The Falkland Islands Government extended every offshore oil production licence by five years, with two further years at its discretion and the stated support of the United Kingdom, five days after an Argentine judge ordered the Sea Lion field halted.
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President Abinader said the Dominican Republic will know its rare-earth reserves by end-2026, test a refinery in 2027 and export in 2028. The deposits are in Pedernales bauxite. Guyana, also a bauxite producer, is still mapping and has no critical-minerals law.
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Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat says gas at Wales can support two power plants totalling 600 megawatts, a propane plant and a data centre. The Gas-to-Energy project under construction is 300 MW, and its first turbine, 57 MW, is due around 4 December.
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Judge Mariel Borruto ordered Rockhopper and Navitas on 16 September 2026 to halt drilling, installation and first production at Sea Lion off the Malvinas until an Argentine environmental assessment is done, and to disclose the project's financiers and insurers within ten working days.
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Georgetown lost power on 12 September, five days after GPL told a news conference it had sufficient generating capacity and asked customers to raise their air conditioning. A Dominican consultancy has held the modernisation brief since October 2025.
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The CELAC business press carried 69 corroborated reports between 31 August and 7 September 2026, flat on the prior week. A United States concession over Venezuelan oil was the most heavily covered story at five independent outlets. Compliance was the only desk to grow.
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Finance Secretary Edgar Amador Zamora delivered Mexico's 2027 Economic Package on 8 September, projecting growth of 1.5 to 2.5 per cent and funding 1.025 trillion pesos of social spending. It creates no new taxes. The bet is fuel-duty fraud Hacienda valued near US$16 billion.
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Argentina will file criminal charges against Navitas Petroleum and its directors over Sea Lion drilling in the Malvinas, the presidency said on Monday, two days after the three largest oil-services companies said they will not take part.
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Guatemala's Congress has capped fuel at Q39 a gallon for diesel and regular gasoline and Q41 for premium, Prensa Libre reported on 9 September, eight days after truckers blockaded highways and sealed routes toward Mexico and El Salvador.
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Ley 7200 of 1990 caps parallel generation at 15 per cent of Costa Rica's system and each plant at 20 MW. A bill repealing it passed first debate 27-24 on 26 May 2026, then was withdrawn.
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PM Mark Phillips said on 15 August the Wales gas plant starts by year end but bills will not halve until full capacity, expected mid-2027. The two-year delay is costed at about US$884 million.
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Trinidad and Tobago signed three memoranda with US companies on 11 July 2026 covering up to 800MW of data centre capacity and a steel restart. National generation capacity is about 2.4GW and runs on gas.
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