Satellites detected 9,045 fire hotspots in the Brazilian Amazon during the first half of October, a 62% jump from a year earlier, as a drought worsened by El Niño fuels blazes even as annual deforestation fell to its lowest level since 1988.

Argentine President Javier Milei used his first public event in Madrid to call Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a 'dictator,' urging Spaniards to vote out the Socialist-led government weeks ahead of Spain's November 29 snap election.

President Javier Milei said at the opening of the Argentina Oil & Gas Expo that the country's oil production is nearing one million barrels a day. He also defended the incentive regime drawing foreign investors to the sector.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will hold hearings on November 10 and 11 on Argentina's request to halt Britain's Sea Lion oil project north of the Falkland Islands. The hearing dates were set by tribunal president Judge Maurice K. Kamga in an order dated October 20.

Argentina's country risk index climbed to its highest level in 11 months, as investors grow more cautious about President Javier Milei's economic agenda heading into the pre-election period.

Brazilian tax authority data shows stablecoins made up 80.2% of declared crypto volume in 2025, led by Tether's USDT at 72%, challenging the assumption that bitcoin dominates Latin American crypto activity.

Argentine President Javier Milei renewed his public attack on Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, calling him a 'leftist thief' and accusing him of running a 'dirty campaign' five days before Brazil's presidential runoff against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whom Milei has openly endorsed.

A federal judge in New York has vacated her 2023 ruling that ordered Argentina to pay more than $16 billion over the 2012 expropriation of oil company YPF, closing the case at trial-court level while litigation funder Burford Capital seeks Supreme Court review.

Argentina's forensic anthropology team has identified the remains of Carlos Rafael Medina, a victim of the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, found at Pozo de Vargas in Tucumán province. The site is Argentina's largest known clandestine burial ground from that era.

Argentina's government has spent roughly $445 million on weapons, military and security equipment since President Javier Milei took office in December 2023, an analysis by the newspaper Infobae found. The figure, compiled from official procurement records through August 2026, already exceeds the totals recorded during the full terms of predecessors Alberto Fernández and Mauricio Macri.

Argentina posted another trade surplus after exports reached $77 billion between January and September 2026, with agricultural products, minerals, gas and oil making up 73% of total sales abroad.

Brazil's top electoral court gave Meta 24 hours to prove it treats campaign content from President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro equally, threatening daily fines before Sunday's tight presidential runoff.

Brazil's currency strengthened to about 5.05 per US dollar on 19 October as two separate runoff polls pointed to a tight race between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Economists trimmed their year-end forecasts for the real as investors weighed the outcome of the 25 October vote. The currency move highlights how closely markets are tracking Brazil's presidential runoff.

A surge of Chinese electric-vehicle and renewable-energy exports is reshaping trade patterns across Latin America. Governments in the region face a choice between importing cheaper Chinese clean technology and shielding domestic manufacturers with tariffs or local-content rules. The dilemma echoes similar trade tensions already under way in Europe and North America.