Alvaro Pulido Vargas is due in a Miami federal court on 13 October. The 2021 indictment charges four wire transfers, and two of the four left accounts in Antigua and Barbuda. About US$33,750,295 reached the Antiguan account from a Venezuelan state fund. The bank is never named.
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The Cayman Islands Government extended its fuel relief programme on 29 September 2026, holding a 100 per cent import duty waiver on gasoline, diesel and propane to 31 December and capping electricity fuel charges for most households. It had spent about CI$11.35 million by end of August.
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Haiti's agriculture ministry launched the Port-au-Prince metropolitan component of PMSAN 2 on 9 October 2026, funded by the EU with 4,000,000 euros and a ministry agreement of 254,280 euros. Over three years it mainly targets the Palmes region, outside the capital, where the food is grown.
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New Fortress Energy's LNG carrier Amur River was cleared into San Juan Bay on 12 October after weeks offshore, amid a payment dispute with Puerto Rico's bankrupt power utility. On 5 October the company told the SEC its Fast LNG unit was offline. That filing does not mention Puerto Rico.
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Guyana's Natural Resource Fund closed September 2026 at US$5.47 billion. Every dollar sits in an overnight deposit account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, under an investment mandate the Fund's Board has confirmed four times since May 2024. It earns the overnight rate.
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IMF Country Report 26/262, published 8 October 2026, runs to 100 pages. Its Authorities' Views sections record what the Board's two-page press release does not: Guyana's government keeps public debt and the NRF ceiling as its fiscal anchor.
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The Caribbean Sustainability Bond was launched on 7 October 2026 in Barbados, targeting up to US$250 million for climate and resilience projects. Its sponsor, the CARICOM Development Fund, has disbursed US$169 million across ten member states since 2009. The prospectus is not yet published.
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The IMF Executive Board concluded Guyana's 2026 Article IV consultation on 8 October 2026 under its lapse-of-time procedure, without convening formal discussions. Real GDP grew 19.3 per cent in 2025. The Board's governance priorities open with resolving outstanding cost-oil audits.
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The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago launched its Strategic Plan 2026/27 to 2030/31 on 1 October 2026, setting 3 themes, 8 objectives and 23 projects. Across 28 pages the phrase "foreign exchange" appears once, in the outlook section. No objective and no project addresses it.
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Aeroméxico told the Mexican public on 20 and 21 September 2026 that customer data taken in October 2025 was being offered on Telegram. Form 6-K requires a foreign private issuer to report a material cybersecurity incident promptly after it is made public at home. None has been furnished.
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SpeedX, the US courier carrying the last delivery leg for Shein, Temu and Amazon, holds 1.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot and an F from the Better Business Bureau. It declares one van to the federal regulator and caps a lost parcel at US$50.
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Advisory A-37-2026, issued by the Panama Canal Authority on 5 October 2026, opens the Panamax locks to advance sealed-bid slot auctions for the first time, averaging three slots a day for transits between 3 January and 3 April 2027.
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