Peru’s new unified security command brings 1,350 Armed Forces and National Police personnel under one structure. President Keiko Fujimori has promised to expel foreign criminals “in record time.” Andina reported that officials announced the command Wednesday 7 October. No budget, start date, legal change, number of expulsions or deadline has been published.
Security and borders
The command’s control centre sits at Army headquarters in Lima, and it includes an elite search-and-capture group. Fujimori also created a Special Commission Against Crime. The guide found no sign that officials plan to change visa rules for law-abiding residents.
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry reiterated that foreigners with permanent-resident visas issued under earlier rules must transfer them by Saturday 31 October 2026. Applicants can complete the process online. The ministry advised them to use its official site, not intermediaries.
Brazil’s presidential runoff is scheduled for Sunday 25 October. Foreign residents don’t vote in the runoff, according to the guide, though campaigning continues. At 00:35 ET on 10 October, Polymarket priced Flávio Bolsonaro’s chance of winning at 88.9% and Lula’s at 11.5%, with US$179.6 million traded. Those figures reflect real-money bets, not a poll; the guide said readers should consider prediction markets alongside polls and official results, not use them as substitutes.
Storm and household pressures
Hurricane Simón strengthened to Category 3 on Friday night. Mexican forecasters expect it to reach the Colima–Jalisco coast on Sunday 11 October. Mexican media, citing the U.S. National Hurricane Center, reported sustained winds of 195 km/h (121 mph), with the storm’s centre about 245 km (152 miles) south of Manzanillo, Colima. Forecasts put landfall between Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco and Manzanillo in Colima, with the storm at Category 3 or 4.
The forecast landing hour remains uncertain. UnoTV predicted an initial landfall around 6 a.m. Mexico central time; an earlier Infobae report put it at Sunday midday. Infobae forecast 150 to 250 mm (6 to 10 inches) of rain on the Guerrero and Michoacán coasts. The report said its writers couldn’t read NHC bulletins directly and warned that the storm’s track and strength could change. Travelers with flights or hotels on the Colima, Jalisco or Nayarit coast were advised to check with airlines or hotels and follow local civil protection instructions.
Brazil’s inflation reached 4.58% over 12 months in September, above the central bank’s 4.5% ceiling. Prices rose 0.82% during September, while housing costs rose 2.31%, according to IBGE. On Friday 9 October, the central bank’s PTAX reference dollar rate stood at 4.9892 reais to sell, compared with 5.0119 on Thursday and 5.2238 on Friday 2 October. The guide cautioned that one week doesn’t establish a currency trend.
Regional dates and rates
Monday 12 October is a public holiday in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Brazil’s B3 stock exchange and bank branches will close, though banking apps will continue to work. The holiday marks Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil and Encounter of Two Worlds in Chile.
For the weekend, Colombia’s official TRM stood at 3,194.44 pesos per dollar, and Chile’s observed dollar rate closed Friday at 981.61 pesos. Argentina’s Friday afternoon figures put the Banco Nación rate at 1,485 to buy and 1,535 to sell, while the CCL sell rate was 1,606.6. The guide said it couldn’t obtain SUNAT’s rate for Peru; a market estimate showed 3.443 soles per dollar. Mexico’s estimated rate was 18.33 pesos per dollar, not the official FIX rate.
The calendar also lists Argentina’s September inflation release for Tuesday 13 October, Brazil’s October mid-month inflation release for Friday 23 October, Colombia’s central bank policy-rate meeting for Friday 30 October, and Brazil’s central bank meeting on Tuesday 3–Wednesday 4 November. The guide identified consensus figures as forecasts.