By Luana Maria Benedito and Gabriel Burin SAO PAULO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank is set to keep its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday for the last time in a policy hold period that began last year, according to a Reuters poll of economists who expect the first rate reduction to come soon….
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez has resigned from his post to compete for the ruling party’s candidacy in next year’s presidential elections, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. Lopez Obrador said during a regular press conference that the interior minister had resigned the day before. Lopez later confirmed his…
By Philip Pullella and Cristiano Corvino ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis was discharged from hospital on Friday morning, nine days after surgery to repair an abdominal hernia, and his doctor said he was stronger than before. The 86-year-old pontiff left Rome’s Gemelli hospital in a wheelchair, smiling and waving to reporters and well-wishers at the main…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico and the European Union agreed to quickly finalize an updated free trade deal, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday in a post on social media after meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Both sides aim to sign a deal by the end of the year, according…
(Reuters) – A judge in Argentina sent arrest warrants to Interpol for four Lebanese men suspected of involvement in the 1994 truck bomb attack on a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, local and international media reported on Thursday. Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the warrants for the four suspects, three…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase urged a federal judge to reject the U.S. Virgin Islands’ demand that Chief Executive Jamie Dimon sit for a second deposition for its lawsuit about the bank’s long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter made public on Thursday, the largest U.S. bank said Dimon made…
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Top food producer Brazil will start stocking up on food staples, a government agency said on Thursday, as the leftist administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes good on last year’s campaign trail promise to curb food inflation. In a bid to increase public storage capacity,…
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican farmers on Thursday ended a protest at an airport in the northern state of Sinaloa and agreed to meet with the local governor after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not negotiate with the demonstrators. Baltazar Valdez, president of the United Farm Workers of Sinaloa,…
CARACAS (Reuters) -The president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council Pedro Calzadilla on Thursday announced he would resign along with seven other members, ahead of a 2024 presidential election. The country’s opposition has long alleged that the council is biased toward President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling party. A majority of the council’s 15 members, including Calzadilla and…
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 0.31% in April compared with the same month last year, the government’s INEI statistics agency said on Thursday, nevertheless landing below analysts’ expectations. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast growth of 1.5% increase, after a 0.22% rise recorded in March. The increase marks the second consecutive…
