GLOBAL PANDEMIC Mexico, Chile lead Latin America's first vaccine rollouts 26-12-2020 09:12 Frontline medical workers in Mexico and Chile among first to be vaccinated in region, as mass immunisation programmes get underway.
LATIN AMERICA UN: Foreign direct investment in Latin America to fall by up to 55% 02-12-2020 13:39 Foreign direct investment in Latin America will fall by up to 55% in 2020, the UN's regional economic commission said Wednesday.
DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA Maradona: A legend shaped by the Hand of God 25-11-2020 14:44 Diego Maradona scored more than 300 goals, but the two most famous came within four minutes of each other on June 22, 1986 in Mexico. One was voted Goal of the Century. The other is even more famous.
HUNT FOR VACCINE Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise 15-11-2020 09:25 Executives at several US laboratories developing Covid-19 vaccines have recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies – raising questions about the propriety of such a move in the midst of a global health crisis.
US ELECTION 2020 Pope Francis congratulates Biden on election win in phone call 14-11-2020 10:44 Argentine pontiff calls US president-elect, only the second Catholic elected to the White House, to offer congratulations.
BLOOMBERG Billionaire-backed Argentine fintech Ualá launches in Mexico 29-09-2020 15:30 Ualá, the mobile payments startup backed by heavyweight billionaire investors George Soros and Steve Cohen, expands beyond Argentina into Mexico.
HUMAN RIGHTS Mexico to pursue soldiers, federal police in Ayotzinapa abduction probe 27-09-2020 17:43 Mexican authorities issue 25 arrest warrants for those who carried out and knew about the abduction of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014, including for the first time members of the military and federal police.
Global pandemic Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not 20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.
LATIN AMERICA Mexican president wants referendum on judging predecessors 15-09-2020 15:19 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday asked the Senate for a referendum on whether to prosecute five of his predecessors over allegations including corruption.
HUNT FOR VACCINE Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial 13-09-2020 08:52 Trials of potential coronavirus vaccine officially restart, days after clincal trials were suspended following a reported side-effect in a UK patient.
inter-american development bank Trump advisor elected new head of Inter-American Development Bank 13-09-2020 08:48 Mauricio Claver-Carone elected president of Inter-American Development Bank in vote, ending decades of Latin American leadership at institution.
inter-american development bank Trump's candidate inches closer to victory in race to lead IDB 10-09-2020 18:35 Mauricio Claver-Carone is inching closer to becoming head of the Inter-American Development Bank, after Mexico decided to pass up a potential boycott of Saturday’s vote.
HUMAN RIGHTS Victims, feminists take over Mexico human rights office 09-09-2020 08:49 Demanding justice for victims of femicide, gender violence, sexual assault, and forced disappearances, feminist activists and victims' relatives have taken over the offices of Mexico's Human Rights Commission.
HUNT FOR VACCINE Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine 09-09-2020 08:41 Latin American roll-out of AstraZeneca's potential Covid-19 vaccine could be delayed after the biotech company announced a pause in tests, says Mexican government, which will co-produce it with Argentina.
Bloomberg Ex-Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla pitches IDB top job candidacy 03-09-2020 11:56 Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica, is considered a long-shot in the race to head the Inter-American Development Bank, but is positioning herself as a moderate alternative to US President Donald Trump's nomination, Mauricio Claver-Carone.
inter-american development bank Latin American leaders accuse Trump of "imposing" his IDB candidate 27-08-2020 18:21 Leaders from Latin America and Spain have accused Donald Trump of seeking to "impose" his candidate to head the Inter-American Development.
inter-american development bank Trump’s pick for IDB top job says he wants to counter China's influence 27-08-2020 02:36 Mauricio Claver-Carone said the Washington-based bank could supplant Beijing as a go-to lender across the region at a time when Xi Jinping’s administration is pulling back.
Coronavirus pandemic Pride and emotion run high inside Covid-19 vaccine lab 24-08-2020 07:00 Work has already began at Argentina’s mAbxience lab, where they're gearing up to begin producing millions of doses of a vaccine against Covid-19.
HUNT FOR VACCINE Argentina and Mexico to produce coronavirus vaccine for Latin America 15-08-2020 11:15 President Alberto Fernández confirms Argentina and Mexico will co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
AS I SEE IT Light from the city of dreaming spires 15-08-2020 10:08 It is no longer enough for governments to concentrate solely on trying to block the spread of the virus. They are also expected to keep the economy moving and to worry about the long-term effects the prolonged lockdowns are certain to have on people’s lives. by James Neilson
Coronavirus pandemic Mexico, Argentina aim to roll out vaccine early next year 13-08-2020 17:54 Mexico and Argentina aim to have a coronavirus vaccine available for Latin America early next year under a production agreement with drugs giant AstraZeneca.
DIPLOMACY Trump's pick for top IDB job slams Argentina's 'obstruction' 12-08-2020 16:42 Mauricio Claver-Carone, US President Donald Trump's candidate to head the Inter-American Development Bank, claims he has the backing of the majority of Latin American countries and accuses Argentina of trying to "obstruct" his election.
CORRUPTION SCANDAL Mexico: Odebrecht allegedly paid for slick 2012 campaign 12-08-2020 13:41 Mexicans were inundated by a slick, expensive ad campaign on behalf of Enrique Peña Nieto for the 2012 election. Prosecutors now say it was funded by Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction giant linked to widespread corruption in Latin America.
BLOOMBERG Trump hits wall with bid to place ally at Inter-American Development Bank 09-08-2020 08:08 Mexico wants to delay election of a new chief for the Inter-American Development Bank, amid controversy over US President Donald Trump’s push to have a close ally at the helm of the institution.
Global Pandemic In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly 23-07-2020 16:03 “Fact-denying populism is being shown its limits," says German Chancellor Angela Merkel in regards to the high number of Covid-19 cases concentrated in populist led nations.
HUMAN RIGHTS Mexico identifies remains of another of missing 43 students 07-07-2020 23:50 Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), which has been advising Mexican Attorney General’s Office on investigation, confirms remains have been identified of a second of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who disappeared in September 2014.
Global pandemic IMF predicts Argentina's economy will slump 9.9% in 2020 25-06-2020 01:16 Warning of the biggest slump since the Great Depression, International Monetary Fund warns coronavirus crisis will sink global economy in 2020, predicts global collapse in GDP of 4.9%.
Coronavirus economies IMF forecasts deeper Latin America recession in 2020 24-06-2020 16:59 International Monetary Fund predicts 9.4% contraction in Latin America and the Caribbean, largely due to the economies of Mexico and Brazil, both of which are struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bloomberg Uber sees grocery delivery sparking its next wave of growth 15-06-2020 15:05 Delivering groceries is Uber Technologies Inc’s next frontier – at least in Latin America.
BLOOMBERG It’s Covid code red in Latin America with no signs of peaking 07-06-2020 16:40 One of the most urbanised and unequal regions in the world with the slowest growth and a history of profound public mistrust of government, Latin America, with its 650 million inhabitants, is now a grim laboratory of viral pandemic.
Global pandemic WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems 02-06-2020 15:21 Four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America, the World Health Organisation's emergencies director Michael Ryan said.
Bloomberg - Opinion Brazil hits a wall and takes Latin America with it 30-04-2020 17:38 Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has just led his country, and indeed all of Latin America, to the end of a long cycle, as the coronavirus outbreak sparks a shadow over the continent’s future.
Coronavirus Pandemic Pandemic upends lives of Latin America's domestic servants 28-04-2020 12:34 The coronavirus pandemic in Latin America has hit domestic workers particularly hard, often leaving maids without income or forcing them to be stranded at the homes of their employers.
Life during pandemic Mexico's gang violence appears to be rising during pandemic 27-04-2020 12:55 Far from receding during the pandemic, Mexico's homicide rate actually rose during March as the country began its lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
US-Mexico relationship Pandemic warms Trump and AMLO's troubled relationship 23-04-2020 12:37 The Covid-19 pandemic could have been a fraught moment for US-Mexico relations — two leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum facing the largest crisis ever confronted by either administration. Instead, Trump and López Obrador are carrying on like old pals.
Bloomberg Virus lockdown cuts movement by 89% in Peru 15-04-2020 09:48 Data from Google show that Peru has done a better job than its neighbours in enforcing controls to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Diplomatic effort Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay jointly repatriate 386 people 15-04-2020 00:25 Group had been affected by the closure of respective borders and cancellations of commercial flights due to the coronavirus pandemic.
BLOOMBERG Latin America, world’s most crime-ridden region, is suddenly serene 10-04-2020 15:31 In Latin America, coronavirus has driven people into their homes, disrupting patterns of work and school. One change has been welcome – a huge drop in the burglaries and killings that mar daily existence across much of the region.
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Fragile Latin America faces another lost decade – and maybe worse 07-04-2020 17:29 Like most of the world, the region is bracing for the deepest recession in its modern history. Bank of America expects a 4.4% slump in output this year as the coronavirus epidemic spreads.
Coronavirus outbreak Vatican suspends investigative mission to Mexico over coronavirus 06-03-2020 17:08 The Vatican suspends a mission to Mexico to investigate clerical abuse due to the inability to travel in the face of coronavirus.
Church Abuse Vatican sends top two sex crimes investigators to Mexico 03-03-2020 10:42 Mexico, the second-largest Catholic country after Brazil, will be aided by the same investigators who shed light on Chile's extensive church abuse in 2018.
Coronavirus City government says Buenos Aires is prepared to face coronavirus 28-02-2020 16:10 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta says no cases of virus have been diagnosed in Argentina, but that all preventative measures have been taken should a case be confirmed.
VIOLENCE IN MEXICO Killing of seven-year-old girl stokes anger in Mexico 17-02-2020 23:23 Young girl abducted from entrance of her primary school later found murdered. The killing of Fatima, 7, has stoked rising anger over brutal slayings of women in Mexico.
IAD BANK Mexico plans to back Argentina in race to lead the IAD Bank 03-02-2020 11:59 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’ administration plans to support Argentina in the race to lead the Inter-American Development Bank (IAD), while Argentine government hasn’t publicly said yet if it will field a candidate and declined to comment on Mexico’s support.
DIPLOMATIC SPAT Bolivia's interim government expels Mexico ambassador, two Spanish diplomats 30-12-2019 14:29 Bolivia to expel Mexico's ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, escalating a dispute over an alleged attempt to extract an ex-government aide.
DIPLOMATIC SPAT Mexico vows to take Bolivia to court over Embassy spat 26-12-2019 15:19 Government to take Bolivia to the International Court of Justice over what it calls harassment of its diplomatic mission in La Paz.
DIPLOMACY Mexico's ambassador to Argentina resigns after book theft allegation 23-12-2019 14:22 Ambassador Óscar Ricardo Valero resigns post, as relatives say he may have suffered behavioural changes due to a brain tumour.
BREAKING NEWS Evo Morales has landed in Argentina seeking asylum, confirms government 12-12-2019 11:06 Former Bolivian president Evo Morales joins his two children in Argentina. He is coming "to stay" as a refugee, says Foreign Minister Felipe Solá
DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT Mexico recalls Argentina ambassador for alleged book theft 09-12-2019 14:46 Newspaper reports allege 76-year-old diplomat tried to steal a 590-peso book on the famous 18th century playboy Casanova from the El Ateneo bookshop in Buenos Aires.
MEXICAN PRESIDENT Mexico's López Obrador marks first year in office with party – and protests 01-12-2019 20:47 Polls say more than half of Mexicans support the way López Obrador is running the country, despite rising homicide rates and a floundering economy that is flirting with recession.