Latin America

• 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.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  Fugitive Colombian senator who escaped on a motorcycle captured in Venezuela

  

  Special Forces in Venezuela have captured the fugitive Colombian former senator, Aída Merlano. Ms Merlano, who was serving a 15-year sentence for vote-buying, gave prison guards the slip in October.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Maduro prepared to hand over the oil industry to foreign private companies

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is considering selling shares of the country's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in an attempt to recover the country's petroleum industry and its dwindling production.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Peruvian elections return an atomized Congress to the advantage of president Vizcarra

  

  The opposition’s crushing defeat in Peru’s legislative elections has left a fragmented Congress without a dominant party, which should help President Martin Vizcarra pass his reforms with the support of centrist parties.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Ex Colombian international footballer (English Premier League) extradited to US on drugs charges

  

  Former Colombian international footballer Jhon Viáfara has been extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges.