Latin America

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 22:48 UTC

  Paraguay and Uruguay ministers to discuss recovering paralyzed Mercosur

  

  Following on the lead of Uruguay's new government, Paraguay has also demanded Mercosur returns to its roots and original objective with free circulation of goods and no obstructions of any kind or impediments such as tariff barriers. The five countries group has been paralyzed and negotiations for an encompassing cooperation and trade agreement with the European Union remain stalled.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 21:29 UTC

  Giant 1.000 kilos manta ray caught by Peruvian fishermen

  

  A giant manta ray of approximately 1.000 kilos was caught by Peruvian unsuspecting fishermen operating at La Cruz inlet, north of the country close to the Ecuadorian border, according to Lima media. Erick Cruz Guerrero, 22 was the young crew member that finally captured the giant manta ray which had to be unloaded with a crane.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Vatican confirms Pope visit to Cuba on his trip to United States

  

  Leaders of Cuba's Catholic Church expressed joy Wednesday on learning that Pope Francis will visit the island in September amid the budding Vatican-mediated rapprochement between Havana and Washington. Francis will stop in Cuba before his Sept. 23 meeting in the United States with President Barack Obama.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:07 UTC

  NOAA Fisheries names three Latam countries in illegal fishing activities

  

  United States NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2015 Biennial Report to Congress highlighting U.S. findings and analyses of foreign illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and of by-catch of protected species and shark catch on the high seas for foreign fleets.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 06:03 UTC

  Understanding the drivers of prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  A new World Bank Group report, “Shared Prosperity and Poverty Eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean”, explores the performance of eight countries to understand what has driven progress, and what it will take to sustain it.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  New York governor and a large business delegation land in Havana

  

  Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors. Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 01:16 UTC

  World Bank warns Latin America about permanent slowdown in the absence of structural reform

  

  In its latest semiannual report, “Latin America Treads a Narrow Path to Growth: The Slowdown and its Macroeconomic Challenges,” the World Bank´s Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean forecasts a fourth year of slow growth for the region.

• Monday, April 20th 2015 - 23:41 UTC

  Uruguay insists with the EU trade accord, even leaving Mercosur aside

  

  Uruguay's president Tabare Vazquez announced that when he meets with Brazil's Dilma Rousseff next month, they will consider as a priority how to get the Mercosur-European Union talks for a trade agreement rolling again.

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 04:40 UTC

  Unasur opens Defense School to elaborate a shared doctrine of peace and stability

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur will celebrate this Friday its eighth anniversary with the official opening of the South American Defense School (Esude) created to instruct on defense and security issues, both at civil and military level, following 'the principles of a regional strategic vision'.

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 04:32 UTC

  Pope Francis to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay next July

  

  Pope Francis will make his first visit as pontiff to Spanish-speaking Latin America in July, stopping in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Vatican said Thursday. The pope will kick off his trip in Ecuador on July 6, then travel to Bolivia on July 8 and wrap up his tour in Paraguay from July 10 to 12.