Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his planned trip to Argentina will go ahead as scheduled following recent lung surgery. The pontiff, who will also visit Uruguay and Peru, said he looks forward to returning to the South American continent.

Brazil cancelled defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro's passports after he missed a deadline to hand them to police in a money-laundering probe. His whereabouts are unknown days after his runoff loss to Lula, with investigators checking whether he crossed into Argentina.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that a credible path toward elections in Venezuela depends on US-backed negotiations rather than street demonstrations. The remarks followed opposition leader María Corina Machado's return to Caracas after months in exile, as Venezuela navigates uncertainty following former president Nicolás Maduro's removal.

Brazil's Supreme Court barred presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country, days after he narrowly lost Sunday's runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede, called the order an act of intimidation and vowed to challenge the result in court.

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau, listed in New York under the ticker GGB, reported adjusted profit up 39.7 percent in the third quarter on sales that rose 3.9 percent. The company also approved a dividend of roughly $0.06 per share.

Brazil's real and bonds fell sharply on the first trading day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election to a fourth term, with the São Paulo stock exchange triggering an automatic trading halt. Investors fear widening fiscal deficits as Lula faces a Congress tilted toward the opposition.