News of central america

Rubio lays down ultimatum to Panama over canal

03-02-2025 09:28 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes real on Donald Trump's threats and warns President José Raúl Mulino he must make immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the Panama canal.

CENTRAL AMERICA

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife

31-01-2025 14:58 Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo consolidate their absolute command of power in Nicaragua – as president and “co-president,” they will control all branches of government and civil society, according to the troubled nation's latest constitutional reform.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Brazil Central Bank daces self-inflicted crisis

17-06-2024 11:57 Brazil’s Central Bank is facing an emergency of its own making that threatens to sabotage years of deft policy making and credibility gains.

EL SALVADOR

El Salvador's Bukele sworn-in for second term as Milei watches on

01-06-2024 17:42 El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele sworn in for a second term with Argentina's Javier Milei among the guests in attendance.

HEALTH

Puerto Rico declares health emergency over dengue

25-03-2024 21:21 Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency over dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that has surged throughout the Americas this year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil’s economic activity caps 2023 with better-than expected growth

19-02-2024 14:05 Brazil’s economy grew more than expected in December, indicating activity is still showing some resilience to high interest rates as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva readies higher government spending.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Five Argentine tourists killed in Mexico road crash

19-02-2024 11:37 Five Argentine tourists and a Mexican citizen died in the tourist state of Quintana Roo in southeastern Mexico Sunday in a road-traffic accident.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil inflation accelerated in August to 4.61%

12-09-2023 14:54 Brazil’s inflation rate rises for second straight month in the wake of trimming of rates by central bank, but food prices decrease.

JAVIER MILEI INTERVIEW

Milei says he’d reject ‘assassin’ China, take Argentina out of Mercosur

16-08-2023 22:04 Presidential frontrunner doesn’t want to engage with leftists; Diana Mondino to run foreign ministry if president, Milei says.

News of central america

Rubio lays down ultimatum to Panama over canal

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife

Brazil Central Bank daces self-inflicted crisis

El Salvador's Bukele sworn-in for second term as Milei watches on

Puerto Rico declares health emergency over dengue

Brazil’s economic activity caps 2023 with better-than expected growth

Five Argentine tourists killed in Mexico road crash

Brazil inflation accelerated in August to 4.61%

Milei says he’d reject ‘assassin’ China, take Argentina out of Mercosur

Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunamis

US judge orders Argentina’s Economy Minister to turn over YPF texts

Milei receives Trump’s Homeland Security czar for a Visa Waiver Program agreement

Lower export duties: the government seeks farm dollars to tame the rising greenback

The secrets of Leonardo Scatturice, Milei’s lobbyist in Washington

Mar del Plata: encontraron una bolsa con inscripciones chinas en el mar a más de 1.200 metros de profundidad

Cúneo Libarona le ofreció sus contactos judiciales, políticos y mediáticos a un exespía americano y la oposición exige su renuncia

Alerta por tsunami: las olas ya llegaron a Perú y en Chile evacuaron al menos a 1 millón y medio de personas

Alerta de tsunami en Chile, Ecuador y Perú por sismo de 8,8 en Rusia: ¿cuánto demora en llegar una ola tras un terremoto?

Japón recibió las primeras olas del tsunami tras el terremoto en Rusia: hay dos millones de personas evacuadas