Latin America Defense Monitor — August 30–September 5, 2026
Latin America Defense Monitor: Colombia's all-out war kills 31 in five days, US commanders warn over Iran, Green Berets in Ecuador, UNITAS off Peru.
Global Economy Briefing — September 5, 2026
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Mexico Border Drones Were Smugglers’, Defence Chief Says
Mexico border drones shot down by the United States were flown by smuggling groups scouting routes, the defence...
Venezuela Oil Is Not the Government’s to Sell, Machado Says
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says Venezuela oil wealth belongs to the people, not to what she calls...
Cuba Health Alert: US Embassy Warns Over Water and Medicine
A Cuba health alert from the US embassy warns of a sharp rise in diarrhoeal illness and tells...
Latin America Steel: CSN Leads, Mexico Tariffs Shield
CSN ADRs led Latin American steel on Friday, September 4, 2026, as traders weighed Brazil's 25% above-quota steel...
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Slips as Peru, Brazil Supply Stays Tight
Zinc held firm near US$3,900 a tonne on Friday, September 4, 2026, but Latin American miner proxies Nexa...
Iron Ore Steady Near US$100; Vale Slips, Rio Gains
Seaborne iron ore held near US$99.57 a tonne on Friday as firm Chinese steel output offset margin pain....
Bitcoin Falls Below $80k on US Jobs Data
Bitcoin slid under US$80,000 after strong US payrolls cut rate-cut bets. Ethereum fell past US$2,456 and XRP dropped.
Rubio Colombia Trip Set for Next Week, With Ecuador and Peru
The Rubio Colombia trip runs 8 to 10 September and takes in Ecuador and Peru. It is his...
Jamaica Bond Sale Will Pay for Jamaica’s Own Buyback
Jamaica is selling a US$1 billion bond, and most of the money goes straight back to buying in...
GeoPark Venezuela Deal Signed for the Bare Oilfield
The GeoPark Venezuela deal was signed on state television on Friday. It is a 25-year contract to redevelop...
Mexico Confirms El Pelon as the New CJNG Leader
Mexico has publicly named Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez as the new CJNG leader, seven months after the founder...
Grains Wrap: Soy Rises, Wheat Slides on China and Black Sea
Brazil and Argentina dominate export flows as SOYB settles up 0.62%, CORN down 0.25% and WEAT down 2.66%...
LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide for Saturday, September 5, 2026
Your daily briefing for expats and nomads in Latin America: US jobs blowout at 162,000 reverses the dollar's slide, Brazil's real jumps back to 5.12
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Iron Maiden in São Paulo, Brazil: Two Nights at Nubank Parque on October 25 and 27, Plus Curitiba
Iron Maiden play São Paulo, Brazil on October 25 and 27, 2026 at Nubank Parque, plus Curitiba on...
Latin America Sports Daily for Saturday, September 5, 2026
World Cup: Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana quarter-final dates are set. See the exact fixture list for Flamengo, Palmeiras,...
TotalEnergies Restarts Mozambique Gas as Insurgents Keep Killing Civilians
Mozambique's gas restart is under way after TotalEnergies lifted force majeure, but insurgents keep killing civilians and fiscal...
Chile Supplies a Quarter of the World’s Copper. July Was a Bad Month.
Chile mines about 23% of the world's copper, more than any other country. July output fell 9.4% after...
India Brakes BRICS De-Dollarization as Brazil Pushes National Currency Trade
India is braking BRICS de-dollarization as Brazil pushes national currency trade, leaving investors to watch payment pilots, not...
Lula’s Fourth-Term Bid Stalls as Flávio Bolsonaro Hits 45% in PoderData Poll
Lula fourth term bid now trails Flávio Bolsonaro in a 3 September PoderData poll at 45%, leaving Brazil's...
Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula with 45% in PoderData Poll as Brazil 2026 Election Race Tightens
Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula by one point in a PoderData poll, tightening Brazil's 2026 election race as investors...
Brazil Elections 2026 Mobilise 158.7 Million Voters Across Two October Rounds
Brazil election system will move 158.7 million registered voters through two October rounds, delivering results within hours as...
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Dominate Brazil’s 2026 Election as 13 Tickets Register
Brazil election candidates 2026 are down to Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro as 13 tickets register, leaving investors to...
BRICS Members Block Venezuela as Thirty Nations Wait at the Door
BRICS members now total ten after Indonesia joined in January 2025, but over thirty countries wait as Venezuela's...
Faye Government Faces Moody’s Caa2 Downgrade as Senegal’s Oil Cash Meets Hidden Debt
Senegal economy faces a third Moody's downgrade, now to Caa2, as hidden debt and stalled IMF talks test investor confidence in the Faye government's
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Sea Point One-Bed Rents Push Cost of Living Cape Town Above R18,000 a Month
The cost of living Cape Town expats face in 2026 is climbing as Sea Point one-bed rents top...
JSE Index Reclaims 116,000 as Miners Rally While Naspers and Prosus Drag
The JSE index closed at 116,687.82 on 3 September 2026 as gold and platinum miners rallied hard in...
SARB Hikes to 7% as November Municipal Elections Test Rand Outlook Into 2027
SARB hiked the repo rate to 7% in May 2026 and held it there in July, as the...
Cost of Living Lagos Rent Hits ₦17.25 Million for an Ikoyi Two-Bedroom
Cost of living Lagos jumps as Ikoyi two-bedroom rent reaches ₦17.25 million (US$13,000) a year, meaning expats and...
Naira Outlook Darkens as Central Bank of Nigeria Holds Benchmark Rate at 26.50 Percent
The naira outlook hinges on a narrowing official-parallel gap and record reserves, as Nigeria's central bank holds rates...
Dangote Refinery Cuts Nigeria’s Petrol Import Bill by 96% in Early 2026
Tinubu's reforms are reshaping Nigeria's economy as the Dangote refinery cuts the petrol import bill by 96% in...
Morocco Election 2026 Pits Akhannouch Against the PJD as the King Decides
Morocco election 2026 will decide the next parliament as King Mohammed VI appoints the prime minister, setting course...
Three Sahel Juntas Open Their Own Parliament as the ECOWAS Split Deepens
The Sahel ECOWAS AES split sees Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger build a new bloc with a parliament...
Sudan War Spreads to Blue Nile as RSF Claims Army Bases and Nearly 20,000 Flee
Sudan war between the army and RSF has displaced more than 12 million and now spills into Blue...
The European Union Has Changed Its Position on Western Sahara
EU governments said in January 2026 that Morocco's autonomy plan could be one of the most realistic solutions...
Equatorial Guinea Is Running Out of Gas and Looking Next Door
Equatorial Guinea gas output is falling and the economy is set to contract, making a cross-border field shared...
Chad Took ExxonMobil’s Assets and Is Still Paying For It
The Chad oil nationalisation of ExxonMobil assets derailed a US$407 million Savannah Energy deal and continues to deter...
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