Alleged escape plan of sons of Panama’s ex-President Martinelli foiled in Guatemala
The sons of former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, were trying to escape...
July 1, 2021Topic
Latin America
55 Central American officials on new list of U.S. corruption charges
The U.S. State Department published Thursday a list of 55 Central American officials and ex-officials who have been indicted for...
July 1, 2021
U.S. keeps Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and China on human trafficking blacklist
The United States on Thursday kept Nicaragua, Venezuela, China, and Cuba on its "blacklist" of countries that do not do...
July 1, 2021
Brazil natural gas production in May up 17.7%, oil production down, 1.4% compared to April
Natural gas production in Brazil increased 17.7% in May, compared to April, totaling 135 million cubic meters per day (m3/d)....
July 1, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro criticizes Supreme Court members for coordinating rejection of printed ballot
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro criticized Thursday three Justices of the Supreme Court (STF) of being articulating the overthrow of the...
July 1, 2021
Brazil’s diagnostic giant DASA buys oncology specialist GEM Assistência Médica for US$150 million
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DASA - Diagnósticos da América SA, the market leader in diagnostic medicine in Brazil and...
July 1, 2021
Business confidence in Brazil reaches highest level since December 2013 – FGV Ibre
The Business Confidence Index (ICE) of the Brazilian Economic Institute of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV Ibre) increased by 4.3...
July 1, 2021
SoftBank invests US$200 million In Brazil’s largest crypto exchange
Japan's SoftBank Group has invested us$200 million in Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Latin America, said...
July 1, 2021
ANDE and Tabacalera de Cartes, largest contributors to the Paraguayan treasury in 2020
The list of the 500 largest taxpayers in Paraguay was presented this Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance and the...
June 30, 2021