Latin America

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:34 UTC

  US Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump's asylum policy for immigrants at US/Mexico border

  

  The US Supreme Court granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:00 UTC

  Mexico to apply sales tax on Netflix, Apple, Spotfy, Amazon Prime

  

  A Mexican sales tax on foreign digital businesses providing audio or visual services could generate tax revenue of about 3.6 billion pesos (US$ 185 million) a year, a senior lawmaker in Mexico’s ruling party said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 18:56 UTC

  The Mexican Treasury to the rescue of debt-laden oil company Pemex

  

  Mexico's US$5 billion rescue package to pay down debt at Pemex is a one-of-a-kind transaction that should give the struggling state oil company breathing space to focus on output and costs, Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio said.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 11:50 UTC

  Hurricane Dorian: 2.500 still unaccounted for in the Bahamas

  

  Some 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday. NEMA spokesman Carl Smith told reporters that some of the missing people may eventually be located.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Venezuela starts war games along the Colombian border mobilizing 150.000 troops

  

  Venezuela's armed forces chiefs said on Tuesday they had begun mobilizing 150,000 troops for military exercises on the Colombian border amid renewed tensions between Bogota and Caracas.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazilian markets influenced by weak data from China and coming central banks decisions

  

  Brazilian shares broke a four-day run of gains on Tuesday, mirroring declines in global stocks after weak China data-fueled growth concerns, while currencies were tepid ahead of major central bank policy decisions.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Latin America's two largest economies begin talks on a free trade deal

  

  Brazil and Mexico have begun talks on a free trade deal, officials announced seeking to deepen commercial ties between the two largest economies in Latin America as trade tensions threaten to undermine global growth.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Bolivia's Morales alliance with large farming interests (and Amazon deforestation) could cost him his re-re-reelection

  

  In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  EU strengthens trade relations with Cuba to counter a raft of US lawsuits against European firms

  

  EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday reaffirmed the bloc's drive to deepen trade with Cuba and counter a wave of lawsuits against European firms as Washington increases pressure on the communist-run island.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Peruvian ex president Fujimori again hospitalized, third time in forty days

  

  Former Peru president Alberto Fujimori has been taken to hospital again with heart problems, his doctor announced on Monday. Alejandro Aguinaga said the 81-year-old former president was taken to Lima's Centenario clinic on Saturday night “with cardiac problems.”