China on course to be Latin America’s biggest trading partner by 2017; Chinese oil company increases stake in Brazil’s energy sector; Business Summit report reveals the extent of Latin American FDI…
Argentine football hooligans arrested in Paraguay; Mexico to participate in Baseball World Championship; Guatemala celebrates its first Olympic medallist. Argentine football hooligans arrested in Paraguay Paraguayan authorities have arrested 35…
Mexico may raise key rate if inflation persists; Honduran president aims to settle tensions in the Gulf of Fonseca; Brazil plagued by highest youth discouraged worker rate in southern hemisphere; Bolivia’s…
Misinterpreted threats of ‘collective death’ raise awareness for indigenous plight in Brazil; reforms continue for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; disappeared Chileans registered to vote
New law limits options for accident insurance at work; Buenos Aires as expensive as New York; General Motors invests in production in Argentina
Ex-Senator’s kidnapping in Santa Cruz highlights drug-related security concerns throughout the country; Bolivian space agency sends 64 professionals on a fellowship to China; Morales turns 53; Miss Hispanoamerica 2012
Chileans vote in municipal elections; four Carabineros charged with corruption; Mapuche prisoners end hunger strike; Public Works Ministry announces plan to improve Santiago airport
Former Minister of Education wins over José Serra in race for mayor; visa requirement for the U.S. will not be dropped any time soon; Brazilians’ English is dismal in international…
Tropical cyclone hits Uruguay causing severe damage; abortion law will face Inter-American Commission for Human Rights; Brazil fines bankrupted Pluna with US$25m.
Uribe refuses to confirm rumours of his candidacy to the Senate; vice-president announces that he is suffering from prostate cancer; emerald discovery provokes ‘treasure hunt’ in rural Colombia.
CNE moves PSUV’s candidates between voting districts; Jaua says Fidel Castro ‘is doing fine;’ and government promises to regain control inside prisons ‘in one year’
Mexico prepares for Day of the Dead; movements to fill Supreme Court vacancies; nine former officials of Piedras Negras jail imprisoned
President Rafael Correa pushes tax reform amid re-election bid; Ecuadorian diplomats worry over Julian Assange’s health. Correa pushes tax reform amid re-election bid President Rafael Correa has unveiled a bill that…
Hurricane Sandy leaves 11 dead and widespread damage; government announces further changes to migratory reform; Fidel lays death rumours to rest.
OAS seeks agreement in Belize-Guatemala border dispute; Lebanese-Belizean business man shot in street; Coalition concerned over public education plan on oil exploitation
OAS to send special envoy for 2013 elections; Panama to take over Paraguay’s diplomatic duties in Venezuela; Carperos return to Campos Morombí; Artists protest against Secretary of Culture
Latin America is left out of final US presidential debate; US and Panama confirm Free Trade Agreement; Hillary Clinton visits Haiti
On 15 October 2012, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales promulgated one of the most radical environmental legislation in global history: the Law of Mother Earth. Matatea Changuy and Sophie Beier take…
The fascinating story of the Centro Financiero Confinanzas is the subject of Adam Fry’s exploration into the interaction between urban space and the residents of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. To those…
Violence against Brazil’s LGBT community unaddressed by government; Mexican government refuses to recognize mass forced displacement; Student movement in Chile awarded U.S. Human Rights prize
President of Inter-American Development Bank challenges China; Colombia and Venezuela struggle to implement customs agreement; Venezuela to complete Mercosur integration plan by end of 2012; Capital flows into Peru on the rise;…
China-Latin America summit calls for deeper economic co-operation; China and Cuba make progress on a bilateral economic agenda; China’s slowing growth could affect the region, though Latin American stocks rise…
Argentina beat Canada to win Americas Rugby Championship; Hugo Chávez celebrates Venezuela’s Easykart World Champion; Colombian boxer retains world title
Chile’s Investigative Police sees members arrested over alleged misconduct and corruption; Government’s handling of Mapuche conflict criticized at home and abroad; US rights group honors Chile’s student leaders.
Ecuadorian court issues embargo over Chevron’s assets; Migrant smuggler condemned to 12 years in prison on Tamaulipas’ Massacre case. Ecuadorian court issues embargo over Chevron’s assets On 15 October, an order…