Brazil’s Itau Unibanco first-quarter net profit up 14.6%
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Brazil’s biggest private bank, reported on Monday first-quarter recurring net profit up 14.6%…
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Brazil’s ride-hailing app 99 aims to double electric cars within a year
By Andre Romani SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian ride-hailing app 99 is planning to more than double the number of…
Red metal rising: Argentina sets lofty sights on global copper top 10
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina, known better for its Malbec than its mining, has its sights set…
Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution,…
Migrants stranded on Chile-Peru border repatriated to Venezuela
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated…
At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall; shooter killed by police
By Brad Brooks and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others…
No harmful chemical levels in air after Shell Texas chemical plant fire, company says
(Reuters) – Air monitoring around an extinguished fire at the Shell Plc’s chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas, showed no…
U.S. to finalize rule to limit asylum access at Mexico border by May 11
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will finalize by May 11 a new regulation that will deny asylum to…
Paraguay president-elect commits to ‘strengthen’ ties with Taiwan
Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Pena, said on Friday that he would continue to strengthen his country’s “historic ties” with Taiwan following…
Venezuelan opposition party replaces Guaido as candidate
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in…