South American trade bloc MERCOSUR fails to reach consensus; internal rift deepens
Foreign and economy ministers of MERCOSUR member countries on Wednesday failed to reach a consensus on key trade policy issues...
July 8, 2021Section
Regional
Mexico City’s legislative assembly passes LGBT rights law
The Law for the Recognition and Attention of LGBTTTI Persons of Mexico City, which aims to guarantee and prevent discrimination...
July 8, 2021
Haiti president’s assassins falsely identified themselves as DEA agents
The men who shot dead Haitian President Jovenel Moise lied and identified themselves as agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
July 7, 2021
Situation “under control” in Haiti, according to its ambassador to the OAS
- Haiti's acting representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Bocchit Edmond, assured Wednesday that the security situation in...
July 7, 2021
Dominican Republic closed border with Haiti following assassination of President Moise
The Dominican Republic closed its border with Haiti on Wednesday following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, a military...
July 7, 2021
Haiti’s president shot dead, interim prime minister says
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Haiti's President Jovenal Moise was gunned down by unidentified assailants at his private residence on...
July 7, 2021
Chile announces early shutdown of four coal-fired power plants by 2025
Chile's president Sebastián Piñera on Tuesday announced the early closure of 4 coal-fired power plants by 2025, thereby expediting the...
July 7, 2021
Argentine farmers post 23.7 million ton sales of 2020/21 soy
Argentine farmers have sold 23.7 million tons of soy from the 2020/21 season after posting transactions in the week of...
July 7, 2021
Argentine grain industry says government dredging bill raises export costs
Costs of Argentina's grain exports would increase under a new government bill in which ships would pay tolls to the...
July 6, 2021