News of american

BP venture eyes investment to make green jet fuel in Argentina

Yesterday 11:40 The Pan American Energy Group is mulling an investment to make clean jet fuel at its refinery outside Buenos Aires.

Latin America

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.

MULTILATERAL FUNDING

Latin American development bank announces US$3.8 billion in aid

14-10-2024 11:57 Ilan Goldfajn, head of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) voices clear support for President Javier Milei’s reforms and quest for fiscal balance.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Paul Singer is pitching Wall Street's own brand of MAGA

25-06-2024 12:06 Over the past decade, business figures led by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer have poured nearly US$200 million into a New York think tank that’s now projecting its own vision for Trump’s America.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Oil driller PAE pitches investors on global bond deal

22-04-2024 21:11 Pan American Energy, one of Argentina’s largest crude exporters, is meeting with investors this week to gauge demand for a global bond sale.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

US tourist found dead in Los Glaciares national park

02-12-2023 16:55 Four-day search and rescue mission for Neha Malla, 40, ends unsuccessfully after American tourist’s body is found Laguna de las Mellizas, in Los Glaciares National Park.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Do-or-die mentality ensures La Scaloneta retains necessary intensity

14-09-2023 11:32 Argentina approach every match as if the fate of the world hung on its outcome, and that furious mentality – and no little class – saw them through a potentially tricky start to their World Cup title defence.

by Dan Edwards

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Messi back as 2026 World Cup qualifiers kick off

06-09-2023 09:47 Lionel Messi returns to international duty with Argentina this week as South America's long qualifying road to the 2026 World Cup kicks off on Thursday.

Economy

Argentina's reserves fall to 17-year low after US$2.6-billion payment to IMF

01-08-2023 16:28 Argentina's Central Bank reserves drop to 2006 levels, raising currency devaluation concerns amid high inflation and an upcoming recession.

Bloomberg

Pan American Energy joins oil industry’s push into lithium

08-07-2023 14:26 Top crude exporter Pan American Energy Group plans to start exploring for lithium in the latest case of oil and gas producers joining the rush for the battery metal in a pivot away from fossil fuels.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Ibero-American Summit: Leaders sign deal on LatAm food crisis, migration

26-03-2023 17:53 Leaders at Ibero-American Summit commit to fight food insecurity in Latin America, improve migration controls and negotiate more financial support for the region's struggling economies.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Surprise as Ibero-American Summit opens with Maduro in tow

25-03-2023 09:26 XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government gets underway in Santo Domingo; President Alberto Fernández among those in attendance, while officials announce Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will also be making a surprise visit to the Dominican Republic.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Inter-American court to hear first abortion rights case

22-03-2023 11:26 Woman, identified as "Beatríz", squaring off against El Salvador for case on the legality of denying access to abortion services

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

US-Argentine researcher Luis Caffarelli wins Abel Prize for maths

22-03-2023 11:00 Prestigious Abel Prize for Mathematics awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli. An expert in "partial differential equations," he is the first South American-born mathematician to win the prestigious Norwegian prize.

REGIONAL OUTLOOK

IDB predicts 'difficult' 2023 for Latin America

20-03-2023 10:49 Latin America and the Caribbean will experience a "difficult" 2023 with barely one percent growth due to global uncertainty, Inter-American Development Bank warns.

CHURCH ABUSES

Pope tells LatAm Church to ‘prioritise’ sexual abuse fight

14-03-2023 17:21 Pope Francis sends message to special congress in Latin America, calling on religious leaders to "prioritise" the battle against sexual abuses and acknowledging that the "mishandling" of such cases represents a "clear danger" to the Catholic Church.

INTERVIEW

Todesca Bocco, Argentina's candidate for IDB chief, calls for its ‘transformation’

17-11-2022 16:17 Cecilia Todesca Bocco, Argentina's Secretary for International Economic Relations and candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), outlines her vision for the institution.

Inter-American Development Bank

Argentina nominates Cecilia Todesca Bocco for IDB chair

14-11-2022 14:09 Argentina’s government proposes International Economic Relations Secretary Cecilia Todesca Bocco as its pick for the next head of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB/BID).

Inter-American Development Bank

Latin America bank to consider five candidates for chief

13-11-2022 12:13 There are five candidates in race to become new chief for the Inter-American Development Bank, a key financial institution for the region.