Latin America

• Tuesday, November 14th 2017 - 09:02 UTC

  Powerful friends boycott UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela; EU approves arms embargo

  

  Russia, China, Egypt and Bolivia boycotted an informal public United Nations Security Council meeting on Venezuela on Monday organized by the United States, saying the 15-member body should not be involved in the situation.

• Saturday, November 11th 2017 - 12:30 UTC

  Falklands ice hockey team in international tournament in Costa Rica

  

  Costa Rica will be hosting the first Castillo International Ice Hockey Tournament with the participation of a home team, and three international sides, including one form the Falkland Islands. The competition is scheduled to take place at the Castillo Country Club in San Rafael de Heredia, on 18/19 November.

• Friday, November 10th 2017 - 00:50 UTC

  No end to violent deaths in Brazil: seven people killed every sixty minutes in 2016

  

  The number of violent deaths registered during 2016 in Brazil reached 61,600, a 4.7% increase compared to the previous year. This works out to seven people murdered per hour, on average, throughout the country, according to data from the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety released this week.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 21:02 UTC

  Latin America's exports expected to increase 10%, following four years of declining prices

  

  In 2017 Latin America and the Caribbean will have left behind half a decade of prices decline of its export basket plus a weak increase in the exported volume, achieving an overall 10% growth in the value of its shipments abroad, according to new estimates released by ECLAC in Chile.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 09:19 UTC

  Democracy, Armed forces and Police, the most trusted institutions in Uruguay

  

  Support for democracy in Uruguay reached 70% this year, two points higher than in 2016, and leads in Latin America in its overall sustained commitment to democracy, according to the latest release from the Latinbarometer report.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 05:06 UTC

  Mexico strikes its biggest onshore oil discovery in 15 years; production should begin in 2019

  

  Mexico’s national oil company Pemex has made its biggest onshore oil discovery in 15 years with a find in the eastern state of Veracruz, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced. Pemex made the discovery by drilling its onshore Ixachi well, near the municipality of Cosamaloapan and the overall field is believed to hold some 350 million barrels of proven, probable and possible reserves.

• Saturday, November 4th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentina and Peru try to sort out ethanol dispute and sign accord to promote overall trade

  

  Argentina and Peru are seeking to resolve a dispute stemming from Peru’s decision to apply anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Argentine biodiesel a year ago, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Friday.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Ruling party schism in Ecuador, but president Moreno support climbs to 77%

  

  Ecuador's ruling Country Alliance party, founded by former president Rafael Correa over a decade ago, has removed President Lenin Moreno as its head, citing “repeated failures” in leadership, as a schism between the former allies deepens.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 07:44 UTC

  Ex FARC leader will run for the presidency of Colombia in 2018

  

  Veteran Farc (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) leader Rodrigo Londono — known as ‘Timochenko’ — will run for the presidency of Colombia next year, with the backing of former Farc rebels, the group’s new political party announced. However, he and other ex-commanders will likely face trials for human rights crimes and it is unclear how they would serve in office if sentenced.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 22:50 UTC

  Mexican government struck by Odebrecht's bribe money

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto faces a tough choice on whether to pursue a graft probe involving a prominent ally and Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.