BOGOTA – October 28, 2026 -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial and operating results on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, after the market closes.

Management hosts bilingual virtual conference on November 11

Management plans to hold a virtual conference on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, with simultaneous transmission in Spanish and English. Participants can submit questions through the platform once the call begins.

MEXICO CITY – October 28, 2026 -- Grupo Elektra lifted third-quarter 2026 EBITDA to Ps.7,813 million from Ps.6,922 million a year earlier, even as consolidated revenue slipped to Ps.53,297 million from Ps.53,864 million.

Lower costs offset flat revenue at Grupo Elektra

Consolidated costs fell to Ps.24,225 million from Ps.25,637 million in the prior-year quarter. Sales, administrative and promotional expenses were nearly unchanged at Ps.21,260 million, against Ps.21,305 million in the third quarter of 2025.

Corpus Christi, Texas – October 28, 2026 -- Two tankers carrying 1 million barrels of Venezuelan crude produced by North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) have arrived in Corpus Christi, the first shipment since the company's deal with the U.S. government.

Monterrey – October 28, 2026 -- Definity has become the first strategic partner in Latin America for German software provider dab, taking the SAP-certified dab Nexus platform to enterprises that want to move SAP data into Microsoft Fabric.

CARACAS – October 28, 2026 -- North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) lifted output in Venezuela's Petrozamora oil fields to a record 115,000 barrels per day on Oct. 23, as U.S. State Department officials toured its western and eastern operations to check progress under the company's August agreement with Washington.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Agentic intrusions tripled in the second half of 2026 compared with the first half, according to CrowdStrike data, as threat actors hand hacking decisions and command execution to AI agents.

CrowdStrike's report, published on Wednesday, documents four threat actors. Two used sophisticated AI harnesses, the software that connects a large language model to external resources. Two used simpler setups. The firm said the main constraint on scaling such campaigns is "token budgets," not engineering complexity.

Edison, N.J. – October 21, 2026 -- M&M International will open a 40,000-square-foot stainless-steel tubing plant in the Greenpark free-trade zone in Coyol, Costa Rica, in the first quarter of 2027, adding a third manufacturing facility to its network.

The plant is under construction. M&M, a portfolio company of Gainline Capital Partners, says the site will expand production capacity and diversify its manufacturing footprint to strengthen supply chain resilience for customers.

Miami – October 21, 2026 -- JIS Fall 2026 drew more than 11,000 jewelry professionals to the Miami Beach Convention Center on October 16–19, a 12% increase in attendance year over year.

Buyers from the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean source holiday stock

The four-day show brought together jewelry retailers, manufacturers and industry professionals from across the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond. Buyers could purchase inventory for immediate delivery or place future orders ahead of the holiday season.

Americas – October 21, 2026 -- Air cargo's next digitization phase centers on procurement intelligence, according to Freightos executive Sebastien Podgorski, after a decade focused on digitizing search, dynamic rates and e-bookings.

Mexico City – October 19, 2026 -- Mexican digital bank Plata crossed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in September 2026, less than 3.5 years after its April 2023 launch, the company announced. Plata says this makes it the fastest digital bank in history to reach the benchmark.