Chile's 2026 growth outlook is down to 0.6% according to the IMF, with two consecutive negative monthly activity readings and a fierce fight over the Kast administration's social spending cuts.

Delivery riders staged a pro-Lula motorcycle demonstration in São Paulo, criticizing Flávio Bolsonaro's labor proposals while demanding fairer pay and protections without sacrificing flexible work.

Chile's pension regulator opened sanction proceedings involving seven AFP administrators as the most conservative fund recorded a 10.39% real decline through September, reopening the fight over retirement security.

Cuba’s 144 solar parks now total 1,418 MW, above Peru’s April capacity benchmark. Chinese cooperation is helping build clean power for homes, clinics and water supplies under U.S. fuel pressure.

Cuba has added 44 electric cargo vehicles to deliver medicines and supplies to public hospitals as U.S. fuel restrictions deepen the island's healthcare crisis.

Opening-day Texas voting histories show a 19.3-point shift toward Democratic primary participants in 217 counties compared with 2022. That is a turnout warning, not an election result.

A gold-mine collapse in Nariño killed 14 people and injured seven. The governor is demanding faster formalization as small-scale miners confront unsafe work, insecurity and weak protection.

The Communist Party’s 176-point reform programme confronts shortages, stalled production and an intensified U.S. embargo. Cuba’s challenge is to revive output without surrendering social equality to wealth and speculation.

Brazil’s airline lobby says the consumption-tax reform could raise fares. Its projection deserves scrutiny, but it should not become a blank cheque for corporate tax exemptions.

Lula banned online betting. Police are probing R$1.4bn in gambling-linked transactions involving a Flávio Bolsonaro ally, while betting-sector records reveal private-jet flights and a viral Polymarket wager raises questions about odds and influence.

Washington ended federal EV purchase credits while other countries expanded electric mobility. Battery-electric vehicles made up 6% of U.S. light-duty sales in January–August 2026, leaving drivers exposed to oil prices.

Centinela’s miners approve a 36-month contract after striking over unequal pay and benefits. Union leaders point to recurring earnings and an equality clause as the central gains.

Sunday demonstrations put education, workers’ rights and freedom to organize at the centre of Brazil’s presidential runoff, after courts refused sweeping restrictions sought by the right.

Lula’s campaign alleges unequal treatment as Brazil’s electoral court orders safeguards for Meta. A special report on ad failures, recommendations and the evidence still needed.

A tribute to Rosana de Oliveira, the São Paulo researcher and mother who helped families get food and stood up for her coworkers.

Milei claims he rescued 14 million people. UCA researchers challenge the comparability of the poverty figures, while the latest official rate rises to 32.3%.

Neera Tanden’s battles with the left expose the gap between Democratic unity rhetoric and establishment gatekeeping. A sourced Pamphlets opinion.

A major fire at a Canadian military training base in Alberta has resulted in fatalities and injuries, officials confirmed on Saturday.

A five-year exemption aims to attract assembly projects. Mexico’s auto-parts industry warns that the rules must prevent imported components from replacing local production.

New U.S. jungle-training rotations in Panama, with Honduras and Colombia also discussed, reopen the debate over military sovereignty.