The Venezuelan government classified the use of the CIA and the announced military deployments in the Caribbean as a situation of "extreme alarm." According to a report published by The New York Times, U.S. officials "have made it clear, privately, that the ultimate goal is to oust Maduro from power."

The Presidential Communications Office announced that President Gabriel Boric has accepted the resignation of Energy Minister Diego Pardow and appointed Álvaro García as co-minister of Energy amid growing controversy over a significant electricity tariff miscalculation that inflated bills for eight years.

An investigation requested by the Public Prosecutor's Office revealed that the public funds reimbursed for the former mayor of Maipú's campaign expenses were not transferred to the company Modo74, but rather to her spouse, Congressman Joaquín Lavín.

Social organizations in Ecuador report that under Noboa's orders, state security forces are violating university autonomy and even firing at close range at student medical brigades, as well as pursuing students and protesters.

In a statement dated October 13, Module E of Angol announced that Estefani Pérez Ancalaf (103 days of fasting) and Antonio Lebu Neculpan have escalated their protest to a dry hunger strike due to a lack of responses. They demand transfer to the Intercultural Hospital of Nueva Imperial, respect for ILO Convention 169, and guarantees for fair trials for other detainees.

Social organizations, cultural groups, and urban artist collectives have called for vigils and protests in cities like Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo, demanding justice for the murdered rapper and denouncing police repression ordered by Jerí's administration.

Industry sources in the electricity market warn that this is the largest mistake ever made by the CNE in the institution's history, estimating a cost of 100 million dollars, but only accounting for the accumulated benefits to generators over the last two years.

With the enactment of the new law, the state will legally recognize—through a public, digital registry managed by the Civil Registry—victims of forced disappearance between 1973 and 1990. Authorities highlighted that this is a matter of state policy; family members viewed this step as a long-awaited act of reparation.

Corporación 3 y 4 Álamos invites the public to "Human Rights, Memory and the Future," a community forum on Saturday, October 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the Tres y Cuatro Álamos Political Prisoners Memorial Site in Santiago.

Uruguayan national Pablo Laurta, founder of "Varones Unidos," was arrested while allegedly trying to leave Argentina with his 5‑year‑old son after the killings of his ex‑partner and former mother‑in‑law in Córdoba, authorities said.