Latin America

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Cuba restricts personal importation of foreign goods, “to curb abuses”

  

  Cuba has implemented new rules that will restrict the personal importation of foreign goods into the country except where locally made items are expensive and scarce.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2014 - 04:57 UTC

  Opposition parties five points ahead of Uruguay's ruling coalition for October election

  

  With less than fifty days to national elections when Uruguayans will vote for president and a new parliament (26 October), public opinion polls indicate that the ruling coalition until a few months ago the undisputed winner, faces a runoff and whoever wins will have to rule with a divided legislative.

• Monday, September 8th 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  Belize supports Uruguay's Almagro for OAS Secretary General next year

  

  Belize says it will support Uruguay for the position of secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) and downplayed any suggestion that its non-support for the Guatemalan candidate was linked to the ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries.

• Saturday, September 6th 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  Latin America has the worst homicide and abuse stats in children and teenagers

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean have the largest share of homicides among children and adolescents in the world, revealed a UNICEF report released yesterday. According to the study, in 2012 alone, “more than 25,000 homicide victims in the region were below the age of 20 — representing about one quarter of all homicide victims worldwide.”

• Saturday, September 6th 2014 - 03:04 UTC

  Marina Silva's lead turns Dilma more aggressive in her re-election bid

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has adopted a more combative re-election campaign strategy after opinion polls showed her trailing popular environmentalist candidate Marina Silva. Two election surveys this week showed Rousseff was the frontrunner in the first round ballot scheduled for October 5, but would lose to Silva, a former environment minister, in a likely runoff.

• Friday, September 5th 2014 - 07:47 UTC

  Argentine Senate approves bill changing debt payment jurisdiction; next step Lower House

  

  Argentina's Senate on Thursday passed a bill aimed at circumventing U.S. court decisions regarding its defaulted debt by changing payment jurisdiction, sending the proposal to the lower house Chamber of Deputies for final approval. The chamber, like the Senate, is controlled by government allies who are expected to vote the bill into law.

• Friday, September 5th 2014 - 07:33 UTC

  NML Capital subpoenaed 18 banks in search of embezzled Argentine funds

  

  NML Capital Ltd, a creditor suing Argentina in the U.S. courts for full payment on defaulted debt, subpoenaed 18 banks last week in an effort to track down 65 million dollars in what it says is embezzled Argentine money laundered through the United States.

• Friday, September 5th 2014 - 03:28 UTC

  Falklands' GDP 'volatile' because of fisheries and oil and gas exploration

  

  Recently released data shows that the Falkland Islands Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to be volatile: expanding considerably during some years and shrinking in others. For example, 2012, a year of intense hydrocarbons activity the per capita for a population of 2.562, in the books soared to £77.400.

• Friday, September 5th 2014 - 02:14 UTC

  Brazil leaves basic interest rate unchanged at 11%, given 'inflation prospects'

  

  With Brazil battling recession and inflation a month away from the presidential election, the Central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at 11%. Traders and analysts had forecast no change and the central bank's monetary policy commission (Copom) duly decided to leave all quiet following its monthly two-day meeting.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2014 - 06:08 UTC

  Falklands' lawmaker highlights in Central America the Islands' political and economic stability

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmaker Dr. Barry Elsby, concluded a two day visit to Guatemala, aimed at defending the Islanders right of self-determination, and highlighting the economic opportunities in the Islands. Member of the Legislative Assembly Dr. Elsby is in the penultimate destination of his tour, a week ago and which also included Chile, Colombia, Panama and the last stop El Salvador.