The Santos Port Authority confirmed on 10 November 2026 that its systems were hit by a cyberattack, and says it cannot yet determine the extent or whether data was accessed. The virus was on the network before the power cut that exposed it. Cargo moves; the port runs at protection level II.
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Cataleya Petroleum Inc. put an onshore drilling proposal to Nappi and surrounding Region Nine villages on 6 November 2026 and was refused. The Amerindian Act requires two-thirds village consent for mining, and the Mining Act definition of mineral it relies on excludes petroleum.
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The Virgin Islands plans a programme to turn cruise passengers into overnight guests. The cruise industry's own survey ranks the territory 27th of 33 on whether they would return, at 4.43 of 10. Each passenger spends 4.0 hours ashore and US$72.49, down 7 per cent since 2018.
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The Banco Central do Brasil published the minutes of its 282nd Copom meeting on 10 November 2026. The Selic rate stays at 13.75 per cent, which the Committee calls substantially contractionary. Inflation is above the tolerance ceiling, and the bank will not respond to a supply shock's first round.
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Brazil's Camara dos Deputados approved the rural debt measure on 10 November 2026 as a conversion bill. Of the R$100 billion made available to the banks, about R$23 billion has been renegotiated. The relator blames the eligibility test, and the bill loosens it without adding money.
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Venezuela's National Assembly sanctioned a reformed electricity law on 10 November 2026 and sent it to the Executive for promulgation. Article 64 admits private firms to generation. Article 105 revokes the licence of a self-generator above two megawatts that refuses supply in a state of exception.
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Three IMF economists reported on 9 November 2026 that foreign investment in Latin America and the Caribbean produces weaker export growth than in peer regions. They put 20 per cent on the gap and called it a benchmark, not a forecast. A separate body forecast 20 per cent the day before.
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Mexico's digital and electronic payments law was published in the Diario Oficial de la Federacion on 4 November 2026 and took effect the next day. No sector has been designated. The finance ministry has 15 business days.
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Revolut said on 9 November 2026 it will invest up to US$1 billion in Latin America, naming Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. Two of the four spending lines are permissions a regulator issues. None of the five markets is Caribbean.
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Delta Air Lines published an expanded summer schedule on 6 November 2026 built on weekend service, naming ten Latin American and Caribbean markets for spring and summer 2027. Georgetown is not among them.
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Paraguay's public prosecutors said on 9 November 2026 they have asked the United States, Luxembourg and Argentina to locate and secure assets from the ueno bank collapse. The Central Bank says 1.2 million depositors have recovered US$168 million.
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ExxonMobil signed a non-binding memorandum with PdVSA on 9 November 2026. General Licence 50C names six companies authorised for Venezuela's oil sector, and ExxonMobil is not among them. Chevron, which holds 30 per cent of the Stabroek block, is.
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