South/Central America

Amazon and Vrio to Challenge Starlink with Satellite Internet Launch in South America by 2025

Amazon and Vrio plan to deploy 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites to provide broadband internet to South American countries, directly competing with Elon Musk's Starlink.


US Sanctions Former Exxon Contractor, Public Official in Guyana Over Alleged Fraud and Bribery

The US has sanctioned a Guyanese mining mogul over accusations of tax fraud and bribery...

TSA Issues Apology for Unannounced Cuban Delegation Visit to Miami Airport

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) apologized to the officials of Miami after its agents gave a tour to a delegation from Cuba, currently a regional adversary of the United States...

Walmart Plans to Invest $700 Million in Guatemala Over the Next 5 Years

Walmart plans to invest around $700 million in Guatemala over the next five years...


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BlackRock to buy Mexican fund tied to scandal-hit contractor
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world's largest asset manager, has agreed to buy a Mexican infrastructure investment fund that financed projects for a contractor at the center of a scandal which embroiled
Brazil billionaire Lemann studies bid for Diageo: report
Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and his partners in private equity firm 3G Capital are considering a potential bid for Diageo PLC, the world's largest producer of spirits, the Brazilian newsw
China's Premier Li sees growth of 7.0 percent in 2015
China's economy is expected to grow at 7.0 percent this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday. Speaking at the headquarters of the United Nations' Latin American arm ECLAC in Chilean capital
Brazil's Levy says budget freeze adequate, worried about revenue
Brazilian Finance Minister Joaquim Levy said on Monday that the size of the budget freeze announced last week was "adequate," but he expressed concern about the forecast for government revenues this y
Brazil's BTG Pactual, P2 sell energy company to SunEdison
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual SA (BPAC3.SA) and its partners P2Brasil and GMR Energia jointly sold 100 percent of renewable energy company Latin America Power (LAP) to SunEdison, BTG and P2 sa
Ford Venezuela to sell pickups, SUVs in dollars: union
The Venezuela division of Ford Motor Co (F.N) will sell pickups and sport utility vehicles in dollars, a union leader said on Wednesday, part of a deal with the government to restart operations stalle
Brazil's Oi rethinks Unitel stake sale as Angola relations warm
Brazilian telecom group Oi SA (OIBR3.SA) is reconsidering the sale of its African assets as relations improve with an estranged partner, Chief Executive Bayard Gontijo said on Monday.
BTG Pactual sees $1.15 billion gain from Rede D'Or stake sale
Grupo BTG Pactual SA (BBTG11.SA) could book a net gain of about 3.5 billion reais ($1.15 billion) when the recent sale of a stake in Brazilian hospital chain Rede D'Or São Luiz SA is completed, Chief
Chipotle goes GMO-free in first for fast-food sector
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc on Monday said the 46 ingredients used in its roughly 1,800 restaurants were now free of genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major U.S. restaurant chain to ma
Petrobras tries to turn page on corruption, talks oil
Executives at Brazil's Petrobras on Thursday sought to move on from a giant corruption scandal that has plagued the state-run oil company, outlining a back-to-basics recovery plan that left some inves
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