Tag: Latam

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 17:50 UTC

  IPI calls for Latam authorities to protect 12 journalists that received death threats

  

  The International Press Institute warned in Vienna of the dangerous situation that twelve Latin American journalists are undergoing having received death threats, and called con authorities to take measures and avoid further killings.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:44 UTC

  Latam will try to define a common stance ahead of the G20 summit in France

  

  Latin American countries will be meeting in Uruguay in two weeks time to define a common stance on the international crisis for the coming G20 summit that will be taking place early November in France.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:41 UTC

  Fitch warns Latam commodity-exporting countries of a ‘hard-landing’ in China

  

  According to a new special report issued by Fitch Ratings released Wednesday, a potential 'double-dip' in the US or a hard-landing in China would have negative economic implications for Latin American countries.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 09:23 UTC

  Abbas takes off on diplomatic charm offensive in support of Palestinian state

  

  Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas flew to Europe on Tuesday to kick off a week-long tour which will also take him to Latin America to shore up support for his UN membership bid.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Brazil with the best universities in Latam; Sao Paulo top of the list

  

  Brazil’s Sao Paulo University, USP, ranks as the top higher education institution in Latin America according to a list published by QS, and which includes universities from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:08 UTC

  Latam’s largest airline merger project appeals several anti-trust conditions

  

  Chile's LAN Airlines and Brazilian carrier TAM have appealed to Chile's top court some of the conditions imposed on their planned merger as the companies push ahead to create one of the world's biggest airlines.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Latin America has diminished poverty indexes but deep inequality gaps remain

  

  Latin America has experienced significant advances in the reduction of poverty but has barely improved the deep social inequalities that limit its development according to Heraldo Muñoz, head of the regional UN Program for Development.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 17:57 UTC

  For Latam the role of the Yuan as an international currency is “inevitable”

  

  The role of the Yuan as an international currency is “inevitable” and it is most feasible that Latin American countries will begin accumulating foreign exchange reserves in that currency forecasted an Argentine expert in foreign relations.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:27 UTC

  Latin America remembers and praises links with Beijing on China’s National Day

  

  With China's National Day hours away, (October first), countries across Latin America pledged to further deepen ties with China, one of their biggest trade partners.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 14:51 UTC

  Obama proposes Roberta Jacobson for Western Hemisphere Affairs

  

  US President Barack Obama suggested that acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson, be ratified in office, the White House announced.