Latin America

Latin America

  • Latin American delegation of representatives from trade unions, indigenous movements and NGOs, as well as environmentalists, human rights defenders and local community members, hold up signs as they demonstrate for more justice in EU-Latin American economic relations in front of the European Headquarters in Brussels on November 18, 2009. Sign reads: 'Stop plundering in Latin America'.

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  • Mexico is pulling out of recession

    ...of international reserves helped contain the damage from the global financial crisis in Mexico and other countries across Latin America , said Luis Alberto Moreno , president of the Inter-American Development Bank."Latin America felt the full force of the... |more

  • Experian credit agency 1H profit down 4.5 percent

    ...half compared to $1.025 billion a year earlier."The revenue performance at constant exchange rates was driven by strength in Latin America and resilient performances elsewhere, notwithstanding the challenges caused by the weak economic environment," the company... |more

  • Principal financial insurance executive to retire

    ...$280.4 billion in assets under management and serves 18.6 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.Shares rose 36 cents, or 1.4 percent, to close at $27.12. They fell 34 cents in after-market... |more

  • Immigrants likelier to support smoking bans

    ...Health Organization , smoking is more prevalent in the U.S. than in most of Africa ; southeast Asia , excluding Indonesia ; and Latin America — including Mexico . Mexico is the most common country of origin for foreign-born Americans.Smokers were less likely... |more

  • GM says improved quarter shows signs of stability

    ...middle class is hungry for cars. GM earned $429 million before taxes and interest at its Asia Pacific unit, and $245 million in Latin America . It had lost $651 million before taxes in North America and $437 million in Europe.Coulter cautioned that losing... |more

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  • HCL opens centre in Brazil

    ...DELHI: HCL Technologies said it has opened a global IT development centre in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, to cater to clients across Latin America, North America and Europe. The centre, which compliments HCL's operations in Sao Paulo, is expected to hire over 300 engineers... 49 m ago |more

  • Boston Scientific to close Doral plant

    ...Boston Scientific is at least the third life sciences company to announce plans to ship jobs from South Florida to Latin America in the past year. BSN Medical disclosed in April that it was closing its FLA Orthopedics plant in Miramar, laying off 163 workers... 2:55 AM |more

  • China is dynamo of world economy: ECLAC

    ...the countries of this region, mainly with Mexico and the Central American nations," said Barcena. Trade between China and Latin America has grown tremendously, he noted. He said Mexico, for example, is beginning to see China as a partner rather than a... 2:44 AM |more

  • Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela!

    ...the North American empire," Chavez said at a meeting of leftist parties on Friday. "The Yankee empire is preparing for war in Latin America." Chavez said the flimsy foot bridges that were destroyed had been built illegally and used by smugglers. But Colombia's... 2:12 AM |more

  • Founder unlikely to attend SOA Watch

    ...his friends — were raped and killed by Salvadoran soldiers. The priest became an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Since then, he has spent more than four years in U.S. federal prisons for nonviolent protests against the training of... |more

About Latin America

Latin America (Portuguese/Spanish: América Latina) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages — those derived from Latin, namely Spanish, Portuguese and French — are officially or primarily spoken. Latin America is distinct from Anglo-America, a region of the Americas where English is spoken.

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