By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The police showed up two days after a Catholic clergyman at a church near the Nicaraguan capital Managua delivered a Sunday sermon in May that included a prayer “for our priests.” The officers played an audio clip of the prayer and warned: These kinds of things are…
By Daina Beth Solomon and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. sees some progress on an energy dispute with Mexico, although “deep-seated” concerns persist, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday shortly before talks in Mexico with top Mexican and Canadian trade officials. The U.S. and Canada demanded dispute settlement talks over energy…
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Ivan Marquez, the well-known leader of a faction of former FARC rebels who returned to arms after a peace deal with Colombia’s government, has died in Venezuela, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Though most members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) demobilized…
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Official results from Guatemala’s first-round presidential election late last month will be released next week, the country’s electoral court announced on Thursday, following a extended delay triggered by challenges from parties. A court spokesperson told Reuters that final results in the presidential race from the June 25 vote did not change….
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday replaced his tourism minister, the first cabinet reshuffle of his administration, as he seeks to shore up support for his political agenda from a powerful bloc of lawmakers. Tourism minister Daniela Carneiro will be replaced by federal lawmaker Celso Sabino from the Uniao…
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Florida will no longer accept driver’s licenses issued by some other U.S. states to immigrants living in the country illegally under a law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Florida law, which took effect on July 1, is “the strongest anti-illegal immigration…
By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is planning to introduce new regulations on courier shipments of food, medicine and other products in an effort to raise more taxes, one government and two private sector sources said on Thursday. So-called “door-to-door” courier services are used by some retailers to bring in goods…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Chinese company ByteDance, which owns short-video company TikTok, on Thursday said it will launch a new music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia, as it tries to become a player in that market. The initiative is a new attempt by ByteDance, as the company in a statement said it will stop…
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s central bank is set to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 97% in the near term with optimism that monthly inflation will slowly ease, two bank sources said on Thursday, a boost for the government ahead of primary elections next month. The South American nation has annual…
By Amruta Khandekar and Siddarth S (Reuters) – Foreign hedge funds have been lapping up Argentinian equities at cheap valuations in anticipation of a change in political regime and given sky-high inflation, pushing the country’s benchmark stock index to a record high. Argentina’s S&P MerVal index has more than doubled in the first six months…
