News of latin america

Argentina

Violence erupts outside of Chilean consulate in Buenos Aires, journalists attacked

Today 12:50 At least six people detained for infiltrating peaceful march with molotov cocktails.

Latin America

United States calls on Bolivia to release full election results

Yesterday 14:36 When the first wave of results in Sunday night’s election suggested President Evo Morales would face a run-off, the release of the remaining votes suddenly halted overnight. Now, the government faces mounting international pressure to reveal the numbers.

Bloomberg

On the streets, new IMF is getting same pushback as old one

Yesterday 13:07 Despite attempts to change its image, the IMF remains controversial in many countries that borrow from it.

Bloomberg

Political risk alive in Latin America as protests spread

Yesterday 12:25 Countries are largely rejecting the austerity sought by investors and international institutions, leaving leaders with the decision to cut back social spending and risk political unrest or maintain the status quo and jeopardise global investment.

Latin America

Morales to face run-off in Bolivian election

20-10-2019 23:46 Running for his fourth term, President Evo Morales didn’t reach the vote threshold necessary to claim victory Sunday. He now faces Carlos Mesa in a run-off, though he has yet to acknowledge it.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Despite objections, Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council

17-10-2019 16:48 Despite allegations of profound human rights abuses under President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela receives one of two open seats on UN Human Rights Council set aside for Latin America.

BLOOMBERG

MercadoLibre plans to double down on its Brazilian bet next year

16-10-2019 14:33 Latin American e-commerce pioneer, now worth US$28 billion, plans to invest more in its financial services and payments unit while opening more distribution centers in Argentina's giant neighbour.

Bloomberg

Lithium battery dreams get rude awakening in South America

11-10-2019 09:08 Lithium refining and battery-assembling facilities could help kickstart economies. But so far, public and private initiatives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have failed to deliver even a single lithium cell factory. And none are set to be built through 2025.

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN

World Bank: Slowdown in Latin America 'more self-inflicted than imported'

10-10-2019 15:19 World Bank predicts Argentina's economic contraction will deepen this year to 3.1%.

climate change

Climate emergency threatens Latin America’s oceans and glaciers

28-09-2019 04:15 Major new IPCC oceans report warns of big impacts of global heating and urges quick emissions cuts.

by Fermin Koop

LATIN AMERICA

Statue of Néstor Kirchner removed from Unasur's headquarters in Quito

27-09-2019 16:41 Moves comes as Ecuador requests return of headquarters and with countries quitting the bloc in wake of shift in regional politics.

BLOOMBERG

Delta expands in South America with US$2.25-billion Latam deal

27-09-2019 10:13 Deal, which will see firm take 20% stake in LatAm, will likely turn Delta into largest US airline in the region, says experts.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

US, Latin American nations invoke treaty in bid to pressure Venezuela

23-09-2019 22:12 Argentina among group of nations that agree to work together to investigate and probe Venezuelan officials and associates accused of drug-trafficking, money-laundering and financing terrorism.

Unasur

Ecuadorean congress confirms country's exit from weakened Unasur

20-09-2019 17:39 Ecuador’s withdrawal from Union of South American Nations underlines fall from grace for the regional bloc.

MINING

Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand

16-09-2019 11:40 While it sits at the apex of the region's "lithium triangle," along with Chile and Argentina, Bolivia has not had the capacity to produce the metal on a commercial scale. That's about to change.

'Braxit'?

A Latin American Brexit? Analysing Brazil’s threat on Mercosur

16-09-2019 07:30 Jair Bolsonaro has said Brazil could leave Mercosur if Argentina, the second-largest economy in the customs union, pivots to the left after presidential elections in October. But how feasible is such a break?

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mexico trans women fight for justice as murders unpunished

11-09-2019 09:22 Mexico has become the world's second deadliest country after Brazil for transgender people, with 261 transgender women slain in 2013 to 2018, according to a recent study by the LGBTQ rights group Letra S.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Margolis: Argentina’s mess doesn't herald a comeback for Latin America’s left

30-08-2019 13:10 Macri’s fall is stark. Yet what will his misfortunes mean for like-minded conservative leaders elected to change course in a region staggered by soaring unemployment, voter discontent and slowing economies?

AMAZON AFLAME

Bolsonaro says Amazon nations should decide region's future

29-08-2019 11:31 A September conference in Colombia is now set for all Amazon nations except Venezuela to discuss the crisis.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Guaidó names shadow cabinet to help oust Maduro

29-08-2019 11:23 The cabinet is set to include top opposition figures Leopoldo López and Julio Borges in Guaidó's latest bid to force Nicolás Maduro from power.

SHOT POLICE OFFICER

City police officer in critical condition after robbery and shooting

27-08-2019 13:52 Karina Castillo was shot by two suspects in the face on Monday night, before being rushed to hospital via helicopter.

EXCLUSIVE

Amazon considering building huge data centre in Argentina, says former US ambassador

31-07-2019 22:26 Amazon studying whether to construct its largest data centre in Latin America in Argentina, Noah Mamet reveals in an interview. The move would significantly increase the tech giant's investment in the country.

by Lucas Robinson

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Latin America set for feeble growth of 0.5% in 2019, says UN

31-07-2019 17:31 Crisis in Venezuela will drag down the region's performance, predicts CEPAL, which also points to expected 1.8 percent shrinkage in Argentina's economy.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

IMF: Venezuelan economy to contract by further 35% this year

30-07-2019 12:36 The cumulative decline of the Venezuelan economy since 2013 will reach 65%, among the deepest five-year contractions around the world over the last half century, the International Monetary Fund has announced.

BLOOMBERG

Latin America's central banks poised to join global rate cut party

25-07-2019 09:52 Brazil, Peru and Mexico indicate rate cuts are on the cards, but Argentina remains the outlier.

POMPEO VISIT TO BA

US deepens relationship with Argentina, announces two new security agreements

19-07-2019 15:56 "Our partnership is here to stay," declares US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as he unveils new accords with Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie.

by Lucas Robinson

CRIME IN LATIN AMERICA

Latin America once again world’s most violent region

10-07-2019 13:33 El Salvador and Honduras are once again the most murderous countries in the world while Argentina and Chile are the only two countries in the region with homicide rates lower than the global average.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Fernández calls Lula's arrest 'stain on Brazil' as he visits leader in jail

05-07-2019 10:15 Presidential hopeful says he sees events in Brazil "with concern" and argues Lula's conviction is not on steady ground, as he casts shadow over future of EU-Mercosur deal.

G20

Bolsonaro military escort arrested in Spain on possession of 39kg of cocaine

26-06-2019 15:34 President Jair Bolsonaro was en route to Osaka, Japan on Wednesday morning for the G20 summit, following the arrest Tuesday of a military escort in his entourage.

Political crisis

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrives to survey Venezuela crisis

21-06-2019 08:30 Aid organisations have called for demonstrations against the situation in Venezuela on Friday during Bachelet's visit as a way to increase visibility.

BLOOMBERG

Goldman-backed Nubank heads to Argentina as part of Latin America push

12-06-2019 13:13 Nubank plans to have 300 employees in Argentina by the end of 2020, co-founder Cristina Junqueira tells Bloombeg.

Lava Jato

Brazil court dodges debate on Lula's release

12-06-2019 01:52 Debate flares up in neighbouring country over leaked documents indicating Justice Minister Sergio Moro improperly collaborated with prosecutors when serving as a federal judge, casting shadow over 'Lava Jato' probe.

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.

BLOOMBERG

'Staggering' Venezuelan exodus jumps to four million citizens

07-06-2019 14:02 Exodus from crisis-stricken nation has reached a “staggering” pace, climbing from 695,000 people in all of 2015 to over one million people since last November, watchdogs groups reveal in new report.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Peru toughens entry rules as influx of Venezuelan migrants grows

07-06-2019 08:00 More than 700,000 Venezuelan migrants entered Peru since 2017, putting public services under pressure and increasing competition for jobs.

TRADE WARS & TARIFFS

Donald Trump says tariffs 'likely,' but Mexican government predicts a deal

04-06-2019 14:08 As trade wars continue to dominate the international agenda, US leader said Tuesday that the parties would try to work something out, but continued to dangle the threat of tariffs to force Mexico's hand.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Brazil faces recession risk after economy shrinks in first quarter

31-05-2019 07:39 Latin America's biggest economy on brink of recession once again, new data confirms.

Bloomberg

Lost decade spectre haunts Latin America as big economies falter

28-05-2019 10:42 Latin America – hit by simultaneous contractions in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico – has expanded only 0.7% a year on average during the past few years – barely enough to keep up with population growth.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate activists call for action in Latin America

27-05-2019 15:43 Climate change activists in Latin America rallied for action on global warming this weekend, heeding a call by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to hold demonstrations across the world.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Woman accused of Chile dictatorship kidnappings asks for bail in Sydney court

24-05-2019 09:07 Chile requested Adriana Rivas' extradition in 2014 on charges that she kidnapped seven people in 1976 and 1977. The alleged victims have never been found.

BRAZIL’S NEW GOVERNMENT

Latin America braces for ‘the Bolsonaro effect’

03-11-2018 08:15 The region’s leaders are closely watching Brazil’s next president-elect, with his arrival in office likely to kick off a period of change in foreign policy, trade, policing and even in how political campaigns are waged, analysts say.

FIFA WORLD CUP

Latin American fans at World Cup criticised for violence

23-06-2018 10:33 This was for posting videos in which men encourage foreign women to say offensive things in languages they don’t appear to understand.

GUEST VOICE

A new beginning for the UK and Latin America

16-06-2018 11:17 "I was delighted to be able to visit three Latin America countries (Peru, Argentina and Chile) in May and was struck by the huge opportunities for the United Kingdom".

by Boris Johnson

INTERVIEW

Santiago Canton: 'Maduro could be arrested based on the ICC’s decision'

02-06-2018 09:16 Human Rights Secretary for Buenos Aires Province Santiago Canton discusses the shocking OAS report detailing human rights violations committed by the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela.

by Santiago del Carril

POP MUSIC

Anitta: careful strategy behind singer’s rags-to-riches tale

05-05-2018 02:22 First she conquered Brazil, now she wants international stardom.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Chilean towns to fine men for street harassment of women

01-05-2018 16:48 Two Chilean municipalities have announced they will begin issuing fines to anyone guilty of street harassment of women.

SEIZED POWER IN 1980

Imprisoned Bolivian ex-dictator García Meza dead at 88

30-04-2018 14:42 A fierce anti-communist, García Meza tortured opponents and launched a sweeping crack down on leftist dissenters.

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

Latin America takes Donald Trump's summit snub in stride

11-04-2018 13:08 Region brushes off decision, reflecting some of the unease generated by Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and growing economic self-confidence in a region long resentful of Washington's dominance.

A route to the sea

Evo Morales pushes for international solution to ocean access

21-03-2018 12:40 Bolivia's president since 2006 is currently in the Netherlands trying a different approach to the centuries-old conflict between his country and Chile.

Summit of the Americas 2018

Trump to attend Summit of the Americas meeting in Perú

13-03-2018 11:46 US presidents have attended all seven previous events, which often see plenty of political fireworks.