Latin America

• Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 00:35 UTC

  Three Latam presidents among Forbes list of 25 most powerful women

  

  Brazil, Argentina and Chile presidents figure among the list of the 25 most powerful women in the world according to the latest release from Forbes. Dilma Rousseff ranks in fourth place, Cristina Fernandez 19 and Michele Bachelet, 25. Only nine heads of state figure in the 100 names list.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2014 - 08:52 UTC

  Caribbean Community moving closer to decriminalization of marihuana

  

  The Jamaica government is being urged to enact legislation that would decriminalize marijuana as well as establish a medical marijuana industry. The Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce said Jamaica would significantly benefit from a regulates medical marihuana industry.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:23 UTC

  Malvinas and Bolivia's ocean outlet, the 'two open wounds' of Latin America

  

  Latin America has two open wounds, the Malvinas Islands and Bolivia's sovereign outlet to the Pacific, said Bolivian vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera in Mendoza, Argentina where he was awarded an 'Honoris Causa” for his commitment to regional integration and inclusion.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 08:16 UTC

  UK company reaches compensation agreement with Bolivian government

  

  Bolivia has agreed to pay 31.7 million dollars to British electric utility Rurelec as compensation for the 2010 nationalization of its controlling stake in power producer Empresa Electrica Guaracachi, 10 million less than the amount determined by an arbitration tribunal, the Attorney General's Office said.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 21:55 UTC

  Uruguay and Denmark top the list of ITUC Global Rights Index

  

  A global leader-board in the race to protect workers’ rights was released at the ITUC World Congress in Berlin. The ITUC Global Rights Index ranks 139 countries against 97 internationally recognized indicators to assess where workers’ rights are best protected, in law and in practice.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 07:50 UTC

  Colombia: Zuluaga and Santos, plus allies, will decide on the peace dialogue on 15 June

  

  Right-wing opposition candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga won most votes in Colombia's presidential election on Sunday but fell short of a first-round victory and will face President Juan Manuel Santos in a close runoff on 15 June.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 10:31 UTC

  All is ready for the OAS General Assembly in Paraguay, June 3 to 5

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the submission of several draft resolutions to the General Assembly of the institution, which will take place from June 3 to 5 in Asunción, Paraguay.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Maduro blames the World Cup for airlines decision to cut flights to Venezuela

  

  President Nicolás Maduro said the World Cup is to blame for international airlines’ decision to cut flights to Venezuela and denied that the move had anything to do with his government's refusal to allow them to repatriate proceeds from ticket sales inside the country.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 23:42 UTC

  ECLAC/ILO anticipate less job creation in Latam as the overall economy slows down

  

  The economic scenario for 2014, with an estimated average growth rate of 2.7%, is far from encouraging for the evolution of the Latin American regional labor market and presents major challenges for labor market policy, said the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a new joint report released this week.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 22:25 UTC

  Dominican Republic tourism industry success story: 4.7 million tourists in 2013

  

  The Dominican Republic’s 2013 visitor numbers grew by 3.6% over the previous year, outpacing the entire Caribbean region, which recorded growth in tourism of only 1%. Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia described it as “an extraordinary year.”