News of americas

Bresh plans LA office, private equity partnership for more global growth

19-09-2024 13:58 Entertainment company born in Buenos Aires is partnering with a private equity group to launch Bresh Global and push for expansion.

Football & business

Miami football hub expands as FIFA's Infantino follows Messi to US

27-08-2024 09:49 FIFA is expanding in an upscale Miami enclave as its president relocates ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Oh my Americas, the forgotten land

17-08-2024 07:47 Whether it’s energy, or minerals, lithium and copper, certainly food (think soy and wheat), Latin America should be the go-to arena for the wider world, not some afterthought.

by David Smith

POLITICS

Milei again rules out devaluation of peso in Council of Americas speech

14-08-2024 18:20 President Javier Milei defends his government and rules out devaluation of the peso in speech at a Council of the Americas forum.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei disagreements, Bolivia drama marks start of OAS general assembly

26-06-2024 23:22 Organisation of American States began a hectic general assembly in Asunción on Wednesday, marked by the attempted coup in Bolivia and new disagreements with President Javier Milei's Argentina.

HEALTH

Latin America, Caribbean set for record dengue season

29-03-2024 09:00 Across Latin America and the Caribbean, regional health authorities have already tallied more than 3.5 million cases and a thousand deaths due to the dengue virus.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Biden’s top Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez to step down

14-02-2024 21:29 Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to US President Joe Biden and the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere, will depart his post in mid-March.

PRESIDENT MILEI: REACTION

Governments in Americas congratulate Milei on election triumph

19-11-2023 22:09 Presidents, prime ministers and political leaders across the Americas offer congratulations to Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Biden gathers leaders from across Americas to deepen ties

31-10-2023 12:53 The White House envisions the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity as a platform that sees leaders meet every couple years and ministers work in between, according to senior administration officials. The session on Friday will concentrate on deepening trade and financial relationships.

ELECTION 2023

Presidential frontrunners make case to business community

24-08-2023 21:19 Milei and Bullrich vow not to take Argentina into BRICS as they outline economic programmes; Massa opts for scare tactics, warning of threat of libertarian frontrunner.

Sports

Messi scores twice as Miami crush Atlanta

26-07-2023 14:20 Lionel Messi's two-goal spectacle in Inter Miami's 4-0 win against Atlanta United showcases his seamless adaptation and elevates the team's Leagues Cup aspirations.

FOOTBALL

'Messi mania' takes hold of Miami

13-07-2023 11:34 'Messi-mania' strikes Miami as anticipation builds ahead of Lionel Messi's move to the United States and MLS.

Geopolitics

Máximo in Beijing and the concept of ‘gestión’

03-06-2023 06:59 While Massa’s hyperactive pragmatism allows him to concentrate on the immediate need for hard currency, Máximo’s supposed geopolitical vision attempts to push Argentina closer to China and therefore away from the United States in the grand chessboard of global politics.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Lithium in Latin America

Emerging lithium supplier Argentina says it’s close to US deal under IRA

24-05-2023 09:41 Argentina, one of the world’s fastest-growing lithium producers, says it could soon gain access to the US market.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Edward Porter: What Xi Jinping wants in Latin America

28-04-2023 11:29 China is not interested in turbocharging the region’s industrial development. But neither are its investments seeking to challenge the United States.

ARGENTINA-UNITED STATES RELATIONS

US general visits Southern Cone, Patagonia and lithium on agenda

28-04-2023 10:47 Chief of United States Southern Command Laura Jane Richardson meets up with top brass in Argentina and Chile during a regional visit. Participating in military exercises in Punta Arenas, US general focuses on lithium and confronts the Polo Logístico Antártico in Ushuaia whose financing bothers Washington.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

CELAC SUMMIT 2023

President slams 'fascist right wing' in CELAC summit speech

24-01-2023 15:42 President Alberto Fernandez slams region's "recalcitrant and fascist right wing" as he formally opened the seventh CELAC summit in Buenos Aires.

BRAZIL IN TURMOIL

Pope cites Brazil in critique of political crises in Americas

09-01-2023 21:48 Argentine pontiff cites "various countries of the Americas where political crises are laden with tensions and forms of violence that exacerbate social conflicts."