Maduro and Lula hit out at US sanctions on Venezuela
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luis Inacio Lula de Silva on Monday assailed U.S. sanctions…
Latin America
Mexico to launch tender for 10 industrial parks in 15 days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico will in 15 days launch a public tender for the construction of 10 industrial parks…
Mexico rulers tipped to win historic state election as presidency race looms
By Dave Graham LOS REYES ACAQUILPAN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling party next month looks likely to seize one of…
Haiti’s deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence – report
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Violence by armed gangs has fallen “drastically” since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has…
Two killed in shootout between bikers in New Mexico
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) – Two people were killed and six wounded in a shootout during a motorcycle…
JPMorgan’s Dimon never met or communicated with Epstein -bank
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in a deposition on…
Mexican officials find 175 migrants in truck near southern border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern…
Brazil’s Haddad argues country is ready for interest rate cuts
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Friday said the country is about to enter a downward cycle…
EU to send human rights envoy to Cuba, but will not ‘impose’ demands
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – The European Union will send a special human rights envoy to Cuba this year…
Report of Argentina fraud probe sinks shares in dLocal
(Reuters) – Uruguayan fintech dLocal, the South American country’s first unicorn, saw its shares plummet on Friday, after Argentine news…