Key Findings: There are at least 5,100 children currently living in foster care who are prevented from uniting with their detained or deported parents.
If nothing changes, 15,000 more children may face a similar fate in the next 5 years.
This is a growing national problem, not one confined to border jurisdictions or states– ARC identified at least 22 states where these cases have emerged.
Families are more likely to be separated where local police aggressively participate in immigration enforcement.
Immigrant victims of domestic violence are at particular risk of losing their children
ICE detention obstructs participation in Child Protective Services’ plans for family unity.
Most child welfare departments lack systemic policies to keep families united when parents are detained or deported.
Federal, state and local governments must create explicit policies to protect families from separation.
These polices should stop the clock on the child welfare process and the immigration enforcement process to ensure that families can stay together and allow parents to make the best decisions for the care and custody of their children. Read Article
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an epidemiological alert that urges member countries to deepen the early detection of cases of dengue , reported the Ministry of Health of the Nation noted that the prevention campaign developed since 2009 possible to reduce 96 percent of infections in Argentina. According to official data from […]
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Gen. McCaffrey and Gen. Scales – Prepared Report for the Texas Department of Agriculture During the past two years the state of Texas has become increasingly threatened by the spread of Mexican cartel organized crime. The threat reflects a change in the strategic intent of the cartels to move their operations into the United States. […]
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Since the 1980s, suicide has become the third leading cause of death among youth aged 15 to 24 years . Exceeded only by accidents, assaults, in the case of men-and tumor diseases -in the case of women. Since this type of death is a taboo in our culture, the official information we have about it […]
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Some hedge funds already use Twitter and other social networks to ‘predict’ fluctuations in the stock market. Now a U.S. government agency is to use the social network to attempt to predict revolutions. Iarpa – the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity – hopes to be able to predict ‘unexpected’ events such as revolutions using a […]
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The council of Bogota, Ati Quigua, reported that “according to figures from the undersecretary of women, gender and sexual diversity, 7 out of 10 women have been subjected to any control by their partner, and that more than half are battered in the intimacy. ” He also emphasized that “six days a woman is killed […]
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The most popular social network in the world took the decision to open ofincias in Buenos Aires, under the name “Facebook Argentina SRL”. The aim of these will offer services related to media advertising sales, marketing, public relations and communications. Read Article
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A report by Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Carl Meacham on the growing adoption of new technologies and social media in Latin America and what it could mean for U.S. foreign policy. Read Report
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Chilean consulting firm INECON Ingenieros y Economistas Consultores, S.A., will be responsible for developing the “Feasibility Study for Development of Short Sea Shipping in Mesoamerica” __(SSS), after being chosen for obtaining the highest technical score. Based on the policy of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the selection and hiring of consultants financed by the […]
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Emerging Threats and Security in the Western Hemisphere Press Release: US State Department Next Steps for U.S. Policy Testimony William R. Brownfield Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC October 13, 2011 ________________________________________ As delivered Madam Chairman, Ranking Member, ladies and gentlemen of […]
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The storm in the last 24 hours has plagued most of Central America has killed nearly two dozen people in Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and floods and landslides in Costa Rica and Honduras. The phenomenon is caused by a low pressure system began to affect the region on Monday and yesterday became Tropical Depression […]
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The Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs in office of Ecuador, Kintto Lucas, announced today that his country considers whether to leave the Andean Community (CAN) before the end of the year by various problems, including trade issues. “Ecuador has decided to explore the possibility of leaving the CAN before the end of year,” he told […]
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Eight of the top 12 countries with the best global business environment for microfinance in Latin America are, according to a report released today by the XIV Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise (Foromic 2011). The event, which meets in the capital of Costa Rica, attended by a dozen countries in the region called by the Inter-American […]
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The flow of Central American migrants who cross Mexico has fallen 70% in five years, said the commissioner of the National Migration Institute (INM), Salvador Beltrán del Río. He said that the calculation of the flow reduction in the fall based on the number of migrants detained in Mexico, which went from 433,000 in 2005 […]
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Honduras led the world in homicides per capita in 2010, according to an international study. The Central American country was not the only Latin American country listed among the most dangerous places in the world, according to the first United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Study on Homicide. In fact, four of the […]
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Crowder Publications, the publisher of LatinAmericaCurrentEvents.com is scheduled to soon release an open source intelligence tool that focuses on Latin America. “Crowder’s Black Book“, will provide those conducting research concerning Latin America an intelligence instrument to augment research efforts in culling information from open sources. It is suited for educational institutions, libraries, government agencies, NGOs […]
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China is the undisputed new actor in international politics. It is not only courted the country to come to the aid of the dying economy of European countries, but its policy is becoming more welcome in a world that watches American decline accelerates and Western. China’s foreign policy is the implementation of a political and […]
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Telefonica Chairman Cesar Alierta, today dismissed the possibility that Latin America has gestated a speculative bubble. “There is none at all. The ratings are still below their potential, “said the chief executive of the operator during his speech at the opening ceremony of the XII Latibex Forum, organized by Spanish Stock Exchanges and Markets (BME). […]
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Antiretrovirals 10 times more expensive in Mexico Despite the many experiments in France, Cuba and the United States, especially in mice, medical science has failed to achieve a vaccine against infection with human immunodeficiency virus, said Apolonio Gomez, a member organizer Global Village for the World AIDS Conference 2008 in Mexico. Read Article
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Secretary of Health, Solomon Chertorivski Woldenberg, proposed during their participation in the plenary on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals related to health, strengthen the prevention and vaccination campaigns, and suggest that those countries not yet included against pneumococcus and rotavirus biological study the measures to restore. Read Article
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Hilton Worldwide confirmed this week at the South America Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference hosted by HVS Argentina (SAHIC 2011) in Santiago, Chile, that the company’s expansion plans in Latin America are stronger than ever in the company’s 93-year history. As conference patrons, Hilton Worldwide is committed to cementing its focus on Latin America as […]
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Policing Democracy: Overcoming obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America – Recorded interview with author Dr. Mark Ungar (Recording Time- 01:06:56) Recorded September 23, 2011. Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 PURCHASE BOOK:Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America Latin America’s crime rates are astonishing by any standard—the […]
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If you are involved in any type of business, organization, intelligence or research involving Latin America you will find LATINAMERICACURRENTEVENTS.COM’S soon to be released research tool to be invaluable in your work. Take your research and area expertise to the next level. Version one will shortly be made available to the public via an annual […]
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This monograph examines Chinese military engagement with Latin America in five areas: (1) meetings between senior military officials; (2) lower-level military-to-military interactions; (3) military sales; (4) military-relevant commercial interactions; and, (5) Chinese physical presence within Latin America, all of which have military-strategic implications. This monograph finds that the level of PRC military engagement with the […]
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“We have an epidemic of cerebral vascular disease that has already become a serious public health problem in Latin America ‘says the BBC Dr. Carlos Cantu, head of the Department of Neurology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán in Mexico and founder of the Mexican Association of Cerebral Vascular Disease. And this […]
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The drug scene is still dominated by American groups or clans, a trend that is accentuated each year and which echoes the Senior Prosecutor of Cantabria in his Report for 2010. Also detected the phenomenon of the proliferation of laboratories for growing marijuana. Recent years are marked in the world of drug trafficking by a […]
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Kellogg’s, the maker of Froot Loops and other sugary breakfast products, is taking legal action against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI), a nonprofit that defends indigenous Maya culture, claiming that the use of a toucan in its logo infringes on Kellogg’s Toucan Sam character and games. The MAI logo can be viewed at www.mayaarchaeology.org. “This […]
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A delegation of the Communist Party of Viet Nam headed by Deputy Director of the Party Central Committee’s Office Hoang Cong Hoan attended events in Brasilia , Brazil from Sept. 1-4. The Vietnamese delegation attended an international seminar on the situation in Latin America and upcoming presidential elections on Sept. 1 and the extraordinary congress […]
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The Minister of Defense of Brazil, Celso Amorim, has defended the need for the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) design a strategy of “deterrence” to protect their “great riches” of threats outside the region. He also highlighted the steps taken by the twelve countries of UNASUR to agree on security strategies and “strategic development” […]
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President Republic Bolivarian Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez warned the world and the people on the claims of NATO to invade the sovereignty of Venezuela. In this regard, he recalled in a recent speech by U.S. President Barack Obama would ensure that “Libya method could be applied to any other country in the fight against terrorism.” Read […]
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There are about 4,000 species of forest the most precious of these is the camera would be in danger of extinction. Cochabamba – Bolivia .- authorities and environmental experts, say that the exploitation of timber in the Indian Territory Isiboro Secure (TIPNIS) is a reality resulting in the indiscriminate felling of trees and forest species, […]
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As we commemorate the date 30 years recalls the “crimes which offend” human rights, the American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees (FEDEFAM) pointed to Argentina as “the country with more trials and convictions of those responsible of these crimes against humanity “but regretted the disappearance since 2006 of Julio Lopez, a witness […]
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According to a press release, telecommunications company Motorola (News – Alert) Mobility, Inc. is bringing its super-sleek MILESTONE 3 device to the Latin American market this spring. With the world’s thinnest Android (News – Alert) QWERTY slider, dual-core 1GHz processor and a brilliant 4-inch qHD display, the Motorola MILESTONE 3 set a new milestone for […]
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Saban Brands’ Power Rangers Samurai series is the focus of new terrestrial television licensing agreements with broadcasters throughout Latin America. Via series distributor MarVista Entertainment’s alliance with Snap TV of Argentina, the deals have been forged with Peru’s America TV, Ecuador’s TCTV…. Read Article
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Senior military and civilian defense leaders from a dozen Western Hemisphere nations gathered in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 31-Sept. 1 to discuss future military support to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in the region. Read Article
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Wheelchair, bicycle frame, gas tanks in vehicles, stomach, private parts, CPU, air compressors, dissolved in rum, disposable diapers, rubber sandals, furniture, jars, souvenirs, pillars, roof and container bays , hem pants and lined books are among the dozens of tactics used by traffickers to bring drugs into the country and enter. Read Article
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Study records indicate nearly 16,000 abducted between 2005 and 2009, corresponding to 70% of the world in Latin America.Seven out of ten kidnappings worldwide occur in countries in Latin America. That was the main finding that the Free Country Foundation presented at the VII Conference of Defense Subregional in Chile. Read Article
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His book “Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America” is, in his description, “a history of political ideas in Latin America during the late 19th and 20th centuries.” Emerson said “all history is biography,” and Krauze, in an Emersonian mode, has compiled his history by writing biographical portraits of representative people, beginning with José Martí, […]
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Leaders at a gathering of nations from Latin America and Asia called Thursday for closer economic cooperation to help combat the global financial crisis. Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman kicked off the gather by underlining “the need for concrete actions to strengthen bi regional political and economic ties.” Read Article
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Jacob Ostreicher, a New York City businessman, and his Swiss partners figured they could double their $25 million investment in less than five years. And they could run it remotely. Or so they thought. The woman they entrusted to manage the investment turned out to be a Colombian con artist who was involved, amorously and […]
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Financial markets around the world experienced tumultuous swings following Standard & Poor’s first-ever downgrade of the U.S. credit rating on Aug. 5. An ongoing European debt crisis and forecasts for sluggish economic growth worldwide are also rattling investors. What effects will the downbeat economic sentiment have on Latin American countries? Which ones are most at […]
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Unemployment in the OECD countries averaged 18.9 percent last year, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 10, and youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than older workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the International Labor Association. Meanwhile, protests calling for education reform in Chile have erupted in violence and […]
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The rapid growth of urban population – described as one of the world’s major demographic trends – has triggered an explosion of “mega cities” in Asia, Latin America and Africa, causing a breakdown in basic services, including water supplies and sanitation facilities. And by 2050, about 70 percent of the world’s population will live in […]
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Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux AB’s (ELUX-B.SK) sales in Latin America will grow to represent 20% of its global sales on the acquisition of Chilean appliance manufacturer Compania Tecno Industrial SA (CTI.SN), a company executive said Monday. Electrolux acquired CTI–maker of the Fensa, Mademsa and Somela appliances in Chile and Gafa in Argentina–for around SEK4.4 […]
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While Malaysian companies may concentrate on the huge US market on the mainland, it would be a strategic mistake to ignore the untapped markets in its proximity, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, which are inherent with good business potential. Indeed, Miami, in the southernmost part of Florida on the coast of the Atlantic […]
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Representatives of the Andean Community (CAN) will meet today in Lima to evaluate a “re-engineering” of the Andean group which allows to strengthen the sub-regional integration process. Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin is to chair the meeting which will address social issues such as the participation of Afro-descendant communities, Andean cooperation and specific environmental […]
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Bogotá Aqueduct new business wants to generate close to $ 30 million over the next five years and across borders.This was announced by the entity manager Luis Fernando Ulloa, who explained that this initiative is framed in the internationalization program, and bore its first fruits in Argentina and Ecuador. Read Article
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Members of the Peronist National Front for Victory party celebrated yesterday with President Cristina Kirchner after she won the primary elections by a little over 50% of the votes. This victory gives her an easy path to winning reelection in October. Video from http://www.latvnosdomina.com.ar/
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The United States has never experienced a more auspicious moment to advance its fundamental national interests in the Americas. Today, most nations of the hemisphere are building on democratic success, economic growth, expanding capacity, and regional integration to overcome past inequities and to drive major internal transformation. Read Article
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Apricus Biosciences will seek regulatory approval in the coming weeks to sell its erectile dysfunction drug Vitaros in Mexico, Brazil and four other Latin American countries, the San Diego drug developer said Monday. Read Article
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Bombardier announced on Wednesday announced it will be opening its first regional support office in Latin America. The new facility will be located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is expected to be in service by the end of 2011. Read Article
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International Power reported a better-than-expected first-half profit as growing power demand in Latin America offset a drop in Europe and the UK, and the company said it expects growth in full-year results. Read Article
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Growth in Latin America may see a “significant slowdown” if the U.S. and Europe return to recession, even though the region’s economies are in a good enough financial shape to avoid a crisis, Morgan Stanley said. Read Article
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According to Peru21.pe the Lamas police announced that a French tourist, Celine Rene Margarite Briset, 43, died after consuming the hallucinogenic herb, ayahuasca, during a shamanism session at a tourist resort in San Martin in the province of Lamas. Authorities say Briset died due to excessive consumption of the herb, suffering a cardiac arrest, dying […]
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The trial for those accused of killing two French tourists near Quebrada de San Lorenzo in Salta last week began this past Saturday, according to infobae.com. Three of the six detainees gave testimony on Saturday; María Fernanda Cañizares (24), her brother Federico Cañizares (23) and her boyfriend, Gustavo Lassi (24). The trial will continue tomorrow […]
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Dominican TV reporter José Agustín Silvestre was killed yesterday, according to local reports, bringing this year’s death toll on journalists in Latin America to 20. Silvestre’s sister told local news outlet El Siglio 21 that he was beaten and kidnapped outside his house in La Romana by four men, who fired shots as they took […]
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A little over a month ago the Central American Integration System held a conference in Guatemala focused on regional security. At this conference, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, made the controversial statements “true security cannot be funded on the backs of the poor,” urging that “businesses and the rich in every country [within Central America] […]
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Over the last decade, Latin American protest songs have undergone a revolution, going from poetic ode to explicit, raw hip-hop. The first protest songs sung in Central and South America were corridos, ballads that were sung during the revolution that started in Mexico in 1910. The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s were modern […]
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Earlier this month, Netflix said it would be launching movie and TV show streaming services in 43 countries in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Netflix’s arrangement with CBS represents it first international deal with a major content supplier. Read Article
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Big gains in Latin America covered up U.S. declines at Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) and Avon Products Inc (AVP.N), with the world’s largest direct seller of cosmetics seen as having a harder road to recovery. At Avon, revenue rose 19 percent in Latin America and fell 7 percent in North America. Sales at Colgate, best known […]
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The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on Friday denounced the deterioration of press freedom in Latin America and, in particular, called upon Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to “cease harassment of the press.” Read Article
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The U.S. House of Representatives released a report this month focusing on Lebanese and Iranian terrorist groups, specifically Hezballah, that have established networks in South America at the Triple Frontier between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and in Venezuela, reports infobae.com. The Triple Frontier is already a haven for organized crime and trafficking, and the Islamist […]
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According to DiarioCorreo.pe after tourists were outraged about the restricted entry into Machu Picchu, officials of the Regional Directorate of Culture in Cusco have decided to allow 400 more tourists to enter the site per day through a new access route. As of Monday, July 25th the limit of visitors to Machu Picchu was raised […]
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“It appears that Iranian organizations provide support to other terrorist organizations” in South America, Peruvian ex-chief of staff says.The world needs to act to counter the growing presence of Iranian-supported terrorist organizations throughout South America, former chief of staff of the Peruvian Armed Forces, Gen. Francisco Contreras, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Read Article
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The Ecuadorian newspaper, El Universo, said it would appeal to fines and prison charges that a court ordered after the publication of a controversial article on President Rafeal Correa reported El Universal.mx. The court sentenced a former newspaper columnist and three directors to time in prison, as well as a 40 million dollar fine. The […]
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee began its Wednesday markup of the State Department authorization bill by voting to end funding for the Organization of American States (OAS), with Republicans lambasting the organization as an enemy of freedom and democracy. Read Article
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(From the Economist) HOW do Latin America’s countries rank in terms of wealth? Whatever answer you have in mind is wrong, according to one measurement or another. Take GDP per capita: as of a few years ago, Brazil has been richer than Mexico. But if you account for purchasing power (that is, the amount of […]
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The director of Forensic Medical Services in Chile confirmed theories today that the death of former president Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973 was a suicide, according to abc.com.py. The former president’s remains were unearthed this past May and the autopsy showed that Allende used an AK-47 automatic weapon which shot two bullets, one of […]
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Civil society organisations* from Latin America, Europe and around the world have issued an open letter calling on the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation to reject a proposal to finance Calyx Agro, a company that acquires farmland in Latin America on behalf of wealthy foreign investors. Read Article
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ElComercio.pe reports that the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has made $7.5 billion available to Peru for infrastructure projects and services, after its president, Enrique Garcia meet with Peruvian President-Elect Ollanta Humala in Caracas, Venezuela today, July 15th. Garcia says the amount will be made available over a five-year period and that CAF will provide specific […]
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Latin American advertisers are still only scratching the surface in terms of using video for internet campaigns, Julio Zaguini, Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latin America director for relations with advertising agencies, told BNamericas. Read Article
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RadioSucre.com.ec reports that Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino has confirmed that President Rafael Correa will attend the inauguration of newly elected Peruvian President, Ollanta Humala in Lima, Peru. Patino says that President Correa will go on to UNASUR meetings that are going to be held after the inauguration. The two presidents met two weeks ago […]
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•Tourists from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela may enter Colombia for the World Cup U-20 beginning July 29 without passports, reported Terra.com. •According to the director of the Administrative Security Department, people from these nine countries need only submit their respective national identity cards. •Proexport, which promotes tourism in Colombia, […]
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Two men accused of being involved in the assassination of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral were arrested today in Guatemala, according to lavoz.com.ar. One of the men arrested is believed to have hired the gunman who shot Cabral and the other man was one of two drivers of the vehicles used during the shooting. Officials have […]
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According to ElComercio.com police have identified at least five groups of robbers who are committing crimes on the transport systems of the Trolley, Ecovia and Metrovia in Quito. Police have termed the gangs, ‘decuideros’ since the members take advantage of users’ neglect and the tightly packed spaces on these transportation systems. Officials say that the […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Teleferico Complex opened in May 2005 with 80 business including restaurants, fast food chains, ice cream parlors, souvenir shops, a nightclub and an amusement park. However, in 2011 the complex is left with seven open businesses. Juan Pablo Hidalgo, marketing manager for Vulcano Park and Prostatus Company says that food marketing […]
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President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez’s struggle with cancer has severely shaken Cuban society, according to terra.com. A long-lasting friendship between Chavez and Fidel Castro, now carried on with Raul Castro, has been the glue to a strong economic relationship between the 2 nations that has greatly boosted the economy and overall standard of living in […]
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As Paraguayan journalist, Sandra López, awaits a verdict in court today for charges of defamation and slander against businesswoman and Baila conmigo contestant, Zuni Castiñeira, fellow journalists are holding a “silent” protest on the sixth floor, according to abc.com.py. About 30 journalists with tape in the shape of a cross over their mouths have joined […]
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According to lavozdeasturias.es the Anonymous member who coordinated web attacks on Latin American government organizations, was arrested in a sting operation on May 20th. La Voz acquired access to court sealed documents where the suspect is being charged with electronic crimes and illicit association to a cyber terrorist group. The suspect, alias Devnuller, hid the […]
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According to ElUniverso.com, on June 14th three businesses in the Guayas providence were robbed. Reportedly, two of the businesses were cased at dawn the same day. The first assault was against a jewelry business, Montero, at 2:40 pm. The owner and an employee were tending to a customer that began to assault them after another […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec in Quito UNASUR’s Secretary General announced Thursday that the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) plans to invest USD 96 billion in infrastructure projects by 2022, for all its member countries. Maria Emma Mejia, the secretary, said that about 500 initiatives are being evaluated in the South American Council for Infrastructure and […]
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Secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon expressed his admiration and pride of Argentine peacekeepers during a ceremony at the Argentine Center of Training for Peace Missions, according to lavoz.com.ar. He said Argentines are all over the world helping with projects that focus on maintaining peace. Ki-Moon arrived in Argentina yesterday for an official two-day […]
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New third party agent agreements include a multi-territory deal with IMC International Merchandising Consultants for Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay; BLG Brand and Licensing Group for Brazil; Doce andFriends for Chile; and Andeli in Peru. The agents join Telvisa Consumer Products which represents the brand in Mexico. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.com the woman killed Saturday morning, June 11th, at the intersection of Eloy Alfaro and de La Republica was Jennifer Gonzalez, 26. Relatives at ‘Medicina Legal’ identified her. She was ridding with Ernesto Pizarro, 24 in a Volkswagen Golf when two men shot them around 8:30. Both were foreigners. The Gonzalez family was […]
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According to ACN: Cuba will participate in the First International Colloquium ‘Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Independence Revolutions to the Emancipatory Integration’ scheduled for next week in Rosario, Argentina.
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The top and bottom lines for Corn Products International (CPO), a maker of sweeteners and other corn-based ingredients for numerous industries, are getting sweeter. Revenue rose 5%, 47% and 56% in the past three quarters. Corn’s earnings growth has also accelerated, from 16% to 42% and 103%. Read Article
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A Salvadoran beat out baristas from 56 countries to take home first place honors at the 2011 World Barista Championship held in Bogota, Colombia earlier this week. After his win, 23-year-old Alejandro Mendez said he was proud to represent the coffee producers of a small country such as El Salvador and was happy both for […]
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According to ElComercio.pe the regional government of Puno is hoping for discussions with Aymara, the Indians of the high plateaus, on the subject of mining. The government is hoping to avoid protests against mining concessions that were suspended last week due to the elections and will begin on Wednesday the 8th. The regional director of […]
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According to ElComercio.com 12 agreements established a trust and a bilateral fund for development, USD 66 million, in Ecuador and Venezuela during a meeting of the two presidents in Salinas. Joint marketing venture in coca, bananas, flowers, aquaculture and packing plastic, were established. Other agreements included exporting 14,000 vehicles to Venezuela and the establishment of […]
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Company Increases Cargo Capacity on 19 Weekly Flights in Central and South America With Latin American economies showing solid growth, UPS has significantly expanded the capacity of its express air network throughout the region. Effective last week, UPS increased its cargo capacity by more than 50 percent on 19 weekly flights into Central and South […]
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According to elciudadano.gob.ec, the Ecuadorian coast guard captured four Peruvian fishing boats with a crew of fourteen, on June 3rd near Chanduy. Navy patrols were taking place in Chanduy in the southwest province of Santa Elena. The military seized seven lockers of snapper, angel and derrick fish, with an approximate weight of 160 kilos. The […]
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Japanese telecoms corporation NEC is aiming to increase its 2010 revenue in Latin America tenfold by 2017 to US$5bn and expects its cloud computing partnership with Spain’s Telefónica (NYSE: TEF) to kick off in Argentina in June, Carlos Martinangeli, CEO of NEC Argentina and COO for NEC Latin America, told BNamericas. Read Article
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The works of eight artists from Latin America reached record prices this Friday in an auction held by Christie’s in New York, where he noted the more than one million dollars paid for a painting by Mexican Miguel Covarrubias. Read Article
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A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations attended the 17th meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum which opened in the Nicaraguan capital Managua on May 18. Read Article
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(Guardian (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) It was reported in the last week that China’s sovereign wealth fund is about to receive new capital from the government, adding billions of dollars annually to its already impressive wallet. As China’s economic power continues to grow and countries around the world compete for Chinese investment, the question […]
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A TAM plane made an emergency landing at Luis Eduardo Magalhaes airport after a passenger threatened to blow up the aircraft late on Friday (20). The man said he was with a bomb and the commander of the flight 3603 signaled a clear threat to the control tower in Salvador. The 129 passengers were evacuated […]
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X-ray machines at checkpoints in southern Mexico are capturing the ghostly outlines of a clandestine business worth billions a year, people packed tighter than cattle and transported like consumer goods in tractor trailers to the United States. Read Article
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Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico Environmental News HidroAysén’s executive vice president, Daniel Fernandez, ratified a public consultation on the transmission line Cochrane-Santiago by mid-July, to present in December, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Read Article
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The countries of Latin America are working slowly to overcome barriers in the fight against the often brutal violence suffered by children and adolescents in their homes, schools, workplaces or juvenile detention centres. Five years after the release of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children in 2006, a new study presented Thursday […]
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On Brazil’s northeast coast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dreamed of building an oil refinery and naming it after a Brazilian adventurer who had fought for Venezuela’s independence. The joint venture with Brazil, he said in trips here, would help unify Latin America against his adversary, the United States. Read Article
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