Latin America

Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 07:54 UTC
Venezuela warns Canada over mining activities in Guyana: 'infringing on territorial sovereignty'

Venezuela has objected to a Canadian mining company operating in Guyana, telling the company it is infringing on Caracas’ sovereignty. And the move has not gone down well with Guyana’s president David Granger.
Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 07:55 UTC
Comedian cowboy who wanted to become president, finally makes it in Guatemala

Comedian Jimmy Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala's presidential race Sunday despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president. Morales, a comic actor and TV personality, declared victory after election officials released the resounding results: 68% of the vote for the conservative candidate to 32% for former first lady Sandra Torres.
Friday, October 23rd 2015 - 07:02 UTC
Cristina Fernandez is falling back, but with great power and plans to return in 2019, says Fraga

President Cristina Fernandez is falling back ahead of Sunday's election, but with great power, and she has the intention of returning to office in the next presidential elections, 2019, said the political analyst and columnist Rosendo Fraga regarding the current political scenario in Argentina. On Sunday Argentines will be electing president, half the Lower House a third of Senate seats, governorships and for the first time Mercosur parliament representatives.
Thursday, October 22nd 2015 - 07:42 UTC
Latin America's 2013/15 exports, worst performance in eight decades says ECLAC

The value of Latin America’s exports will continue to decline through 2015 by 14%, with Argentina faring slightly worse with a reduction of 17%, says the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report, which also indicated that the value of imports to Argentina are set to fall by a smaller 10%.
Monday, October 19th 2015 - 09:53 UTC
Guyana beefs up reserves to protect country from Venezuela and Suriname

Against the background of what he said were continued territorial threats from both Venezuela and Suriname, Guyana President David Granger has announced a Total National Defense Policy.
Thursday, October 15th 2015 - 07:18 UTC
Cruise ship industry concerned about escalating crime in the Caribbean

Reports of escalating crime in the Caribbean have renewed the debate about how it affects the millions of cruise ship passengers and other tourists who visit the region each year.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 21:35 UTC
FIH to Travel Mart Latin America

Falkland Islands Holidays represented by Jenny Luxton and Sue Smith attended the 39th Annual Travel Mart Latin America Tourism Business Development event in Guatemala this year.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 11:40 UTC
US hedge fund threatens to sue Peru on defaulted bonds from 1980s

A US hedge fund has threatened to sue Peru over bonds issued by the country's former military regime. Connecticut-based hedge fund Gramercy purchased the defaulted debt at a discount in 2008 after other bondholders failed to reach a deal.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 11:00 UTC
Global banks warn net outflows from emerging markets close to $800 billion

After a week of discussions at the annual IMF assembly in Peru, bankers and policy makers agreed that stemming the rush of investments from emerging markets was one of the most important challenges facing the global economy. But there was little agreement on how to actually do that.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:13 UTC
Pacific Alliance members outstand in Latin American performance, says IMF

Brazil is still by far the largest economy in Latin America despite its recession and the impact of the devaluation of the Real, according to the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said Venezuela dropped to the position of the region’s seventh-largest economy with a GDP that’s now half the size of Colombia’s.