Tag: Latam

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 09:02 UTC

  Under Chavez sponsorship Latam nomenclature adds a new regional grouping

  

  Showing off new energy after cancer treatment, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez hosted Latin American leaders on Friday to create a new regional body that pointedly excludes the United States and Canada.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 18:58 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay less corrupt in Latam; other Mercosur members not so clean

  

  Chile and Uruguay are the least corrupt countries in Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela are at the other extreme, according to the latest ‘Corruption Perceptions’ Index’ from Transparency International released this week.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 21:31 UTC

  Latam financial system ‘stable and solid’ but weak in consumer banking, says World Bank

  

  While the economic crisis relentlessly ravages Europe and the United States, Latin American countries anxiously wait on the sidelines. The crisis could dampen the regional trend of solid growth during the past decade.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Poverty in Latam at lowest level in 20 years; but 174 million are still below the line

  

  Poverty and indigence in Latin America and the Caribbean are at their lowest in twenty years according to the latest report from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, released on Tuesday in Chile.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 08:11 UTC

  IMF chief praises Latinamerica, which can provide ‘some lessons to the advanced world’

  

  IMF chief Christine Lagarde who this week will be visiting Latinamerica said that Brazil, Mexico and Peru, like to many other countries in the region have done remarkably well over the past few years and can provide some lessons to the advanced countries.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 07:34 UTC

  Unasur finance ministers and bankers meet in Argentina to address common agenda

  

  Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Economy and Finance ministers will be meeting next Friday November 25 in Buenos Aires to address the current international crisis and advance in a common agenda. The meeting will also include Central bank presidents and governors.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 22:04 UTC

  Latam Tourism ministers gather in northeast Brazil for a forum on development

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the government of Ceará, Brazil, will bring together international and national experts to debate the impact of tourism on development, social inclusion, and regional integration in the Americas.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:30 UTC

  Brazil economic activity falls 0.32% in the third quarter

  

  Brazilian economic activity dipped in the third quarter despite a slight rise in September, according to central bank data on Thursday. The central bank's IBC-Br economic activity index fell 0.32% in the third quarter.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 20:01 UTC

  Latin American economy has entered cooling phase, says Brazilian think-tank

  

  The Latin American economy has entered a declining phase and will further slow down in coming months according to a report from the Brazilian think-tank Getulio Vargas Foundation, FGV.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 18:54 UTC

  Uruguay is Mexico’s strategic partner in Mercosur says President Calderon

  

  The Mexican president underlined the strategic importance of Uruguay since it is the only Mercosur member that has a free trade agreement with Mexico, thus making it the ‘strategic partner’ of Mexico in Mercosur.