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Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:28:00 GMT
Mexico launches bid to host 2036 Olympic Games
Mexico has submitted a bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympic Games. If that option is not possible then the Latin American country is also open to being awarded the 2040 competition.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:14:00 GMT
Uruguay successfully issues US$ 1,5 billion "green linked bond," with US$ 3,96 billon demand
On Friday October 20, Uruguay issued its first sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), with a step-down mechanism that is activated if it reaches certain environmental targets. The purpose is to align the country’s sovereign debt ...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay teams, winners of IDB Development Initiative
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the four winners of the fifth Superheroes of Development contest, which rewards creative and innovative solutions used in development projects financed by the IDB, IDB Invest ...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT
CELAC FMs call for joint connection with the rest of the world
Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires Wednesday issued a statement calling for the consolidation of regional unity while deepening strategies for joint approaches rega...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:59:00 GMT
All COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Peru
Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced the lifting of the state of emergency declared amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as all sanitary restrictions imposed thereby.

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:24:00 GMT
ECLAC's 39th session gets underway in Buenos Aires
Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Monday opened the United Nations agency's 39th session in Buenos Aire...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:04:00 GMT
One inmate dies in yet another prison riot in Ecuador
At least one inmate was killed and two others were injured Monday in yet a new prison riot in Ecuador, the National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) reported.

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Moody's: Major devaluation of Mexican peso forecast
According to the credit rating agency Moody's, a devaluation of around 20% of the Mexican peso against the US dollar would be imminent and might take place later this year or in early 2023, it was reported.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:47:00 GMT
Costa Rica on brink of joining Pacific Alliance
Costa Rica may soon be joining the Pacific Alliance after the organization's Council of Ministers Thursday approved the Central American country's request to begin negotiations to join the regional bloc, it was reported.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Falklands/Malvinas: Ecuador Legislative overwhelmingly votes in support of Argentina's claims
Ecuador's one House Legislative Assembly overwhelmingly voted on Wednesday in support of Argentina and “its battle in defense of Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime and insular spacesâ€...



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