Tag: Latin America

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Latin America suffering triple burden of malnutrition: obesity, unbalanced diets and declining activity

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean is facing an obesity epidemic while paradoxically the number of people facing food insecurity in the region continues to rise, the OECD and FAO warned in a report on Monday. 

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• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  El Salvador confirms its relations with Beijing, and dropping Taiwan

  

  El Salvador President Nayib Bukele ratified his country's diplomatic relations with China, almost a year after breaking ties with Taiwan.

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  OAS General Assembly after two days of debate remains divided on Venezuela

  

  Members of the Organization of American States (OAS) ended two days of meetings on Friday without a clear plan for increasing pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, despite a majority vote to recognize a representative from the country's opposition.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 15:12 UTC

  Argentina foils arms trafficking gang operating in Paraguay and Brazil

  

  Argentina foiled an international gang dedicated to arms trafficking following raids in several provinces and eight months of committed criminal intelligence, according to Security minister Patricia Bullrich.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay holding presidential primaries on 30 June: three main candidates outstand

  

  The last Sunday of June Uruguay will be holding presidential primaries when political parties will be choosing their candidates for the coming election scheduled for next October. There are over a dozen hopefuls, but only three, maybe four or five can be considered sufficiently strong as to be taken into account. After all from one of these parties will come the next president of Uruguay, since there is no consecutive reelection in Uruguay.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Latam stocks and currencies surged on Tuesday on favorable global news

  

  Latin American stocks and currencies surged on Tuesday with a dovish boost from the European Central Bank and positive headlines from the U.S.-China trade tensions boosting sentiment.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina opens an official inquiry into Sunday's massive blackout

  

  Argentina has opened an inquiry into what caused a massive blackout that left nearly 50 million people without power, Energy Minister Gustavo Lopetegui said on Monday.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelans rush into Peru ahead of tougher migration laws

  

  Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to cross into Peru in a bid to beat the introduction of tougher migration laws. From midnight local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, Venezuelans will need to have a valid passport and visa to enter Peru.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Ecuador highest court approves same sex-marriage

  

  Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic and conservative South American country. The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  China’s growing influence in Latin America is a threat to our way of life

  

  Last month I traveled to Panama, Colombia and Argentina. The purpose of my trip was to get an update on the fight for freedom and liberty in Venezuela, to highlight the important economic relationships between Latin America and my state of Florida and to continue building on the progress made to stop narco-trafficking.