Tag: Latam

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:03 UTC

  Caribbean states join Mercosur in barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from their ports

  

  Several Caribbean states and Nicaragua announced this weakened they will bar from their ports any vessel flying the Malvinas flag, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:10 UTC

  Europe’s largest bank profits boosted by its operations in Latin America

  

  Spain’s Banco Santander said that 2011 net profits reveal the growing importance of its Latin America operations which contributed with 51% of the bulk. Last year net profits totalled 5.4 billion Euros, down from 8.2 billion Euros in 2010.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:54 UTC

  IMF forecasts 2012 slower growth in Latam, but above the world average

  

  Latin American growth this year should stay under the 4% estimated previously at 3.6% since the region is susceptible to the slowing down of the world’s economy and increasing risks of the financial crisis on the Euro zone, according to the IMF World Economic Outlook released Tuesday.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 07:32 UTC

  Latin America focused on trade and development, not the Falklands, says Hague

  

  UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said that it is important to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, but aside from some sabre rattling from Argentina, the rest of Latin America is interested in trade and development.

• Thursday, January 5th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Latam is well aware of the US position regarding Iran, says State Department

  

  United States sent a strong message to Latin American countries preparing to host Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying Washington’s policy regarding the Teheran regime is “very well known”.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 18:15 UTC

  Top IMF economist warns of credit squeeze for Latam if Euro crisis worsens

  

  Latin American economies face a recession and a credit squeeze if Europe's debt crisis worsens, director of the IMF Western Hemisphere Department Nicolas Eyzaguirre said on Wednesday.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:28 UTC

  “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy year!”

  

  By Nouriel Roubini (*) - The outlook for the global economy in 2012 is clear, but it isn’t pretty: recession in Europe, anemic growth at best in the United States, and a sharp slowdown in China and in most emerging-market economies.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:59 UTC

  Turkish economist named World Bank new Vice-President for Latin America

  

  Hasan Tuluy, a Turkish national and a strong supporter of inclusive growth, will become the new World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as of January 1st, 2012. Mr. Tuluy will oversee the Bank’s lending, knowledge, and poverty-fighting operations in the region, which totalled 9.6 billion dollars in fiscal year 2011.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Iran’s Ahmadinejad will visit four Latinamerican countries next January

  

  The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be travelling to Latinamerica in the second week of January 2012 to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, announced the Teheran presidential office, according to a report from the official news agency FNA.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 19:21 UTC

  The thuggery of Argentina's Falklands claim

  

  By Ian Dunt @IanDunt<http://twitter.com/iandunt - “The protection of peoples' self-determination to choose their own government is the protection of the weak from the strong”