Latin America

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  EU sanctions on Nicaragua for Ortega's human rights abuses and repression

  

  The European Union adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua on Monday over human rights abuses and repression in the Central American country under leftist President Daniel Ortega.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Peace in Ecuador: Government and protestors strike a deal; sharp rise in fuel prices suspended

  

  President Lenin Moreno and leaders of Ecuador's Indigenous peoples struck a deal late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:13 UTC

  Ecuadorean president ready for direct talks with protestors to halt violence

  

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Friday proposed direct talks with indigenous leaders after deadly protests against fuel price hikes stretched into the 10th day. “It is essential to stop the violence,” Moreno said in a brief address on television. “I call on the leaders to talk directly with me.”

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Winners of the Falklands regional student competition have been announced

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and the British embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have announced the winners of the 2019/2020 student competition to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal

  

  American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Trade Integration more important for Latin America and the Caribbean as growth slows, World Bank

  

  The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has entered a new phase of weak economic performance, but increased integration in international trade and global value chains could reinvigorate economic growth.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Asylum seeking migrants occupy bridge linking Matamoros with the US

  

  Migrants seeking asylum in the United States who are camped in a dangerous Mexican border town occupied a bridge to Brownsville, Texas on Thursday, leading U.S. authorities to close the crossing, witnesses and authorities said.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Elections in Bolivia will have 92 OAS observers deployed

  

  The presidential election in Bolivia on October 20 will count with an Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS), led by the former Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Manuel González.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Mexico urged to implement labor reform to help speed ratification of the new North American free trade deal

  

  The leader of a U.S. congressional delegation to Mexico said that Mexico must take more concrete steps to implement its labor reform, after a trip aimed at speeding up ratification of the new North American free trade deal.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 10:16 UTC

  Delta Air Lines competing strongly for the South American market

  

  A surprise US$1.9 billion investment by Delta Air Lines in LATAM Airlines Group is likely to fire up competition in South America as the weakest U.S. carrier in the region joins up with the strongest homegrown player.