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Summit of the Americas 2022

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

12-05-2022 17:32 President confirms attendance in Los Angeles next month, but backs Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s demand that Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela be invited.

Lithium in Latin America

Mexico seeks lithium ‘partnership’ with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

03-05-2022 14:32 Mexico seeking alliance with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile to share experiences regarding exploitation of lithium, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday.

BLOOMBERG

Ualá launches mobile payments for small businesses in Mexico

28-04-2022 10:19 Argentina’s Ualá mobile payments company is expanding into merchant services in Mexico.

Human Rights

Mexico rejects UN charge of enforced disappearance impunity

14-04-2022 12:23 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday rejected criticism from a United Nations committee that urged the country to tackle rising cases of enforced disappearance.

Human Rights

UN urges Mexico to tackle 'alarming' trend of rise in enforced disappearances

13-04-2022 12:33 Mexico must act immediately to tackle an alarming rise in enforced disappearances, facilitated by "almost absolute impunity" and in some cases involving public officials.

CULTURE & SPORT

Mass brawls, attacks as football violence spreads in Latin America

15-03-2022 12:27 A string of outbreaks of violence, several deadly, suggest that fan unrest in Latin American football is spiralling out of control.

Sports

26 injured in violent clashes at football match in Mexico

07-03-2022 05:13 An outbreak of violence at a soccer match in Mexico played by the Querétaro and Atlas clubs on Saturday night has left 26 people injured so far and no deaths.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT

Latin America divided on Russia-Ukraine conflict

25-02-2022 00:12 Region is divided on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with most condemning military action but a few asserting Moscow's "right to defend itself" against perceived NATO encroachment.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine fintech Ualá launches in Colombia amid LatAm expansion

27-01-2022 16:42 Mobile payments startup Ualá is kicking off operations in Colombia, its third market in Latin America after Argentina and Mexico.

2022 FORECAST

IMF slashes 2022 global growth outlook, forecasts 3% rise in GDP for Argentina

26-01-2022 15:17 The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is creating an obstacle course for the global economy, which will slow growth this year, notably in the world's two largest economies, the IMF said Tuesday.

FOOD & WINE

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

23-01-2022 08:39 Argentina's bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth US$817 million, according to Foreign Ministry.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls on IMF to offer 'fair' deal to Argentina

21-01-2022 23:05 Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls on IMF to take "responsibility" for 2018 loan to Macri's government, which Mexican leader says "aggravated" Argentina's economic and financial crisis.

FOREIGN POLICY

Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government

27-12-2021 22:53 Chile’s President-elect Gabriel Boric has said that his new government will focus its foreign policy on improving ties with members of the Pacific Alliance bloc.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation is raging everywhere, but it’s worst in Latin America

23-11-2021 13:57 Inflation shocks are spreading pain around the world, but nowhere is it as bad as Latin America.

ART AUCTION

Argentine collector pays record US$35 million for Frida Kahlo work

17-11-2021 09:31 Argentine collector and MALBA founder Eduardo Costantini buys 'Diego y yo', a rare painting by Frida Kahlo, for almost US$35 million – a record price for a work by the iconic Mexican artist and for a Latino artist.

Human rights

Trailblazing Mexican trans clinic fights prejudice

10-11-2021 16:56 Mexico has opened its first public clinic for the trans community, ensuring that discrimination doesn't prevent urgent healthcare.

BLOOMBERG

MercadoLibre seeks to expand in fresh foods amid record volumes

05-11-2021 02:22 Latin American e-commerce powerhouse is looking to fresh foods to maintain sales growth, after posting record gross merchandise volume of US$7.3 billion in the third quarter.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine fintech Ualá buys Mexican bank ABC Capital

05-11-2021 02:07 Argentine financial services startup Ualá has reached an agreement to buy Mexican bank ABC Capital SA, as part of its bid to keep growing abroad.

DIPLOMACY

Argentina abstains from OAS vote criticising Nicaraguan government

21-10-2021 16:10 Alberto Fernández administration refuses to back Organisation of American States resolution calling for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

17-10-2021 21:21 Venezuela's opposition calls on President Nicolás Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round over extradition of Alex Saab.

Lithium in Latin America

Mexico eyes state monopoly to tap lithium rush

14-10-2021 22:39 Mexico plans to move towards a state monopoly in the exploration and mining of lithium, a vital material in the production of electric car batteries, the government said Friday.

TRANSFER IRREGULARITIES

Football clubs, AFA headquarters raided as part of money-laundering probe

30-09-2021 17:11 Investigators probing irregularities in transfers of players to Mexican sides. Football association's headquarters raided, along with offices at Gimnasia, Independiente, Racing and Unión de Santa Fe.

ABORTION RIGHTS

Thousands march for abortion rights in Latin America

29-09-2021 08:47 Thousands of women took to the streets across Latin America Tuesday to demand abortion rights, a practice largely prohibited in the region where hundreds of women are serving prison time under draconian laws.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela rivals report more progress at political talks

28-09-2021 08:58 Venezuela's government and opposition reported further progress toward resolving their differences during a third round of talks in Mexico City that wrapped up on Monday.

UNITED STATES

Biden scrambles between multiple political fires

23-09-2021 13:34 US President Joe Biden races to extinguish political fires on the left and right, at home and abroad, in an attempt to save his hopes of transforming the United States.

BLOOMBERG

Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics

14-09-2021 13:22 The progress of women in politics has stalled in one of the world's most economically unequal places.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

09-09-2021 14:25 From Brazil to Mexico, banks tighten faster than global peers; Unstable politics and off-the-books economies limit the impact

Abortion rights

Mexico's Supreme Court rules criminalising abortion is unconstitutional

08-09-2021 11:36 Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously declares that criminalising early-term abortion is unconstitutional, a historic decision that loosens limits on the procedure in a region where few countries offer access without restriction.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s Ualá valued at US$2.45 billion after financing round

13-08-2021 12:16 Pierpaolo Barbier's Ualá valued at US$2.45 billion in a financing round led by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp and Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings.

Venezuelan political crisis

Sanctions and elections on table at Venezuela talks

12-08-2021 14:09 Venezuela's government and opposition will restart talks in Mexico with sanctions, political prisoners and elections on the table, but not the future of President Nicolás Maduro.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

US prepares to send Mexico Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

09-08-2021 22:26 Washington is preparing to send Mexico vaccines from Moderna and AstraZeneca in coming days to bolster its southern neighbour’s fight against Covid-19.

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Mexico president says trials of predecessors still possible

02-08-2021 14:55 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says predecessors could still face prosecution despite low turnout in a referendum on whether to investigate them for alleged corruption.

Global pandemic

Mexico Covid deaths 35% more than reported, says statistics agency

29-07-2021 22:19 Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 2020 – 35% more than originally reported by the government, the national statistics institute said Thursday.

REGIONAL DIPLOMACY

Mexican president proposes replacing OAS with new institution

25-07-2021 09:11 Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposes replacing the Washington-based Organization of American States with what he called a more independent institution.

Bloomberg

MercadoLibre, BigCommerce ally to boost US sales to Latin America

21-07-2021 10:46 MercadoLibre partners with Texas-based BigCommerce Holdings to give the online-shopping software-maker’s web merchants access to a new region.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela's Maduro says Mexico to host talks with opposition

13-07-2021 09:35 Venezuelan leader says Mexico will host talks between his government and the opposition, but insists he will only take part if international sanctions are lifted. Little comment on latest arrest of another opposition leader, Freddy Guevara.

Global pandemic

In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard

02-07-2021 00:41 Alarm bells rang in Uruguay when eight pregnant women died from the coronavirus in the space of five weeks time — a new reality observed recently across Latin America.

Bloomberg

Lithium nationalism is taking root in region with most resources

29-06-2021 09:11 Politicians in Latin America, a region that accounts for more than half the world’s lithium resources, are looking to increase the role of the state in an industry that’s crucial for weaning the world off fossil fuels.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentina, Mexico recall envoys over Nicaragua crackdown

21-06-2021 16:11 Argentina and Mexico recall ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations in response to President Daniel Ortega's mounting crackdown on the opposition.

ALBERTO TO EUROPE (AGAIN)

Fernández to visit Paris for UN gender equality summit

21-06-2021 12:02 President Alberto Fernández will visit Paris for the second time in two months to attend a United Nations summit on gender equality, according to weekend reports.

HUMAN RIGHTS & NICARAGUA

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

18-06-2021 23:16 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International strongly criticise Argentina’s government for abstaining in OAS vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders.

Human rights

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

16-06-2021 00:41 Casa Rosada fails to endorse OAS resolution against Nicaragua demanding "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."

COVID-19 VACCINES

Mexico finally ships first locally made AstraZeneca shots to Latin America

15-06-2021 09:45 Mexico shipped more than a million AstraZeneca vaccines to Argentina, Belize, Bolivia and Paraguay over the weekend in the first batch of locally-produced shots.

Economy

World Bank forecasts 'modest recovery' for Latin America and Caribbean

09-06-2021 14:51 Latin America and the Caribbean will have "modest economic recoveries" in 2021, the World Bank has warned. Argentina's economy forecast to rebound 6.4% this year.

Cinema

'Hamilton' creator celebrates Latino immigrant roots with 'In The Heights'

09-06-2021 01:23 Warner Bros.' big-screen version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights" arrives in US theaters Thursday — a lavish production that puts Latino stories, stars and filmmakers front and center.

Midterms in Mexico

AMLO’s wings clipped with Mexico bloc set to lose super-majority

07-06-2021 13:00 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s coalition is on course to lose its super-majority in Mexico's lower house after key midterm elections, according to initial results.

MEXICAN ELECTIONS

Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections

02-06-2021 16:38 Mexico's Covid-19 death toll of more than 227,000 is the fourth-highest in the world. On Sunday, citizens will go to the polls to elect 500 members of the lower house of Congress, as well as 15 state governors and thousands of local politicians.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Mexico to start exporting AstraZeneca vaccines to Latin America

25-05-2021 17:20 Mexico will shortly begin exporting AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccines to other Latin American nations, with a shipment of 800,000 doses set to arrive in Argentina this weekend.

Global pandemic

Six Latin American, Caribbean heads call for equitable vaccine access

25-05-2021 09:44 Six presidents of Latin American and Caribbean countries call on the international community for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, asking those countries with the most doses to share them.

Coronavirus vaccine

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

24-05-2021 15:43 Two key officials in Alberto Fernández’s government are travelling to Mexico and Cuba for talks over arrival of new vaccines against Covid-19.

News of mexico

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

Mexico seeks lithium ‘partnership’ with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

Ualá launches mobile payments for small businesses in Mexico

Mexico rejects UN charge of enforced disappearance impunity

UN urges Mexico to tackle 'alarming' trend of rise in enforced disappearances

Mass brawls, attacks as football violence spreads in Latin America

26 injured in violent clashes at football match in Mexico

Latin America divided on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Argentine fintech Ualá launches in Colombia amid LatAm expansion

IMF slashes 2022 global growth outlook, forecasts 3% rise in GDP for Argentina

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls on IMF to offer 'fair' deal to Argentina

Boric: Chile will prioritise Pacific Alliance under my government

Inflation is raging everywhere, but it’s worst in Latin America

Argentine collector pays record US$35 million for Frida Kahlo work

Trailblazing Mexican trans clinic fights prejudice

MercadoLibre seeks to expand in fresh foods amid record volumes

Argentine fintech Ualá buys Mexican bank ABC Capital

Argentina abstains from OAS vote criticising Nicaraguan government

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

Mexico eyes state monopoly to tap lithium rush

Football clubs, AFA headquarters raided as part of money-laundering probe

Thousands march for abortion rights in Latin America

Venezuela rivals report more progress at political talks

Biden scrambles between multiple political fires

Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

Mexico's Supreme Court rules criminalising abortion is unconstitutional

Argentina’s Ualá valued at US$2.45 billion after financing round

Sanctions and elections on table at Venezuela talks

US prepares to send Mexico Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

Mexico president says trials of predecessors still possible

Mexico Covid deaths 35% more than reported, says statistics agency

Mexican president proposes replacing OAS with new institution

MercadoLibre, BigCommerce ally to boost US sales to Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro says Mexico to host talks with opposition

In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard

Lithium nationalism is taking root in region with most resources

Argentina, Mexico recall envoys over Nicaragua crackdown

Fernández to visit Paris for UN gender equality summit

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

Mexico finally ships first locally made AstraZeneca shots to Latin America

World Bank forecasts 'modest recovery' for Latin America and Caribbean

'Hamilton' creator celebrates Latino immigrant roots with 'In The Heights'

AMLO’s wings clipped with Mexico bloc set to lose super-majority

Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections

Mexico to start exporting AstraZeneca vaccines to Latin America

Six Latin American, Caribbean heads call for equitable vaccine access

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

Experts warn cases of syphilis and herpes on the rise among adolescents

Cuban couple's exile reflects disillusioned generation

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Argentina needs the continuity of reasonable policies, not heroics’

Bond chaos in Argentina sparks traders’ rush to provincial notes

With Argentina’s backing, UN votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council

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