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Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in Panama after a ~7.7 magnitude earthquake, with tsunami alerts being issued for several countries on the southern Pacific coast
Thousands of students occupy the center of Rio de Janeiro in a protest against Flávio Bolsonaro and in favor of the continuity of the Lula da Silva government in Brazil
Venezuela's Cardón Oil Refinery, the country's second-largest, exploded and caught fire today. The facility has reportedly halted operations, per Reuters
Brazil's presidential election is headed to a runoff on October 25. Flávio Bolsonaro (son of jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro) led the first round with 47% versus incumbent Lula's 45%, a roughly 2.2 million vote gap that beat most polling projections. Bolsonaro's PL party also won the largest congressional bloc. In São Paulo, Bolsonaro ally Tarcísio de Freitas was reelected governor with about 63%
SOUTHCOM: On October 4, under the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in
Brazil's presidential election is heading to a runoff after a surprise first-round victory for right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro who will face leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after neither secured more than 50% of the vote, the threshold required to win outright
Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro make final appeals to voters as Brazil chooses its next president; a runoff is likely if no candidate wins over 50% of valid votes
Argentina's President Javier Milei has given the UK two weeks to halt the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands or face international legal action. Milei accused Britain of the "illegal plundering" of Argentine resources and said the dispute could be taken to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
President of the Republic of Colombia: In Cúcuta, we seized 1,120 kilos of cocaine and a laboratory from the ELN. In the last 24 hours, the Public Force destroyed eight other laboratories and made 19 arrests
President of the Republic of Colombia: My order has been clear: combat without respite the illegal mining. In the Río Viejo sector, along the Nechí River, in El Bagre (Antioquia), the National Police, the Army, and the Navy carried out Operation Achilles. They rendered inoperative 3 Brazilian draglines, 2 excavators, 4 diver-type dredges, and 13 industrial engines used to extract gold illicitly. In that mine, approximately 26.5 kilos of gold were extracted per month, valued at $11.130 million in the informal market. The Uldar Cardona Rueda substructure of the Clan del Golfo charged extortion equivalent to 15% of that production: around $1.669 million monthly
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella led an operation against micro-drug trafficking in Cali and participated in the arrest of a suspected criminal during the raids. At the time of the arrest, he said to him: "Welcome to the Fatherland, Miracle"
Colombia's Vice President, José Manuel Restrepo, questions before the UN General Assembly whether this organization is responding to the problems for which it was created with "the effectiveness required by the current world"
Trump on Mexico: It's unacceptable for the United States to share a 2,000-mile border with a territory controlled by cartels. So, Mexico must reclaim control of its soil from the enemies of humanity
YemenHouthi-held Hodeidah airport, telecommunication networks on Mount Bard in Kusmah district, Raymah governorate and in Bani Matar in Sana'a were targeted by airstrikes. Photo from Hodeidah airport
