Gold Falls 0.65% to US$3,922 as US Yields Rise
Gold fell 0.65% to US$3,922 an ounce as US yields rose to 4.93% and the dollar firmed. What it means for silver miners in Mexico and Peru.
Fed Hike Bets Lift US Yields, Nasdaq Gains 0.8%
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Zinc Miner Nexa Flat as Buenaventura Slips 0.34%
Zinc miner Nexa closed flat and Buenaventura slipped 0.34% on Tuesday as a tight zinc market met a...
Miner Vale Falls 3.17% to a 12-Month Low
Vale's New York shares fell 3.17% to US$10.98, a 12-month low, as China's steel sector stays weak and...
Lithium Miners Albemarle and SQM Hit 6-Month Lows
Albemarle and SQM closed at six-month lows on Tuesday as weaker lithium prices cut into earnings. What it...
Copper Fund Falls 2.18% as Southern Copper Drops 3.27%
Copper fell 2.18% and Southern Copper dropped 3.27% to a three-month low on Tuesday. Why it happened and...
Colombia Stocks Rise 1.32% as Peso Weakens
Colombia's main stock index rose 1.32% while the peso weakened 1.6% to 3,226 per US dollar after the...
Chile Stocks Slip 0.09% as Copper Retreats
Chile's main stock index slipped 0.09% and the peso weakened to 981.43 per US dollar as copper fell....
Mexico Stocks Rise 0.52% as Peso Weakens
Mexico's main stock index rose 0.52% while the peso weakened to 18.83 per US dollar after the Day...
Brazil Stocks Fall 1.42% as the Real Weakens
Brazil's main stock index fell 1.42% on its first day after the holiday, and the real weakened to...
Argentina Risk Gauge Jumps 3%, Stocks Fall
Argentina's country risk rose to about 829 points and shares fell as doubts over 2027 debt payments grew....
Brazil’s Real Sinks to Year’s Weakest Close
Brazil's real closed at R$5.49 per dollar on 3 November, its weakest finish of 2026, a day before...
Brazil Betting Ban Fight Explained
Brazil betting ban explained: why the Supreme Court is testing Lula's decree, who is on each side and...
Brazil November Bond Rates Top 8% Over Inflation
Brazil's 2032 inflation-linked bond now pays inflation plus 8.03%, up from 7.89% on Friday, as Copom meets. What...
North Korea Denies US$6.3 Billion Binance Hack
Analysts blame North Korea for a US$6.3 billion theft from Binance on 29 October 2026, and Pyongyang denies...
EU-Mercosur Trade Deal and Its 99,000-Tonne Beef Quota
The EU-Mercosur trade deal has applied provisionally since 1 May 2026, with only its trade pillar in force....
Brazil Top Court Hears Betting Ban Debate
Brazil's Supreme Court heard clubs, ministers and the industry on Tuesday, 3 November, as Justice Fux weighs lifting...
Trump Meeting Odds for Brazil Senator Slide
Polymarket gives a Trump meeting with Brazil senator Flávio Bolsonaro 19.5% on 3 November, down 36 points in...
Paraguay Bank Chief Quits as Ueno Is Shut
Paraguay’s central bank took control of ueno bank on 3 November 2026 and its chief, Carlos Carvallo, resigned....
Brazil Refines More, Yet Diesel Imports Rise
Brazil expects refining capacity to grow 10% by 2036, but net diesel imports still climb to about a...
São Paulo Daily Brief
São Paulo today: what is open on Wednesday 4 November, from MASP to Ibirapuera, plus the metro fare, market mood and a day plan.
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief
Puerto Rico Natural Resources Explained 2026
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Concepción Chile Explained
Concepción city guide for 2026: 230,375 residents, a student economy, Biotren rail, local politics, safety data and what...
Who Holds Real Power in Haiti
Haiti power in November 2026: the prime minister without a parliament, elites, gangs, regions, skin colour, churches, unions...
Who Holds Real Power in Cuba
Cuba power in November 2026: the Party, the military firm GAESA, the Castro circle, regions, skin colour, churches,...
Foreign Powers and Investors in Honduras 2026
Honduras foreign powers and investors as of November 2026: the US, IMF, World Bank, China, EU and the...
Who Lives in the Bahamas and Where
Bahamas population: 398,165 people in the 2022 census, where they live, age, religion, 2010 ethnic groups and Haitian...
Puerto Rican Singer Jay Wheeler Plays Bogotá 3 June 2027
Jay Wheeler plays Bogotá's arena, long known as Movistar Arena, on 3 June 2027. Tickets from about US$56...
Argentine Band Soda Stereo Plays Bogotá on 10 December
Soda Stereo plays Bogotá's arena, long known as Movistar Arena, on 10 December 2026. Tickets from about US$74...
US Metal Band Motionless In White Plays Santiago 7 March
Motionless In White plays Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago on 7 March 2027. Tickets from about US$58 at Puntoticket,...
Ana Gabriel Plays Santiago on Wednesday 14 April
Ana Gabriel plays Santander Arena in Santiago on 14 April 2027. PuntoTicket sales open 4 November at 11:00,...
Rockford Illinois Flights to Costa Rica Start 5 February
Apple Vacations flies Chicago Rockford to Liberia, Costa Rica, on Fridays from 5 February to 2 April 2027....
Miguel Mateos Plays Costa Rica on Sunday 28 February
Miguel Mateos plays CIC ANDE in Belén, Costa Rica, on 28 February 2027. Tickets US$75 to US$130 at...
Brazil’s GOL Resumes Nonstop Rio to New York on 28 March
GOL restarts nonstop flights from Rio de Janeiro to New York JFK on 28 March 2027, three times...
Santiago de los Caballeros City Guide
Santiago de los Caballeros city guide for 2026: 1.07 million in the province, free-zone jobs, monorail, safety data...
Barbados Population and Ethnic Groups
Barbados population in 2026: 261,692 people, an ageing and shrinking island, with census data on ethnic groups, religion,...
What to Do in Rio de Janeiro in November
What to do in Rio in November 2026: Turandot from 13 November, Gilberto Gil, Pride on 22 November,...
Breeze Flies Columbus and Pittsburgh to Punta Cana
Breeze Airways flies nonstop from Columbus to Punta Cana from 8 January 2027 and from Pittsburgh from 7...
Mexico’s New Coach Faces Jamaica Nov. 14
Mexico and Jamaica meet Nov. 14 and 17 in a Concacaf Nations League quarter-final. Kick-off times in ET,...
Motionless In White Play São Paulo
Motionless In White São Paulo 2027: the US metal band plays Espaço Unimed on 5 March 2027, with...
Sudan Peace Envoy Awaits Paramilitary Talks
Sudan's UN envoy says talks with the RSF-allied political bloc are still pending, hoped for before Christmas, as Darfur's Kalma camp faces hunger.
What to Do in Luanda in November 2026
What to Do in Lusaka (Zambia) in November 2026
Mauritania Reportedly Meets US Oil Firm
Seven Banks Reportedly Back Ivory Coast Mine
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Senegal Lawmakers Reportedly Reject Budget
Local reports say Senegal's Assembly rejected the revised 2026 budget without debate on 3 November, with a US$2.2...
Congo Deal Would Reopen Deadly Mine Site
A local news site says a deal lets miners return to part of Congo's Mulondo mine, a year...
Central African Fuel Monopoly Faces Change
A local news site says Neptune Oil lost its Central African fuel monopoly to Sopraf, but officials have...
Uganda Arrests Ex-Deputy Army Chief Elwelu
Uganda's army says security forces arrested retired Lt Gen Peter Elwelu in Soroti on 2 November over alleged...
Ghana Sets Curfew After Deadly Border Blast
Ghana's interior ministry set a nightly curfew and an arms ban around Hamile after a blast on a...
Ghana’s Anti-Gay Bill Explained
What Ghana's anti-gay bill is, why the Minority and the governing party clash, and what it means for...
Ghana Opposition Wants Anti-Gay Bill Signed
Ghana's opposition urged President Mahama on 3 November to sign the anti-gay bill as passed, without late changes,...
Morocco Money Supply Growth Hits 12.2%
Morocco broad money (M3) grew 12.2% in September 2026 to about US$228 billion as bank credit sped up....
Tundu Lissu Treason Verdict Is Due Friday
The Tundu Lissu treason trial ends Friday 6 November 2026, with one count that carries death and a...
Dangote Refinery Cuts Petrol to About US$0.90 a Litre
The Dangote refinery petrol price fell by about 4% to near US$0.90 a litre, but pump prices and...
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for November 3: South Africans vote in local elections, Tanzania awaits the Lissu verdict, and...
Gambia Geopolitics Explained
Gambia geopolitics in November 2026: US visa limits and AGOA, China, Turkey, West African troops and the ICJ...
South Sudan Geopolitics Explained
South Sudan geopolitics in November 2026: UN votes, the US entry ban, China and Russia abstentions, Turkey and...
Liberia Geopolitics Explained
Liberia geopolitics in November 2026: US trade and AGOA, China, India, Turkey and the EU, with IMF loans,...
Accra, Ghana Explained
Accra city guide for November 2026: Ghana's capital, its 2021 census figures, government, economy, heritage, security and what...
Who Runs Libya’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Libya economy in 2026: who controls oil, the central bank, the sovereign wealth fund and banks, with key...
Mombasa, Kenya Explained 2026
Mombasa city guide for November 2026: Kenya's port city, its 2019 census population, governor, port cargo, Fort Jesus...
Algeria Population and Ethnic Groups
Algeria population in 2025: 47.4 million, young and urban, with Arab and Amazigh communities, two official languages and...
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