Situation Reports

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo alleged that the office of Attorney General Consuelo Porras is executing a coup to remove him from office, requesting assistance from the Organization of American States, DW reported on Oct. 26.

Timor‑Leste officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during the bloc's annual leaders' summit, Reuters reported on Oct. 25.

Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint declaration, overseen by U.S. President Donald Trump, broadening their July 28 ceasefire, with each agreeing to pull heavy weapons from their shared border, deploy additional neutral observer teams and release prisoners, Reuters reported on Oct. 26.

The United States and Malaysia signed a reciprocal trade pact that leaves in place Washington's 19% tariff rate on Malaysian goods but grants zero-tariff carveouts for more than 1,700 Malaysian export categories and "favorable consideration on semiconductors," while securing Malaysian commitments not to restrict exports of critical minerals (including rare earths) and magnets, The Straits Times reported on Oct. 26.

The U.S. and Chinese trade teams met Oct. 25-27 in Malaysia, with both sides suggesting they had agreed on a number of terms that could be turned into a formal deal when U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet Oct. 30 in South Korea, The New York Times reported.

Argentine President Javier Milei's governing Liberty Advances (LLA) party won the country's legislative elections with 41% of votes nationwide versus 32% for the opposition Homeland Force, Clarin reported Oct. 26.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva agreed to launch trade talks during their first in-person meeting on Oct. 26, which occurred on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, g1 reported.

TotalEnergies and its partners informed the Mozambican government on Oct. 24 that they had lifted force majeure on the more than $20 billion Mozambique LNG project, Reuters reported the next day.

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that he does not want to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit later this week and said he does not anticipate reviving trade talks with Canada anytime soon, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 25.

Turkish authorities formally charged imprisoned Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is also the 2028 presidential candidate for the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, with "political espionage," Reuters reported on Oct. 27.