The Rio Times

MTN Ghana takes all of Ghana's 3 GHz 5G band plus two 700 MHz lots for US$202 million, on 15-year licences with rural coverage and roaming duties.

Tanzania's electric railway took in about US$64 million from June 2024 to March 2026 as 5.5 million people rode it.

Nigeria's aviation minister says ending the fuel subsidy, not loans, paid for a US$500 million Lagos airport rebuild.

Kenya's Ndegwa family is cleared to buy back 24.1% of ICEA Lion for a reported US$65.5 million from a fund through which Prudential Financial holds it.

Zambia's finance minister says money for roads on the Lobito Corridor, the US-backed copper route to Angola's coast, is secured.

King Mohammed VI named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri Morocco’s first woman head of government on 29 September 2026.

Kingsley Chinda is the ruling party candidate for Rivers State governor, with a court hearing on 4 November 2026 and a vote on 6 February 2027.

Zambia's US health deal, worth US$1.5 billion over five years, is ready to sign after a clause on sharing disease specimens was dropped, its minister says.

Egypt's state gas company and Chevron signed a deal on 5 October to explore the deep-water Lotus block, with at least US$88 million and two wells.

An Algiers court has sentenced nine people over 113 kg of cocaine, the first death sentences under Algeria's 2025 drug law.

Mozambique's central bank says banks may freeze accounts on suspicion.

A day-by-day guide to Luanda in October 2026: Palácio de Ferro concerts, Xurra Fest and the return of the FIC Luanda film festival, with kwanza and US$ prices.

Benin's Port of Cotonou handled 14.7 million tonnes in 2025, up 52%.

A day-by-day guide to Santo Domingo in October 2026: Wagner, Rosario Flores, David Bisbal and ComiCon, with venues, ticket routes and prices in pesos and US$.

A day-by-day guide to San José in October 2026: Iron Maiden, the Carmina Burana ballet, Piazzolla tango and Rosario Flores, with prices in colones and US$.

Danilo Gentili stand-up, a free-entry samba night in Vila Talarico, Moema jazz and Saturnus, with rain and transport tips for Tuesday.

Letrux at the Teatro Ipanema, free Festival do Rio films in Botafogo and pagode in Centro, with rain, prices and transport tips for Tuesday.

Three children who left home for Islamic classes in Tamale, Ghana, were found dead in a car boot on 5 October.

DR Congo's electricity regulator says it reviewed US$2.3 billion of power projects in its first 100 days, with 2.6 GW of potential capacity.

Nigerians owed about US$1.55 billion in personal loans at the end of May 2026, central bank data show, as consumer credit rose 1.6% from April.

Jamaica's revenue and grants came in about US$197 million below budget in April to August, and the government responded by spending less than planned.

Day six of Rio’s film festival puts Brazil’s Oscar entry on screen, with a Jesse Eisenberg film at the Cine Odeon.

President Luis Abinader repealed a 2024 decree that charged up to 99% on imported rice, after the US trade office asked for it under DR-CAFTA.

Uruguay's AI for Good Lab, a government partnership with Microsoft, has built eight AI tools for state bodies in six months.

Forensic tests confirmed on 5 October that remains found near the Chiche bridge east of Quito are Joselyn Oña, 26, who vanished 141 days earlier.

Police in Guayaquil are hunting Jipson Peñafiel, an alleged coordinator of a cocaine network tied to the Albanian mafia, who left a hospital on 4 October.

The chairman of Colombia's New York-listed oil company Ecopetrol attacked two news outlets on Monday, and the press group FLIP asked the president to respond.

Colombia's justice minister says a submission law for armed groups goes to Congress within two weeks, with no political talks and no pause on extraditions.

Colombia pays about US$3 billion a year to keep diesel cheap.

Argentina's government sped up talks with five Radical governors to suspend the PASO primaries, aiming for Senate approval before October ends.

Javier Milei makes his 20th US trip for a Washington gala with Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of Brazil's runoff frontrunner, on Wednesday 14 October.

The US, Canada and eight Latin American and Caribbean governments accused Iran on Monday of lethal plotting in the region.

A Chilean congressional committee on bots and disinformation voted on Monday to invite Matthei, Jara, Vallejo, Google, Meta and X to testify.

Mexico’s peso firmed to 18.1343 per dollar on 5 October.

Your Tuesday guide: Brazil’s real jumps after the vote, Lima’s mayor race stays open, and Colombia’s visa-transfer deadline is 25 days away.

Brazil’s PTAX rate fell to 4.9859 reais per dollar on 5 October.

Copa Libertadores semi-final dates are locked in, while Flamengo lead the Brazilian title race.

São Paulo Daily Brief for Tuesday October 6, 2026: weather forecast, free museum picks, market mood after the vote, transport and tonight's plans.

Rio Daily Brief for Tuesday: a showery day for the Museu do Amanhã and MAR, plus how Brazil's 25 October runoff shapes the market mood.

Brazil's first-round vote lifts markets while Mexico, Chile and Argentina face domestic strains.

The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 5.31% while the S&P 500 gained 0.66%.

The Ibovespa jumped 7.7% and Latin American currencies firmed against the dollar.

The Ibovespa jumped 7.7% to a record and the real firmed to about 5.00 per dollar.

Wheat led the grains on Monday as the WEAT fund rose 1.37%, while soybean and corn funds edged up.

Oil slid on Monday after the G7 said it would release strategic stocks, while Petrobras’s New York shares jumped 11.50% on Brazil’s election.

Steel shares rose on Monday: the SLX ETF gained 1.54%, CSN’s ADR jumped 6.90% and Gerdau gained 3.19%.

Zinc miners rose on Monday: Nexa Resources gained 1.88% and Buenaventura 0.64% as Peru’s zinc output kept falling.

Vale’s New York shares rose 2.83% after a court approved a partial restart of its Fábrica iron-ore mine.

The LIT lithium ETF rose 1.23% on Monday and Chile’s SQM gained 2.03% while Chinese futures stayed shut for a holiday.

Copper’s US-listed tracker rose 0.86% on Monday as a strike at Chile’s Escondida mine was put on hold for talks.