Latin America

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina joins Beijing's OBOR initiative to promote trade and peace; Macri begins official visit to China

  

  Argentina is a great producer of food commodities and is capable of feeding 400 million people, president Mauricio Macri said addressing in Beijing the One Belt One Road, OBOR, international cooperation summit, the Chinese initiative to promote peace and trade, which convened 29 world leaders from all continents.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 07:28 UTC

  Mexican leading investigative journalist in combating drug traffickers is shot dead

  

  Award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Valdez has been shot dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa. He was killed when unidentified attackers opened fire on his car in the city of Culiacan where Valdez was working, the RioDoce website reports.

• Friday, May 12th 2017 - 08:49 UTC

  Gibraltar's Attorney General appointed to FIFA's Ethics Committee

  

  The Government of Gibraltar has warmly congratulated Michael Llamas QC upon his appointment as Europe's representative in the highly prestigious and important Ethics Committee of FIFA. Llamas joins other highly distinguished lawyers and judges who will form part of the Ethics Committee. These include a former President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

• Monday, May 8th 2017 - 21:57 UTC

  Brazilian economy expected to begin takeoff in the first quarter

  

  Brazil's economy will post growth of between 0.7% and 0.8% in the first quarter, turning the corner on a two-year recession, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said this week. In an interview with GloboNews cable channel, Meirelles said Brazilian companies will have to start to restock inventories and draw up investment plans.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 13:01 UTC

  EU and US agree to Maersk Line acquiring Germany's Hamburg Sud, expert in South America

  

  Container shipping company Maersk Line will pay EUR 3.7 billion for its acquisition of smaller German rival Hamburg Sud, including all subsidiaries and associated shipping companies. The boards of Maersk Line and the Oetker Group, owner of Hamburg Sud, approved the proposed deal, which has been given the green light by the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 06:30 UTC

  End of an era in Cuba? Last of a May Day celebration without a Castro brother

  

  The Cuban government's traditional May Day parade Monday is the last to be overseen by President Raul Castro, and the first without his late brother and revolutionary predecessor Fidel.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 09:32 UTC

  Venezuela quitting OAS; death toll of demonstrations climbs to 33

  

  Following through on its threat, Venezuela's government announced on Wednesday it is quitting the Organization of American States, accusing the regional body of meddling in its internal affairs over weeks of political unrest. The step was taken just hours after violent clashes in Caracas between security forces and protesters during yet another march against the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 19:16 UTC

  UN forecasts South American countries average economic expansion at 0.6%

  

  The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) updated growth projections for economic activity in the region in 2017 and forecasts a 1.1% average expansion for this year, the United Nations body stated on Monday in a press release. This projection is slightly below the 1.3% that was estimated in December 2016.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 14:36 UTC

  Trump receives Argentine president Macri at the White House on Thursday

  

  Argentine and United States presidents Mauricio Macri and Donald Trump will be addressing bilateral trade, the Venezuelan situation, combating drugs and declassification of documents from the last dictatorship when they meet next Thursday at the While House, according to Chargé d'Affaires Thomas Cooney currently running the US embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 21:12 UTC

  World Bank praise for Latam countries pursuing counter-cyclical fiscal policies

  

  In a positive development, today more than ever before, Latin American and Caribbean countries are pursuing counter-cyclical fiscal policies - spending more in bad times and saving in good times, according to a new World Bank semiannual report for the region.