Latin America

Saturday, May 5th 2012 - 01:38 UTC
IOC criticizes Argentina for involving the Games with politics and Falklands’ dispute

The International Olympic Committee, IOC, criticized on Friday an Argentine television spot that links the London Games to Argentina's sovereignty dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, calling it a blatant attempt to use the games for political purposes.
Friday, May 4th 2012 - 07:06 UTC
Chavez under treatment in Cuba names a potential “transition council”

President Hugo Chavez, in Cuba for cancer treatment, named key members of a Council of State Wednesday led by his Vice president, which some analysts see as a potential transitional body.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 23:35 UTC
IMF does not see a ‘nationalization trend’ in South America; Bolivia in compensation talks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it does not see a trend in South America toward state nationalization of private companies despite moves made by Bolivia and Argentina in recent weeks, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 23:23 UTC
FDI in several Latam countries during 2011 marked a historic record

Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2011 reached 153.448 billion dollars, which represents 10% of the global total flows according to a report presented on Thursday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 22:01 UTC
UN highlights role of press freedom as catalyst for social and political change

United Nations top officials today May 3 highlighted the power of press freedom to spark social and political change and to hold governments accountable, stressing that this vital right must be ensured across the world by creating the conditions that allow journalists to perform their work safely.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 21:56 UTC
IAPA pays homage to the 24 journalists from Latam killed over the last 12 months

As we near the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Inter American Press Association this month, I’d also like to take this especial date, May 3, World Press Freedom Day, as an opportunity to pay homage to the 24 journalists from Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Peru that were killed over the last 12 months. Our thoughts are with their families and colleagues, especially because in the majority of these cases, justice has not yet been done.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:39 UTC
US and EU concerned with “investment climate” following Bolivia’s seizure of Spanish power company

Bolivian President Evo Morales Government’s decision to nationalize the main power transport company that was in hands of Red Eléctrica Española (REE) generated claims from Spain, while United States and the European Union showed their “concern.”
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 06:57 UTC
Remittances from Mexicans abroad climbed 5.3% in first quarter over a year ago

Remittances from Mexicans living abroad climbed 5.3% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2011, Mexico’s central bank said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 02:55 UTC
UK welcomes Guatemala/Belize’s efforts to find legal solution to territorial dispute

Britain welcomed Guatemala and Belize's agreement to hold simultaneous referenda on referring their territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice. The territorial dispute of the Central American neighbors is centered on Guatemala claims since 1940 of most of Belize.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 15:06 UTC
Peru could find itself snared in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

By W. Alex Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs - Thirty years after a bloody war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, the longstanding territorial conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands continues to simmer.