Latin America

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Cuba to produce antibiotics locally to save on pricy imports

  

  Cuban health authorities announced earlier this week that the Caribbean nation will produce some antibiotics in high demand at Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to save on their high price.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Colombia foresees stagnant coffee harvests in 2022

  

  Colombia's coffee production for the year 2022 will reach 12 million bags, weighing 60 kilos each, according to National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) Manager Roberto Velez.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Petro's liaison team releases report on the state of Colombia

  

  Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro's liaison team with the outgoing administration of Iván Duque released earlier this week a report on what to expect when the first-ever leftwing head of state is inaugurated Aug. 7.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazilian industrial exports to neighboring South American countries booming

  

  As the global economy recovers from the Covid 19 pandemic and its contracting influence on production and trade, Brazil's commercial relations with South American neighboring countries soared by 64,7% last year, and is expected to do even better by the end of 2022. (7,3bn)

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:23 UTC

  Many Mexicans showed persistent sequelae from COVID-19

  

  A survey from Mexico's Health Ministry released this week has shown that over one-third of patients who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 still have recurrent problems known as “persistent sequelae” despite having overcome the disease.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Peru reports first death of patient with monkeypox

  

  Peruvian health authorities Monday confirmed the first death of a patient with monkeypox in the continent's country second worst hit by the outbreak, while neighboring Bolivia confirmed the first infection.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 07:06 UTC

  Peru totals 282 cases of monkeypox

  

  Peruvian health authorities have reported the number of monkeypox cases in the country had reached 282 Sunday, 34 days after the first infection was confirmed.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  IDB changes mind, and is again prepared to extend development loans to Argentina

  

  Only last Monday Mauricio Claver-Carone, president of the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, published a letter in the Wall Street Journal blasting “Argentina's tumultuous financial record”, adding that IDB ”cannot rubber-stamp loan requests, without prudently ensuring it has a development impact.”

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Machu Picchu increases capacity to appease angry tourists

  

  Operators at the Machu Picchu Inca citadel in Peru have agreed to increase the site's capacity from 4,000 to slightly over 5,000 tourists after protests from would-be travelers, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  Boosted by Brazil and Mexico, Latin America's economy expected to expand 3% in 2022, IMF

  

  Given the improved performance of Latin America's largest economies, particularly Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile, the IMF has raised the 2022 growth projection for the Latam and the Caribbean.