Latin America

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 01:34 UTC

  Tobacco 2017 harvest a boost for Cuban economy

  

  Cuba's economy is to receive a significant boost from one of its main industries, as tobacco leaf production reached 19,000 tonnes this year, the best harvest of the last decade, it was announced Tuesday in Havana. The figure represents success, but it is still far below the 30,000 tonnes from early estimates.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:49 UTC

  Bolivia's YPFB wins bid to sell LPG to Paraguay

  

  Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Oscar Barriga announced Monday that the state company will export 4,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Paraguay.

• Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 18:18 UTC

  Cuba, Australia pledge to strengthen economic cooperation

  

  Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, Friday signed a memorandum of understanding whereby both countries will strenthen their economic ties.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:01 UTC

  UN says FARC rebels hand over weapons to Colombian authorities

  

  Leftist rebels in Colombia have turned over almost all of their fighters’ individual weapons as part of a historic peace deal reached with the government last year to end a half century of conflict, the United Nations said Monday.

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 16:26 UTC

  Pence to visit Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Panama in August

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence announced he will be travelling to Central and South America later this year. During a conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami it became known that the Vice President will be touring Colombia -Cartagena and Bogota-, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Panama City on August 13-18.

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 13:37 UTC

  Gunman dead after high-speed police chase, hours before OAS meeting in Cancun

  

  A suspect was gunned down in a shootout with police in Cancun at around 4 am Friday, following the discovery late on Thursday of two plastic bags containing human body parts in the hotel district, Mexican officials said. The incident took place in the area housing most of the luxury hotels, less than 48 hours before the June 19-21 General Assembly of the Organization of American States to be held in the city.

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 12:41 UTC

  Argentina joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

  

  In need of further international financial assistance and under pressure after settling a debt crisis, President Mauricio Macri's administration makes yet another move to seek renewed channels for funding.

• Friday, June 16th 2017 - 19:40 UTC

  Trump says he is restoring some of the restrictions lifted after the Obama administration's detente with Cuba.

  

  US President Donald Trump has reversed parts of his predecessor Barack Obama's diplomatic re-engagement with Cuba, tightening rules on Americans travelling there and restricting US companies dealing with enterprises controlled by the island nation's military.

• Monday, June 12th 2017 - 11:05 UTC

  IMF sees Brazil and Argentina helping to pull Latin American out of recession

  

  The International Monetary Fund offered an encouraging outlook for Brazil´s growth in 2018 since the intense political uncertainty is yielding, monetary policy easing and progress on the government’s economic reform agenda should help the country pull out of its worst recession in a century.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2017 - 19:12 UTC

  Experience Latin America expands

  

  Experience Latin America, which takes place from June 12-14, will feature 130 different suppliers from the region – a 10% increase compared with last year.