Argentina's economy looks set for recession after August data confounded hopes of a rebound from July's sharp contraction.

San Salvador says it will act against Haitian gangs holding four of its anti-gang force members missing since Sunday.

Former Mexican prosecutor César Jáuregui Moreno has been charged with treason over allegations he allowed US agents to take part in a raid on a suspected drug lab in April. The case rests on Mexican law restricting any operational role for foreign officials inside the country.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has raised the flagship Bolsa Família welfare payment by 15% days before Sunday's presidential runoff. The increase, reaching roughly 20 million families this week, anchors a wider package of aid, subsidies and tax cuts Lula unveiled in the campaign's final stretch.

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña travelled to Washington on Wednesday for a brief visit that includes a meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and a keynote address at the Inter-American Dialogue's annual gala. The trip underscores Paraguay's position as one of Washington's closest allies in South America amid growing US security concerns in the region.

Argentine President Javier Milei said in Madrid that his government is confident of recovering the Falkland Islands through diplomatic means rather than force. He repeated three times that Argentina 'does not believe in military solutions', as a dispute with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion offshore oil project escalates.