Peru’s inflation rate dips slightly in May but still above forecast
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s inflation rate based on the metropolitan region of the capital Lima fell to 0.32% in May,…
Latin America
BRICS Summit will be held in Johannesburg, says South African minister
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The BRICS Summit of heads of state will be held in Johannesburg in August, Foreign Minister…
Petrobras eyes global expansion as Brazil hopes fade, sources say
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras may look abroad for future growth, two sources with knowledge…
Brazil’s Lula cuts losses after setbacks on environment and Indigenous front
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suffered a major defeat over…
Journalists to complete book on saving Amazon rainforest by murdered British writer
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – One year after British reporter Dom Phillips was murdered in Brazil while working on…
Brazil’s top court sentences ex-President Collor to prison for corruption
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s supreme court voted on Wednesday to sentence former President Fernando Collor de Mello to 8 years…
Argentina studies launch of a voluntary asset conversion operation
(Reuters) – Argentina’s economy ministry is analyzing the launch of a voluntary asset conversion operation, it said in a statement…
Bank of Mexico eyes ‘prolonged’ interest rate hold, higher growth
By Brendan O’Boyle and Isabel Woodford MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s central bank on Wednesday signaled it would hold the benchmark…
US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers’ rights at Draxton facility
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at a Draxton facility…
Argentina eases access to ‘morning after pill’, broadening reproductive rights
By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina will no longer require a prescription to obtain emergency contraception, commonly known…