Latin America

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 04:49 UTC

  Falklands' lawmaker in Guyana meets president Granger and talks self determination

  

  Falklands' lawmaker Ian Hansen currently visiting Guyana met with President David Granger to familiarize himself with local politics and secure Georgetown's views on the Islands' right to self determination.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  Cruise ports and island-resorts funded by the same companies, boom in the Caribbean and Central America

  

  The Caribbean and cruise ship passengers alike are expected to benefit from at least four new cruise ports that are in the works to open in the region in the next few years. Cruise Fever reports that Harvest Caye in Belize will be the first up and running, with a scheduled opening date of February 16, when Norwegian Jade visits the port to take in the country’s eclectic mix of rainforests, jungle, and coral reefs.

• Saturday, January 9th 2016 - 07:20 UTC

  Mexican marines recapture drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán

  

  Mexican authorities recaptured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in a bloody raid on Friday. “Mission Accomplished,” President Enrique Peña Nieto announced via Twitter. “We have him” in reference to the recapture of one of the world's most notorious and slippery criminals.

• Friday, January 8th 2016 - 20:06 UTC

  US and Cuban universities sign cooperation and student exchange programs

  

  The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Havana that will allow the institutions to develop cooperative programs in a variety of academic disciplines.

• Thursday, December 31st 2015 - 07:31 UTC

  Chile's Bachelet waiting for the year to end: 2015 has been the worst in her political history

  

  It has been a bad year, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told a Santiago newspaper this week, admitting that corruption scandals have sapped confidence in the country's institutions while sparking a reform drive that should bear fruit going forward.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2015 - 03:22 UTC

  Major Spanish company in frozen fish industry, Iberconsa, sold to Portobello Capital

  

  The Spanish manager of equity Portobello Capital has bought a majority stake in Iberconsa (Iberica de Congelados), the third company in the sector in Spain and the first one to capture and produce frozen hake on board.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 09:17 UTC

  Macri's priorities: Mercosur, trade agreement with EU and the Pacific Alliance

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri pledged full support for Mercosur which he defined as a 'long term strategic project', called for a quick trade agreement with the European Union and closer ties with 'our partners from the Pacific Alliance'.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  Argentina's Falklands' claim and rejection of oil activities reiterated at the 'new' Mercosur summit

  

  Mercosur full and associate members ended their Paraguay summit signing six joint statements, one of which in support of Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and rejecting 'non authorized' hydrocarbons exploration in the Argentine continental shelf. This is the first regional document related to the Falkland Islands Argentine claim since Mauricio Macri took office last 10 December.

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 08:09 UTC

  US and Havana deal on regular flights, a boom for tourism, but does Cuba have the infrastructure

  

  United States and Cuba have reached a deal to allow as many as 110 regular airline flights a day, allowing a surge of American travel to Cuba that could eventually flood the island with hundreds of thousands more U.S. visitors a year, officials said Thursday on the anniversary of detente between the foes.

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  South America to contract 0.8% and Central America will expand 4.6% in 2016, says UN office

  

  Latin American and Caribbean economies will contract 0.4% on average in 2015 and will grow just 0.2% next year, as a result of the complex external scenario, according to new projections unveiled on Thursday by the UN Latin America and Caribbean Economic commission, ECLAC. Estimates for next year are that Central America will expand 4.6% while South America will again contract 0.8%.