Latin America

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Levi Strauss suffers reduced sales in its main market, the Americas

  

  Levi Strauss & Co reported a 4% drop in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the denim apparel maker struggled to grow its wholesale business in the Americas, where it generates most of its revenue. Reduced shipments to off-price stores and the impact of delayed acquisition of a South American distributor drove net revenue down about 3% in the region, the first fall since the 165-year-old company went public in March.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Uruguayan election: “a ponies race, no thoroughbreds competing”

  

  On Sunday 27 October the Uruguayan electorate will be voting for a new president (there is no immediate reelection) and a renewed Legislative, 30 Senators and 99 Lower House members. Uruguay is one of the more stable countries in the region, both it's solid institutions as well as its citizens who are deeply committed to democracy, social rights and a strong presence of government in the economy.