Latin America

Monday, October 13th 2014 - 00:20 UTC
Neves pledges a deep reform of Mercosur and opening to the world, if he wins

Deep reforms and opening Mercosur to the world will be proposed by opposition candidate Aecio Neves to the other full members, if finally he is elected to lead Brazil in the 26 October runoff against president Dilma Rousseff, said Rubens Barbosa a trade expert, former ambassador in the US and currently coordinator of the opposition government program.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina claims in can detect the ebola virus in patients in less than 24 hours

Argentina has developed a molecular biological method to detect the presence of the Ebola virus in a patient in less than 24 hours, the Argentine health ministry has announced.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 08:10 UTC
On Columbus Day, “we also pay tribute to the legacy of Native Americans”

Proclamation by Barack Obama - When Christopher Columbus -- a son of Genoa, Italy -- set sail across the Atlantic, no one could imagine the profound and lasting impact he would have on the world. In search of a westward route to Asia, he instead spotted the Bahamas. As dawn broke on October 12, 1492, Columbus's crew set foot on a Caribbean island and changed the course of history. For much of Europe, this marked the discovery of the New World, and it set in motion the more than five centuries that have followed.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 06:06 UTC
Santos confirms he authorized FARC leader to attend peace talks in Cuba

Colombian guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño has made secret government-authorized trips to Cuba several times in the last year to meet with his team of negotiators as part of peace talks to end 50 years of civil war, Colombian officials said.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 06:04 UTC
Brazil testing patient suspected of Ebola infection; another 64 in quarantine

Brazilian Health Minister Arthur Chioro said on Friday the results of tests on a patient suspected of Ebola infection would take 24 hours. At a press conference in Brasilia, the minister assured the situation was under control and that proper precautions had been taken to isolate the patient.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 03:24 UTC
Special Master Pollack to meet with Argentina's and holdout lawyers next week

A United States court-appointed mediator said on Friday he would hold a meeting next week between lawyers for Argentina and 'holdout' creditors suing the country in a longstanding dispute over defaulted debt.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 03:22 UTC
Morales confident he will win Sunday's election in all nine Bolivian districts

At an event to mark the closing of his campaign ahead of Sunday’s elections, a self-assured Evo Morales told Bolivians that he will win all over the country and will even take the opposition’s bastions of support in the east.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 01:47 UTC
UN Human Rights Council calls for immediate release of Venezuelan dissident Leopoldo Lopez

The United Nations adopted a resolution Wednesday decreeing the Venezuelan government should immediately release Leopoldo Lopez, the opposition leader who has been imprisoned for almost nine months in connection to the violent protests in Caracas in February.
Friday, October 10th 2014 - 05:01 UTC
Latam headed for a third year of foreign trade stagnation, reports ECLAC

Latin America and the Caribbean's foreign trade will experience its third year of stagnation in 2014, because of minimal growth in exports and a slight decline in imports, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported on Thursday.
Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 10:36 UTC
YPF goes overseas: signs agreement with Ecuador to recover mature fields

Argentina's state-run energy company YPF closed on Wednesday an agreement with Ecuador's state-owned company Petroamazonas for the enhanced recovery of the mature field of El Campo Yuralpa which will demand an investment in the range of 170 million dollars.