LatAm Expat & Nomad Daily Guide — Wednesday, September 2, 2026
The Short Version
In short: Your LatAm expat and nomad daily guide for Wednesday, September 2. Peru has declared a 60-day El Niño emergency across 893 districts in 22 regions, with no new Treasury money and housing funds already halved. Guatemalan fuel protests have shut border crossings and highways for a second day, with the main El Carmen–Talismán bridge to Mexico still blocked as of last night. And oil is surging past US$90 after tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, while Colombia’s peso strengthens to a TRM of 3,184.00.
Peru braces for an extraordinary El Niño. Supreme Decree 124-2026-PCM, published in the official gazette on Tuesday, puts 893 districts in 154 provinces across 22 regions plus Callao under a 60-day emergency. The decree unlocks fast-track procurement but explicitly “without demanding additional resources from the Public Treasury.” The housing fund has already been cut from about S/2,200 million to S/1,000 million — roughly half — and ENFEN puts the probability of an extraordinary-magnitude event at about 62 percent through January.
Guatemala’s fuel protests block roads and borders. Transporters launched nationwide blockades on Monday against a roughly 37 percent jump in superior gasoline to Q40.95 per gallon, about US$5.37. As of Tuesday night, five points were still closed — including the El Carmen–Talismán border crossing to Mexico, the road near Mundo Maya airport in Petén, and a downtown Guatemala City intersection — while ten had been reopened. Passport deliveries are delayed and the business chamber has filed a constitutional action.
