Latin America

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 07:40 UTC

  Malvinas Argentine sovereignty was always promoted by Fidel Castro

  

  Despite the political changes experienced by Argentina during the XXth century, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro always supported Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in international forae and in public statements, it has been recalled in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

  Fifth Dakar Rally in South America: 9.000kms in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina

  

  The official presentation and the route details for the 2017 edition of the Dakar Rally were unveiled this week at a ceremony in Paris. With the addition of Paraguay, the Dakar will visit the 29th country in its history and the 5th on the South American continent, but as Paraguay makes its entry into the race program Chile makes its exit.

• Sunday, November 27th 2016 - 11:49 UTC

  At least nine dead in Costa Rica after Hurricane Otto

  

  Hurricane Otto finally made its way through Central American and onto the Pacific Ocean Friday leaving at least nine people dead in Costa Rica in villages of The northern part of the country, bordering Nicaragua, where some 7,000 villagers had to me moved into shelters.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 09:52 UTC

  Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90; hero and bastard, revolutionary and dictator

  

  Fidel Castro, the fiery communist politician and Cuban revolutionary who led his country for almost half a century, has died. His health had been deteriorating since 2006, when he suffered from intestinal bleeding. He was 90 years old.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:26 UTC

  Peru foresees great economic expansion for 2017

  

  Peru's Economy and Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne said Thursday his country is set to record a growth of 4.8% as next year's budget was passed. Private investment in areas such as infrastructure will be the key.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:03 UTC

  Hurricane Otto southernmost on record to hit Central America

  

  Otto was by Thursday a dangerous Category 2 hurricane on a sparsely populated stretch of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, while heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama this week.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:19 UTC

  Mexican cement manufacturer after deal building up Trump's wall

  

  Mexican cement manufacturer Cementos Chihuahua expressed its interest in becoming a supplier for the construction of the border wall between Mexico and the US which has been announced by US President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:51 UTC

  Malcorra grateful to Panama for the standing and historic support in Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra thanked her Panama peer Isabel de Saint Malo for the standing historic support from Panama to Argentina´s sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, (under UK control), and looked forward to strengthening the excellent bilateral relations, according to an official Wednesday release from San Martin Palace.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:13 UTC

  Santos and FARC sign new peace agreement; new version submitted for a vote in Congress

  

  Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord on Thursday, after a previous agreement to end their half-century-old war was defeated in a referendum, both parties said. The new, revised accord will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to another referendum, they added.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 15:07 UTC

  Prosecution warns Congress planning to shut down Petrobras investigation: “the corrupt have a lot of power”

  

  The top prosecutor in Brazil's biggest ever corruption investigation has called on the public to rally around the operation in the face of attempts to shut it down. There are fears that Congress while passing anti corruption measures would also include in an unofficial amnesty for existing cases.