Security
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB, Latin America's largest soft-drink maker, will end 2008 with investment spending of about $330 million, lower than its $500 million target at the beginning of the year, as economies in the region slow.
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The United States has decided to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia because its president, Evo Morales, has failed to improve his country’s efforts to combat drug traffickers, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The Mexican Senate approved legislation on Thursday intended to reverse a decline in production by the state-owned oil monopoly Pemex, but analysts said the measures would not go far enough.
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
Tensions between Brazil and Paraguay, already high because of land invasions of Brazilian-controlled farms inside Paraguay, intensified this week after Brazil’s army began exercises in the border region.
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The Ambassador participated at the seminar “AmCham: 90 Years Promoting Commercial ties between Chile and the United States.”
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
Los lideres de la oposicion advirtieron ayer que no le resultara facil al gobierno aprobar el proyecto de ley para la reestatizacion del sistema de pensiones argentino tal cual fue enviado al Congreso
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
El banco central paraguayo vendio a las casas de cambio en los ultimos 23 dias unos 206 millones de dolares para frenar el alza de la cotizacion de la divisa estadounidense a fin de evitar una escalada de precios
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The region is affected by global downturn, but more prepared this time thanks to greater foreign reserves and less external debt.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 12:23
Today, a Bolivian delegation made up of prominent government officials and business leaders is in Washington. They will testify in a public hearing hosted by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) about the economic benefits of the Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Elimination Act (ATPDEA), an arrangement that gives several Bolivian products preferential access to the U.S. market.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 00:00
At least two indigenous protesters died during marches earlier this week. The government says tests show they were killed when a home-made bomb exploded