Iranian foreign minister Araghchi held a phone call with Brazil's foreign minister to discuss key regional issues and recent international developments.

Chile's foreign ministry said on Oct 19 it will resume consular services at its mission in Venezuela effective immediately. Initially the service will focus on issuing passports and national ID cards to Chilean residents in Venezuela and opening appointments for other consular matters. From Oct 26 two consular offices will progressively resume processing passports, ID cards, travel authorizations, notarizations and civil registry services for births, deaths and marriages.

Canada September CPI MoM 0.1% vs expected 0.2%; August -0.1%.