Panama City‘It is an act of insanity to stay in the U.S.’: Why this 63-year-old teacher ditched Massachusetts to retire in the highlandsMarketWatch - By Catey Hill Mary Taft lives with her two daughters, seven cats and two dogs in a mansion in Panama — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. But the former …
Mauricio Macri Argentina central bank faces peso test ahead of October electionReuters - By Walter Bianchi and Jorge OtaolaBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's central bank must toe a politically fraught line between supporting the peso without blasting through the bank's reserves, as policymakers seek to salvage the currency
Mexico City Bank of Mexico to cut interest rates for first time in five yearsMarketWatch - By Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s central bank said Thursday it was lowering its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point to 8%, citing slowing global …
Argentina Franklin Templeton fund manager loses $1.8 billion in one day on Argentina bets: Financial TimesCNBC - Jesse Pound A star fund manager at Franklin Templeton lost $1.8 billion on Monday due to the market slide in Argentina, according to the Financial Times. Michael …
Jair Bolsonaro Brazil's Bolsonaro warns of 'leftist bandits' plunging Argentina into chaosReutersFILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a promotion ceremony for generals of the armed forces, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado SAO PAULO
Mauricio Macri Chastened Argentine leader offers help for workers, the poorAssociated Press - By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA, Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A walloping at the polls led President Mauricio Macri to decree temporary economic relief for poor and working-class Argentines on Wednesday, with measures that include increased
India News Argentina assets extend slump as election-fueled rout deepenslivemint.com - Julia Leite , Bloomberg SAO PAULO: Argentine assets extended an unprecedented slump as traders reassessed the new political outlook for the troubled South American nation …
Guatemala Guatemalan election could upend Trump’s migration dealAxios - Daniel P. Erikson The surprise victory of Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala's runoff presidential election on Sunday could throw a central plank of Trump’s migration …
Venezuela Stung by U.S. sanctions, Venezuela’s Maduro lashes out against oppositionmiamiherald.com - By Jim Wyss Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro regime continued lashing out after it was hit with punishing economic sanctions earlier this month, charging three …
Mexico City Mexican president says won't cancel mining concessions, or grant new onesReutersFILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo MEXICO CITY (Reuters)
Jair Bolsonaro Brazil prosecutors seek to bar Bolsonaro's son as envoy to U.S.ReutersBrazilian Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of president Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a board meeting of Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 12,
Venezuela Venezuela pro-Maduro legislature to assess early congress electionsReuters India - By Vivian Sequera and Mayela ArmasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's pro-government legislature on Monday agreed to create a commission to evaluate holding 2020 legislative elections early, which would create an opportunity for the government
Play buttonJair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro praises accused torturer and symbol of Brazil's dictatorship as 'national hero'France 24 - FRANCE 24The right-wing Bolsonaro, himself a former army officer, decribed Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra as "a national hero, who prevented the country falling into the kind of thing that the left would still
Rio De Janeiro Brazilian police again arrest Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest manEuronews - By ReutersRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police in Brazil on Thursday arrested Eike Batista, the charismatic mining and oil magnate who was once the country’s richest man, on suspicion of money laundering and insider
Pittsburgh, PA Maduro pulls out of talks with Venezuela’s opposition over new U.S. sanctionspost-gazette.com - By Rachelle Krygier Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said his government was pulling out of talks with the opposition two days after the United States imposed a …
Jair Bolsonaro Brazil's Bolsonaro extols convicted torturer as a 'national hero'ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that an Army officer who was convicted of torture during the country’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship was a “national
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's new governor says she intends to remain in officeReuters India - By Luis Valentin Ortiz in San JuanSAN JUAN (Reuters) - The revolving door at the governor's office in Puerto Rico may finally stop with Wanda Vazquez, the newly sworn-in chief executive of the bankrupt U.S. territory, who said on Thursday
Jair Bolsonaro Criminals will ‘die like cockroaches’ under new laws in Brazil, president saysSouth China Morning Post - The Guardian Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has said he hopes criminals will “die in the streets like cockroaches” as a result of hardline …
News Trump announces new sanctions on Venezuelan governmentCNN - By Paul LeBlanc, CNNWashington (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday announced the US would expand its existing sanctions against Venezuela with an executive order banning Americans doing business with President Nicolas
Mexico City Mexico to open first terrorism probe of an event on U.S. territoryReuters - Daniel TrottaEL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Mexico will investigate the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed 22 people, including eight Mexican citizens, as an act of terrorism and may request the suspected shooter
Jair Bolsonaro Brazil's Bolsonaro snubs French foreign minister for haircuttrust.org - Thomson Reuters Foundation BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro canceled a meeting this week with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le …
Peru Peru orders army to secure port in face of protest against mining projectReutersFILE PHOTO: Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Tia Maria mine in Arequipa, Peru July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Diego Ramos LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra on Sunday
UK News Moment Brazilian gang leader is caught dressed as his teen daughter in bizarre prison-break attemptthesun.co.uk - Neal Baker THIS is the bizarre moment a Brazilian gang leader is caught trying to escape a high-security prison - dressed as his teenage daughter. Clauvino da …
Marcelo Ebrard Mexico considers the El Paso shooting an 'act of terrorism' against Mexican citizens, official saysCNN - By Amir Vera, Radina Gigova(CNN) — Mexico's government considers the shooting in El Paso, Texas, an act of terrorism against Mexican citizens and will be participating in the investigation, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo said
U.S. Border Patrol Central American migrants are giving up on asylum; returning home - The San Diego Union-Tribunesandiegouniontribune.com Danny Mejia was wiping the tears from his eyes by the time he arrived at the El Chaparral port in Tijuana, just on the other side of San Ysidro, …
Nicolás Maduro U.S. court rules against Maduro bid to oust opposition-backed Citgo boinvesting.com - Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - The board of Citgo Petroleum appointed by Venezuela's congress chief was properly seated, a U.S. court ruled, dealing a blow to …
Venezuela Venezuela hyperinflation hits 10 million percent. 'Shock therapy' may be only chance to undo the economic damageCNBC - Valentina Sanchez Venezuela's crisis has been marked by corruption, hyperinflation, one of the world's highest homicide rates, food and medicine shortages and the …
Jair Bolsonaro Brazil feels pressure over Amazon deforestation dataReuters - Reuters EditorialBrazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a news conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Business Brazil kicks off complex U.S. trade deal talksReuters - By Anthony BoadleBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has begun negotiating a trade agreement with the United States, the South American country's economy minister said on Wednesday, kicking off knotty talks between longstanding
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