for Friday, September 18, 2026
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Copper Rises on Chinese Buying as Southern Copper and Freeport Gain
Copper rose for a third session on signs of Chinese physical buying. Southern Copper gained 3.28% and Freeport...
Colombia Markets: COLCAP and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The COLCAP rose 0.40% to 2,521.85 but the peso was the region's weakest currency. The central bank's survey...
Argentina Markets: Merval and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The Merval gained 1.08% on the same day INDEC reported a 0.6% contraction and unemployment at 7.9%. Country...
Trinidad Ends Its State of Emergency After 199 Days and 5,802 Arrests
Trinidad and Tobago's state of emergency ended on 17 September after 199 days, 5,802 arrests and 574 detention...
Bitcoin Holds Above US$76,000 as Brazil’s Crypto Deadlines Approach
Bitcoin held above US$76,000 after the Fed's rate rise. Brazil bans crypto settlement of cross-border payments from 1...
Chile Markets: IPSA and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The IPSA rose 1.30% to 11,381.18 in a session that closed at one o'clock, led by SQM as...
Gold and Silver Rebound the Day After the Federal Reserve Raised Rates
Gold recovered to about US$4,346 an ounce and silver rose 3.44% to US$65.43, a day after the Fed's...
Mexico Markets: IPC and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The IPC rose 0.58% to 63,873 in its first session after Independence Day. The Fed's hike has cut...
Eight Firms Named in Audit of 210,000 Machu Picchu Reservations
An audit of Peru's Tu Boleto platform found eight firms held 209,051 Machu Picchu reservations, and 62.96 percent...
Bolivia’s IMF Loan Clears the Lower House as Gang Warnings Mount
Bolivia's lower house backed a US$1.9 billion IMF credit on 17 September. Ministers also say Brazilian criminal groups...
Mexico’s Trade Round Slips a Week After a Call Neither Side Confirms
A reported Sheinbaum-Trump call, a negotiating round pushed to late September and a Fitch warning on fiscal consolidation...
What Is Actually Confirmed About Venezuela’s Change of Government
Delcy Rodriguez has run Venezuela since January. Eight months on, no published legal instrument sets out how the...
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Head Into Brazil’s Tied 2026 Presidential Vote
Brazil election 2026 guide: Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro are tied for the 4 October vote. Polls, running mates, issues, and what expats should watch.
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Day of the Dead Mexico City 2026: Parade Dates, Route and Expat Guide
Day of the Dead Mexico City 2026: Grand Parade on October 31, Catrinas on October 25, Alebrijes from...
Latin Grammy Awards 2026: Anitta Nominated for Album of the Year
Latin Grammy Awards 2026: Anitta's album Equilibrivm is nominated for Album of the Year at the 27th edition,...
São Paulo Nightlife Tonight: Roberto Carlos Adds an Extra Night in Mooca, September 17, 2026
Sao Paulo nightlife on 17 September 2026: Roberto Carlos adds a show in Mooca, Casa de Francisca opens...
Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Tonight: A Free Festival Thursday Across the Centre, September 17, 2026
A free Semana de Arte circuit across the centre, samba in Lapa from 7.30 p.m., and Flamengo at...
The Last Five Years Returns to São Paulo, 9–18 October: Brazil’s Production Joins the Musical’s 25th Anniversary
The Last Five Years returns to Sao Paulo from 9 to 18 October 2026, ten performances at the...
La Pérgola de las Flores in Santiago, Chile: Iconic Musical Returns for Fiestas Patrias September 18–19
La Pergola de las Flores Santiago 2026 plays the Centro Cultural San Gines on 18 and 19 September,...
Costa Rica’s Record-Strong Colón: What It Means for Expat Budgets
The Costa Rica colon closed at a record 446.93 per US dollar on 16 September 2026, the strongest...
Costa Rica Has More Tourists, More Dollars and a Record-Strong Colon
Arrivals are up 5.3% this year and tourism revenue sits well above 2019. The colon hit its strongest...
La Charanga Habanera in Lima on September 19: Cuban Timba Legends at Discoteca Coco’s
Charanga Habanera Lima 2026 brings the Cuban timba band led by David Calzado to Discoteca Coco's in the...
Callao Salsa Fest on September 19: First Edition Brings Brunella Torpoco and Josimar to La Isla del Paraíso
Callao Salsa Fest 2026 holds its first edition on 19 September at La Isla del Paraiso in Peru's...
Juan Diego Flórez Lima Concert on September 19: Tenor Celebrates 15 Years of Sinfonía por el Perú
Juan Diego Flórez Lima 2026 brings the Peruvian tenor to the Convexia Expo Center on 19 September for...
ONE PACT Lima Concert on September 18: K-Pop’s Outshine World Tour at Discoteca Coco’s
ONE PACT brings the Outshine World Tour to Lima on Friday 18 September 2026 at 8 p.m., playing...
Congo’s Regulator Orders Two Glencore Mines to Drop 1,540 Suppliers
Congo's subcontracting regulator ARSP ordered two Glencore-controlled mines to drop 1,540 suppliers, about 60 percent of those examined, as ineligible.
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Seplat Energy Shares Have Held a Record for Six Sessions While Nigeria’s Oil Sector Fell
The Seplat Energy share price record set on 10 September 2026 has held for six sessions, while Nigerian...
West African Firms Can Now Plug Their Own Accounting Software Into the Region’s Instant Payment System
Twenty-four approved business interfaces now connect company accounting software to the UEMOA instant payment system used across eight...
Ghana’s Pension Fund Tells Retirees to Go Digital, and Admits the Gap It Has to Close
Ghana's SSNIT urged pensioners in Takoradi to use its digital channels on 17 September 2026, as annual certificate...
Co-operative Bank and the EBRD Sign a US$100 Million Swap Built on Kenya’s New Benchmark Rate
Co-operative Bank of Kenya and the EBRD signed a US$100 million currency swap on 16 September 2026, the...
Long-Term Illness Now Causes 37 Percent of Deaths in Africa, and Most Come Early
Noncommunicable disease deaths in Africa reached 37 percent of the total in 2019, up from 24 percent in...
Plug-In Cars Overtake Hybrids in South Africa as Electrified Sales Near 4.4 Percent
South Africa new energy vehicle sales hit 16,289 units in the first seven months of 2026, up 88...
Ghana Opens a 30-Acre Hybrid Shea Farm That Fruits in Three Years Instead of Twenty
Ghana has opened a 30-acre hybrid shea demonstration farm near Tamale, where the trees are said to fruit...
Ghana’s Accra to Kumasi Expressway Will Be the First Job for the New Value for Money Office
Ghana's Accra to Kumasi Expressway will be the first project examined by the new Value for Money Office,...
Togo’s Former Armed Forces Minister Has Been Held a Year Without Trial and Is on Hunger Strike
Marguerite Gnakade, Togo's former armed forces minister, has been held for a year without trial and has been...
Russian Africa Corps Commanders Approve Mali’s Drone Strikes, an Investigation Finds
Russian Africa Corps commanders approve air strikes in Mali even when Malian pilots fly the drones, according to...
Rwanda Says It Is Not Ready to Extradite Burundian Coup Suspects, Eleven Years On
Rwanda is not ready to extradite Burundians wanted over a failed 2015 coup attempt, foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe...
Saudi Crude Exports Fall by Two Thirds as the Yanbu Pipeline Shuts and Egypt Becomes the Last Route Out
Saudi crude exports fell to about 2.1 million barrels a day in early September 2026, from 7.5 million...
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