Latin America

Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:12 UTC
LATAM leaves OneWorld and with Delta partnership has access to Skyteam

LATAM Airlines will leave the OneWorld alliance on May 1, 2020. The decision, announced on Friday, moves the airline’s departure from the alliance up by five months.
Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:59 UTC
Despite the rhetoric, Argentina close military collaboration with the US and Brazil

Last week the Argentine lower house of Congress, voted 214–2 to allow the “entry of foreign troops” and the participation of Argentine troops in exercises abroad. Several of the military exercises listed in the bill are being organized and financed by the Pentagon.
Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:21 UTC
Mexico supports Argentine candidate to lead the Inter American Development bank

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration plans to support Argentina in the race to lead the Inter American Bank, a key Washington-based multilateral lender, in another sign of political rapport between the region’s two most important left-wing governments.
Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Colombian peace accord rapidly failing as ex guerrillas are murdered

More than 100 Colombian former left-wing guerrillas and their family members have left an area designated for them following the murder of 12 fellow ex-rebels elsewhere in the country, the FARC said on Friday.
Friday, January 31st 2020 - 08:35 UTC
Mexican economy contracted in 2019, first time in a decade; 2020 prospects weak

Mexico’s economy contracted last year for the first time in a decade, data showed on Thursday, as businesses curbed investment due to concern over the economic management of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and forecasts for 2020 are also weak.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
US and UN launch program to help Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a program to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil for the long-term.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
“Cristina Fernandez, the most brilliant woman of Argentine history”, praise from Macri's electoral advisor

He was considered the guru of Argentine electoral campaigns, the man who helped Mauricio Macri jump from president of one of the two most popular soccer teams in the country, to twice mayor/governor of the City of Buenos Aires and finally to occupy during four years the Pink House, Casa Rosada, defeating the hegemonic Peronist movement.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:17 UTC
Major quake in the Caribbean, northwest of Jamaica

A major 7.7 magnitude quake struck on Tuesday in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica, the US Geological Survey reported, raising the risk of tsunami waves in the region.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC
Guyana rapidly becoming an oil major: 16th discovery in four years of exploration

ExxonMobil today announced its 16 discovery in the Stabroek Block, located off the Guyanese coastline. The Texas-based company announced that it encountered 29 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone at the Uaru well.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:31 UTC
Colombian mother and her three children survived 34 days in the Peruvian jungle

Colombian mother and her three children aged 14, 12 and 10 have been found by indigenous Peruvians 34 days after they were reported missing, authorities say. They said they had managed to survive by eating seeds, plants and berries.