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Montevideo, November 14th 2024 - 22:40 UTC

Latin America

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    IDB loan for Uruguay to strengthen post-pandemic public policy and fiscal management

    IDB president Illan Goldfajn and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche sign the US$ 145 million loan agreement

    The Inter American Development Bank, IDB, president Illan Goldfajn and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche signed a US$ 145 million loan agreement for the Program to Strengthen Public Policy and Fiscal Management in Response to the Health and Economic Crisis

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    First shipment of Argentine beef to Mexico takes off

    “The opening of Mexico for Argentine beef is a reaffirmation of the quality and safety of our food,” Bahillo said

    The first shipment of Argentine beef took off from Ezeiza Airport Tuesday on an AeroMexico flight after more than 10 years of negotiations, the South American country's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) reported. Both countries had agreed on December 2 on the sanitary certificate requirements.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    UN Economic Commission for Latam and Caribbean celebrating 75th anniversary

    The Economic Commission for Latin America was established by a resolution of the UN Economic and Social Council on 25 February 1948 and began work in Santiago that same year

    The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, is celebrating 75 years since its creation with a commitment to continue working for a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future for the region.

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Enslaved Paraguayan workers freed in Rio de Janeiro

    The 19 Paraguayans had been brought in blindfolded and were not aware that they were in Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil's Federal Police Monday freed 19 Paraguayan nationals who were working at a Rio de Janeiro clandestine cigarette factory in slave-like conditions, Agencia Brasil reported. The workers arrived in Brazil blindfolded and did not even know they were in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense.

  • Monday, March 20th 2023 - 15:50 UTC

    IDB forecasts gloomy 2023 for Latin America, Caribbean

    Goldfajn spoke of “overlapping crises”

    The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has issued a report forecasting growth for the region in 2023 will barely stand at 1%, much lower than similar studies from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

  • Monday, March 20th 2023 - 14:18 UTC

    Petro declares end of ceasefire for AGC Clan

    The Gulf Clan has other priorities over peace, Petro explained

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday announced he was suspending the bilateral ceasefire with the so-called Clan del Golfo outlaw group following a mining strike that the criminal organization was promoting in the northwest region.

  • Monday, March 20th 2023 - 08:53 UTC

    Earthquake kills 14 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru

    “We are going to declare a state of exception,” Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso said

    At least 15 have died after an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 shook northern Peru and southern Ecuador at 12.11 pm on Saturday, it was reported. The epicenter was said to be in Ecuadorian territory, 85 kilometers northeast of Zarumilla, in the Tumbes region, and 78 kilometers deep, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP).

  • Saturday, March 18th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    Bolivian President calls Putin to review trade and technology joint work

    Russian authorities insisted the conversation was held at Bolivia's initiative

    Presidents Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a telephone conversation Friday during which they discussed various items of mutual interest such as energy, trade, education, and technology.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2023 - 09:22 UTC

    Ibero-American leaders create group to favor freedom and democracy

    The Liberty and Democracy Group will seek to oppose autocratic governments in the region

    A group of current and former Latin American Presidents plus two former Spanish Prime Ministers Friday announced in Santiago, Chile, the creation of the so-called Liberty and Democracy Group, which should become “a space for reflection, coordination, dialogue, and action to strengthen freedom and democracy” in the region.

  • Friday, March 17th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Tense relationship between Ecuador and Argentina due to former minister's escape to Venezuela

    The Argentine government denied on Thursday having facilitated the escape to Venezuela of Duarte from her refuge in the Argentine embassy in Quito

    Ecuador expects to overcome the diplomatic crisis with Argentina soon after both nations withdrew their ambassadors amid questioning from Quito regarding the escape of a former minister convicted of corruption who was taking refuge in Argentina's diplomatic residence in Ecuador.