Latin America

• Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 14:54 UTC

  Pence urges Latin America to isolate Venezuela which is falling to “dictatorship, deprivation and despair”

  

  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged Latin American countries to help isolate crisis-stricken Venezuela, an ideological adversary of Washington that is struggling under a severe and prolonged economic crisis.

• Friday, June 29th 2018 - 05:11 UTC

  President Vizcarra claims corruption costs Peru US$ 3 billion annually

  

  President Martin Vizcarra said that the Peruvian government will enforce a “zero tolerance” policy against corruption amid a spreading bribery scandal that has involved at least three former presidents.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 13:20 UTC

  Frustration with the political system marks Mexico's Sunday presidential election

  

  Violence hit a record peak in Mexico last year with over 30,000 murders — and it is not slowing down. More than 100 politicians alone have been killed in the lead-up to the country’s election this Sunday.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:11 UTC

  López Obrador closes his campaign with an anticipated victory

  

  The candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed his electoral campaign last Wednesday ahead the presidential elections on Sunday filling the largest stadium in the world on a working day. The only leftist candidate steals public attention in Mexico and leads the polls with an anti-system and reforming discourse.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  Falklands presence at Experience Latin America

  

  Margaret Williams and Michelle Pepper of Falkland Islands Holidays recently attended Experience Latin America in Canary Wharf, London. Organized by the Latin American Travel Association (LATA), this was the 5th event held where the primary aim is to bring together key suppliers from the Latin America region along with top influential buyers from within the UK and Europe.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Latam stocks and currencies hit by global trade disputes

  

  Latin American stocks and currencies mostly fell on Monday as the trade dispute between the United States and other leading economies worsened, but central bank intervention kept the Brazilian real steady.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Ortega's paramilitary groups on shooting spree against protestors; Church dialogue backed talks collapse

  

  Three people were shot dead in the city of Masaya as security forces and para military groups tried to regain control of the area, a human rights group reported on Tuesday, the two-month anniversary of political unrest that has shaken Nicaragua.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Ecuadorean ex president included in kidnapping investigation

  

  Ecuador's highest court has ordered former President Rafael Correa included in an investigation into a 2012 botched kidnapping of an opposition lawmaker. The judge in charge of the case gave Correa a month to clear his name.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Cuba actively promotes foreign investment to prop the economy

  

  The Cuban government opened on Monday the 3rd Edition of International Convention and Exhibition of Cuban Industry (CubaIndustria 2018), seeking to attract foreign investors to revitalize the country's economy.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 07:25 UTC

  United States abandons UN Human Rights Council, “an organization not worthy of its name”

  

  The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday, calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name”, and marking the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.