15/11/2012 | Argentina

Gov't asks 'good-spirited nations' to defend Argentina against vulture funds

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman further underlined the country’s respite against paying the vulture funds to a US hedge fund, in an article written for a US newspaper about how Latin American and Africa are affected by vulture funds.

29/08/2011 | Argentina

Argentina's minimum wage 'is the most important one in Latin America,' CFK

After attending a ceremony in which a train service connecting Argentina and Uruguay was reactivated after a 30-year hiatus, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner defended Argentina's minimum wage, assuring “it is the most important one in Latinamerica and has the highest purchasing power” in the continent.

23/09/2011 | Argentina

IMF urges Argentina to apply ‘major measures’ to improve inflation data

Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the IMF's director for Latin America, stated that Argentina must apply “major measures” to improve its method of measuring the inflation. Meanwhile, Economy Minister Amando Boudou harshly criticized the report given by the IMF.

01/05/2012 | Argentina

Argentina elected to represent Latin America at UN Security Summit

Argentina received support across Latin America and the Caribbean today to become the non-permanent representative for the region at the UN Security Summit for the 2013-2014 period, the Foreign Ministry informed today.

29/05/2012 | World

UK, Spain 'join forces' to defend their companies in Latin America

Spain and the UK will join forces against attacks on their companies in Latin America, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García -Margallo said, following the seizure of YPF.

17/11/2012 | World

Latin America pledges support for Iberia, warns on austerity

Latin America pledged investment opportunities for recession-hit Spanish and Portuguese companies but warned its former colonial masters drastic cost cutting would only deepen their misery.

20/11/2012 | World

Latin American art sale breaks record in New York

A rare, life-size, anonymous portrait of Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and a ground-breaking surrealist painting by Chilean artist Roberto Matta were among the top-selling works at a Latin American art auction at Sotheby's.

03/05/2011 | World

IMF sees signs southern Latin America is overheating

There are clear signs of overheating in Latin America's southern economies, Nicolas Eyzaguirre, International Monetary Fund director for the Western Hemisphere, said at an event during which he touched on the value of Latin American currencies.

18/11/2011 | World

Latam art sales in US have best year since 2008

Latin American art sales, which totalled nearly $90 million in New York in 2011, scored their best year since the 2008 financial crisis, aided by a boom in Brazilian art and demand from Asia.

30/03/2012 | World

UK insists it will 'steadfastly defend' the Malvinas Islands

Foreign Secretary William Hague formally announced before ambassadors the opening of UK’s diplomatic headquarter at El Salvador to strengthen the relations with Latin America and warned once more that his country will “steadfastly” defend the Malvinas Islands.

18/01/2013 | Latin America

Mexico's Peña Nieto to launch drive to end hunger

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto unveils his plans to eradicate extreme poverty on Monday, a blight affecting more than 10 percent of the population in Latin America's second biggest economy.

21/01/2013 | Latin America

Mexican president vows to end hunger for millions

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto launched a campaign against hunger today, pledging to transform the lives of nearly 7.5 million of the country's poorest, though he gave few details, prompting criticism that the plan was a "rehash" of old policies.

03/04/2012 | Latin America

Uruguay joins investment-grade club with S&P upgrade

Uruguay joined the coveted club of Latin American investment-grade countries as Standard & Poor's upgraded its credit ratings, praising the government's "prudent" economic policies.

03/10/2012 | Latin America

World Bank lowers LatAm growth forecast to 3%

Economic growth in Latin America will be lower than previously estimated due to the continuing worldwide slowdown, the World Bank said in a report.

15/11/2012 | Latin America

Mexico lawmaker introduces bill to legalize marijuana

A Mexican lawmaker presented a bill today to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.

10/02/2012 | Latin America

IMF foresees slower growth for Latin America

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to review its predictions regarding economic growth for 2012 and foresees a recession in the Euro zone and lower demand of commodities that will affect Latin America and the Caribbean, the Western Hemisphere director Nicolás Eyzaguirre said.

17/03/2012 | Latin America

IADB plans natural disaster fund for Latin America

The Inter-American Development Bank has proposed allowing member countries to tap loans in case they need to respond to natural disasters, the multilateral lender's president said today.

02/04/2012 | Latin America

Colombian rebels free 10 captives held more than a decade

Colombia's FARC rebels freed 10 members of the armed forces held hostage in jungle prison camps for more than a decade, the last of a group of captives the drug-funded guerrilla group has held as bargaining chips to pressure the government.

24/11/2011 | Latin America

Colombia's Santos sees guerrilla war's end near

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said the Andean nation was nearing the final phase of nearly 50 years of war and his government would be willing to sit down and talk peace if rebels were serious.

29/11/2011 | Latin America

Latin American bloc urges no delay to climate deal

A bloc of Latin American nations said today it opposed any delay to a legally binding climate deal until 2020, accusing developed nations of not doing their share to halt global warming.

19/12/2011 | Latin America

IACHR: Latin America still in debt with women

Unstable Salaries, limited access to social security, higher poverty and illiteracy tendency: Latin America is still in debt with women, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) stated in a report.

10/11/2011 | Latin America

'UE crisis could hit LatAm,' Ibero-American Secretary General

The Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB in Spanish), Enrique Iglesias, warned today that the UE crisis could reach as far as Asia and Latin America, and that preventive measures should be taken.

15/11/2011 | Latin America

Argentina one of the top destinations for immigrants in LatAm; health issues a challenge

Argentina is one of the top ten destinations for immigrants in Latin America and Caribbean along with Venezuela, México, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay and Bolivia, said representative from the United Nations Population Fund, Elena Zúñiga Herrera.

18/11/2011 | Latin America

'I'm not in favour of locking Uruguay in the Mercosur'

Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica stated that “it’s very difficult to make decisions when you belong to the Mercosur,” during an interview.

09/07/2011 | Latin America

Latin America mourns Cabral’s death

Recovering from a surgery to remove a cancer tumor, Venezuela president Hugo Chávez expressed his condolences over the murder of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral in Guatemala city.

30/08/2011 | Latin America

ECLAC: Latin America exports to expand 27%

The gross value of Latin American countries exports are expected to expand 27% this year, said today the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The number is similar to the last twelve months thanks to diversification of export (26, 7% increase last year), reported today the Commission.

24/10/2011 | Latin America

'Cristina's victory is important for Latin America,' says Rousseff

Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s electoral victory, and sustained that it’s “important for the whole of Latin America.”

12/05/2011 | Latin America

IMF: Latin America's economic boom could end in a full-blown crisis

Latin America's economic boom could end in a "full-blown" crisis unless the region's governments properly manage the situation, the International Monetary Fund's top regional official said in an unusually stark warning to both policymakers and investors.

26/05/2011 | Latin America

'This is the decade of Latin America,' IDB head says

Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Alberto Moreno urged that "the period of economic growth that Latin America is going through is used to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor is closed." in a Corporate Social Responsibility conference in paraguay.

22/06/2011 | Latin America

LatAm wealth growth trumps other regions

Millionaires in Latin America fared better than their compatriots in other regions during the global recession.

19/03/2011 | Latin America

Obama gives modest backing for Brazil's UN ambition

US President Barack Obama heralded Brazil's "extraordinary" rise on the world stage but stopped short of backing its bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Obama said his visit was a historic opportunity to strengthen US ties with the region's largest economy.

22/03/2011 | Latin America

Obama pledges $200 mln to Central America drug fight

President Barack Obama pledged $200 million to combat drug trafficking and street gangs in Central America on the final leg of a regional tour to bolster US ties with southern neighbours who have often felt neglected by Washington.

26/03/2011 | Latin America

IMF warns of Latin American overheating and credit bubble risks

The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that many Latin American economies showed signs of overheating and that the region was at risk of credit bubbles.

13/12/2010 | Latin America

Argentina to grow 8.4% in 2010, 4.8% next year: ECLAC

Following a 1.9 percent decline in 2009, Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 6 percent in 2010 thanks to the economic recovery posted by most countries in the region, while Argentina's GDP is expected to have grown 8.4 percent by the end of this year, and 4.8 percent in 2011 according to an annual report launched by UN's ECLAC Commission today.

07/01/2011 | Latin America

Chile joins peers in recognizing Palestinian state

Chile said it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining an endorsement by Latin American peers the United States has called premature and Israel has warned is harmful to the Middle East peace process.

09/02/2011 | Latin America

Merval edges down

The panel of leading stocks index edged down 1.7 percent to 3,505.68 points. Meanwhile, the Brazilian Bovespa dropped 2 percent.

02/12/2011 | Sports

Ferrer beats Del Potro, complicates Argentina's Davis Cup dream

10/05/2011 | Entertainment

Botero landscape leads Latam art sale

Works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Uruguay's Joaquin Torres-Garcia are expected to lead Christie's Latin American sale which includes nearly 350 works by artists from 16 countries.