mexico election 2024 Milei silent as Alberto, Cristina congratulate Mexico’s next president 03-06-2024 12:40 At the time of writing, Argentina’s current President Javier Milei had yet to offer his congratulations to the new president-elect in Mexico.
MEXICO ELECTION 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum: 'Ice Lady' scientist breaking barriers in Mexico 29-05-2024 05:20 Dubbed the "Ice Lady" by her rivals, Claudia Sheinbaum – a cool-headed scientist with a PhD in energy engineering – is the favourite to become Mexico's first woman president.
MARKETS Argentina's stock market react with optimism to Milei election 21-11-2023 16:58 Stock market opens up by around 20% before easing off to gains of about 14% – strong reaction to election of new president-elect.
ELECTION 2023 Mexican President AMLO calls Milei a 'conservative fascist' 14-11-2023 13:55 Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador brands Argentina's libertarian president candidate Javier Milei a "conservative fascist" and criticises La Libertad Avanza leader's description of Pope Francis.
PRICE HIKES Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan 06-04-2023 16:01 New ‘Alianza de Países de América Latina y el Caribe contra la Inflación’ scheme will see 11 leftist nations adopt common strategies to tackle price hikes.
Renewable Energy Latin America to become renewable energy giant 11-03-2023 17:36 Report found that with upcoming large-scale clean-electricity projects in the next seven years Latin America is poised to become a major renewable energy producer.
UNREST IN PERU Peru judge extends ex-president Castillo's pre-trial detention to three years 10-03-2023 10:46 A Peruvian judge on Thursday extended former president of Peru Pedro Castillo's pre-trial detention to 36 months for "allegedly being the leader of a criminal organisation," the Supreme Court announced.
"PINK TIDE" Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left 24-02-2023 09:40 Spread as they are across the leftist spectrum. Latin American governments have failed to come up with a cohesive response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship.