Tag: Latin America

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 11:08 UTC

  Uruguay has no knowledge of lawsuit over PLUNA, says Minister Rossi

  

  Uruguay's government knows nothing about a lawsuit from a US investment fund for the bankruptcy of the flag airline PLUNA, Transport Minister Víctor Rossi explained Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister in political and business visit to United Kingdom

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie will be visiting the United Kingdom this week where he is scheduled to address an important political and economic agenda, meetings with top level British officials and a conference on Latin America at Chatham House.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  Public opinion support for Peruvian president in his struggle with Congress

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra’s approval rating shot up 16 points to a high of 61% in October, after he adopted a harder line with the opposition-run Congress, a monthly Ipsos poll showed on Sunday.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazilian presidential candidates call for an end to politically motivated violence

  

  The two presidential candidates who will square off in Brazil's runoff this month are calling for an end to politically motivated violence. Numerous cases of violence were reported in the week before the first round of voting on Sunday and have been ongoing since then. The second round of voting is scheduled Oct. 28.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 19:01 UTC

  Leader Keiko Fujimori arrested for money laundering in Peru

  

  A week after the justice annulled the pardon to her father, the former president Alberto Fujimori, after a request of the Peru's Attorney of Wash of Assets, the powerful leader of the Popular Force party, Keiko Fujimori, was arrested in Lima on Wednesday after going to a court to be questioned with her husband. The arrest occurred amid an investigation for alleged irregular handling of funds of the party's campaign for 2011 presidential elections.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Fujimori pleads for his life: a return to prison means a “death sentence”

  

  Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori said from his hospital bed on Thursday that a return to prison would be a “death sentence,” the day after a court revoked a pardon for crimes against humanity. Fujimori, 80, addressed a plea to Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and the country's judiciary in a video recorded at his bedside.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazilian markets soar on prospects of a Bolsonaro victory next Sunday

  

  Brazilian markets soared for a second day on Wednesday on an opinion poll confirming right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was gaining steam ahead of Sunday’s vote and was on track to beat his likely leftist rival in a second-round runoff.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:14 UTC

  Daunting Brazil challenges for whoever is elected president this month

  

  Whoever wins Brazil’s presidential election on October 7, and the runoff on October 28, will have to convince markets, implement austerity measures while trying to drag millions people out of poverty.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  UK Secretary of State for Scotland in Chile to reinforce bilateral relations

  

  David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland is currently in Chile where he arrived on Wednesday to reinforce the existing close links between the UK and Chile, including trade, science and innovation, defense and green growth.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Latest poll in Brazil shows extreme right Bolsonaro losing ground

  

  Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has only a six-point lead over surging Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, and would lose a second-round runoff against him next month, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday. However both leading candidates lost one percentage point over last week's poll and only Ciro Gomes climbed from 11% to 12%