Tocantins Cocaine Find Ranks Among the Largest in Customs Sweep
A 490 kg cocaine find in rural Tocantins was among the largest single seizures in a WCO-led operation against light-aircraft...
September 8, 2026Section
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Aeromexico Adds Guadalajara-Paris and Mexico City-Milan Nonstops for 2027
The airline will open Guadalajara-Paris on 13 April 2027 and Mexico City-Milan on 28 March 2027, taking its European network...
September 8, 2026
Brazil Places Three Interiors in a Global Top 20, Matching the United States
An eye-tracking study of 52 celebrated interiors puts Rio's Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura eighth in the world, Brasilia's Metropolitan...
September 8, 2026
Elton John Returns to Rio for a Big Rock in Rio Night
Elton John Rock in Rio drew over 100,000 fans to Rio de Janeiro for his first Brazil show since 2017,...
September 8, 2026
Costa Rica Confirms Five Measles Cases Amid Americas Outbreak
Costa Rica measles cases reached five in 2026 as PAHO reports the Americas region's worst outbreak in 22 years, with...
September 8, 2026
Chile Projects 1.85 Million Trips for Fiestas Patrias
Chile's tourism federation Fedetur projects 1.85 million domestic trips for Fiestas Patrias, with Valparaíso's coast the top travel destination this...
September 8, 2026
Chile Prosecutors Seek to Reopen SQM Corruption Trial
Chile's prosecutors want a Santiago court to void the SQM case acquittal, saying judges showed bias against Pablo Longueira and...
September 8, 2026
Guatemala Diesel Prices Spark Protests As Congress Stalls
Guatemala diesel prices have jumped over 80% since January, sparking marches and a bus-blockade threat as Congress stalls on a...
September 8, 2026
Ilya Espino de Marotta Takes Charge of Panama Canal
Ilya Espino de Marotta is now the Panama Canal Administrator, the first woman to lead the waterway, as a new...
September 8, 2026
Peru Court Freezes $50 Million El Comercio Media Sale
A Lima court froze Peru's El Comercio share sale after three shareholders challenged a disputed US$50 million stake in court.
September 8, 2026
Boliden Strikes $1.31 Billion Deal for Peru’s Nexa Resources
Sweden's Boliden agreed to a $1.31 billion all-stock deal for control of Peru's Nexa Resources, with closing expected in early...
September 8, 2026
Peru’s 2027 Budget Favors Megaprojects Over Flood Defense
Peru's 2027 budget gives five megaprojects almost double what flood-control infrastructure gets, and regional leaders are pushing back.
September 8, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Latin American Pulse today: Colombia sets a record then prints 6.24% inflation, Televisa collapses in Mexico, and Chile stays flat...
September 8, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Latin American markets: Brazil reopens after Independence Day with Brent above US$98 and copper at a record, but the Fed...
September 8, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Ibovespa: B3 reopens after Independence Day with the index at 185,147.15 and its best week since January behind it. Focus...
September 8, 2026
Argentina Country Risk Is Down on the Week, Up on the Month
Argentina's country risk stands at 490 basis points, down from 501 a week ago but up from 451 a month...
September 8, 2026
Choco Reconstruction Package Is Smaller Than It Sounds
Colombia announced a one trillion peso infrastructure package for Choco, about US$320 million. English coverage has widely reported it as...
September 8, 2026
Congo’s Copper Mines Are Building the Power Stations the State Never Could
DR Congo solar installations are set to rise 544% in 2026, Ember says, after a 233 MW array began powering...
September 8, 2026
Liberia Is US$45m Away From Its First Billion-Dollar Revenue Year
Liberia domestic revenue has reached US$954.7m in fiscal 2026, leaving the state US$45.3m short of its first US$1bn collection year.
September 8, 2026
Mozambique Signs an Industrial Park Deal Inland, Away From the Gas
A Manica industrial parks agreement was signed at FACIM, with a first site planned at Selva in Vanduzi district on...
September 8, 2026