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Montevideo, January 31st 2026 - 16:08 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, November 21st 2016 - 12:06 UTC

    Peña Nieto says Mexico willing to discuss NAFTA with Trump

    Enrique Peña Nieto will waive the Nafta flag to talks with Trump

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is well aware of his country's need to take a new approach at bilateral relations with the United States under the coming Republican presidency of Donald Trump. “We’re at the stage of prioritizing dialogue as the path through which we may able to establish a new agenda for bilateral relations,” Peña Nieto said in Lima at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

  • Saturday, November 19th 2016 - 18:39 UTC

    Buenos Aires admits poor cruise season because of past mistakes

    Some large cruises are expected in Buenos Aires among which MSC Orchestra and Music; Celebrity Infinity; Costa Luminosa and Queen Victoria.

    Buenos Aires cruise season has taken off but it will be far from its peak in 2012/13 when over half a million visitors reached the Argentine capital. This season will only see 81 calls with 323.000 visitors of which 70% foreigners, according to local port authorities.

  • Friday, November 18th 2016 - 11:42 UTC

    Latin American exports downward trend is greater than in the rest of the world

    The report shows that the export slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean is even more intense than in the rest of the world

    Following two years in a downward trend the value of Latin American exports fell 14.8% in 2015, and 8.5% in the first seven months of 2016, according to the Trade and Integration Monitor 2016 of the Inter-American Development Bank. Services exports, which had partially compensated the fall in merchandise trade in previous years, contracted 2.4% in 2015, the first time since the 2009 financial crisis.

  • Friday, November 18th 2016 - 11:02 UTC

    Southern Cone countries reach border control accords

    Southern cone countries agree in Brasilia to work together towards safer borders

    Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, sign in Brasilia documents providing for the joint work by security agencies to fight drug trafficking, smuggling of goods and people and money laundering.

  • Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 10:07 UTC

    Santos in US for medical exams; the president underwent prostate surgery in 2012

    “This news comes as a surprise to my family and me. I remain confident that the result of these new tests will be positive,” Santos said.

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has travelled to the United States for medical exams after follow-up tests for a 2012 case of prostate cancer came back abnormal, he said. Santos, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts to reach a peace deal with Marxist rebels, announced the trip in a brief statement as he left a clinic in Bogota where he has undergone regular check-ups since having surgery to remove a small prostate tumor four years ago.

  • Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 09:59 UTC

    Trudeau due in Buenos Aires Thursday morning

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau due in Buenos Aires enroute to Lima

    Straight from Havana and enroute to Lima, the Canadian Prime Minister seeks to assert regional leadership following the tied caused by Donald Trump's election for the presidency of the United States.

  • Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:51 UTC

    Canadian PM will pay official visits to Cuba, Argentina and attend APEC summit in Peru

    PM Trudeau is looking forward to working with presidents Castro and Macri to stimulate more trade and investment with Canada (Pic AFP)

    Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau will pay official visits to Cuba and Argentina from November 15 to 18, and will travel to Peru from November 19 to 20 to participate in the 2016 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ meeting.

  • Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 20:09 UTC

    World cereal production remains strong; summer 2017 crops in South America expected to expand

    The Russian Federation's wheat output is now anticipated to set a new record, while favorable weather is also boosting yield prospects in Kazakhstan

    World cereal production for 2016 should amount to 2 571 million tonnes, up marginally from FAO's October forecast and 1.5% above the 2015 output. The updated figure, released Monday in the Cereal and Supply Demand Brief, reflects a substantial upgrade of the outlook for world wheat production, which is now expected to rise to 746.7 million tonnes, a 4.3 million increase from FAO's October forecast.

  • Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:42 UTC

    Bolivia: Evo Morales admits he is not ready to go home in 2019

    Evo Morales not ready to leave presidency after term ends

    Despite what most Bolivians voted for on February 21, that is against the incumbent president being eligible to run for yet another re-election,

  • Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:43 UTC

    Colombia and FARC announce modified peace accord

    “It is a better agreement,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who last month won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war.

    Colombia's government and its largest rebel group announced a new, modified peace accord Saturday, after voters rejected an earlier deal in a referendum. The government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - a Marxist guerrilla group - said in a joint statement they had incorporated proposals from various groups in the new deal.