South/Central America

Taiwan Seeks US Funding as Chinese Warplanes Slowly Approach the Country

Taiwan's military engages in talks with the United States over newly allocated funding following reports of Chinese military aircraft breaching the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait.


Brazil Judge Opens Inquiry Into Elon Musk for Alleged Obstruction of Justice

A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has launched an investigation into Elon Musk for alleged obstruction of justice...

Mayor of Medellin, Colombia Bans Prostitution After American Man Caught With 2 Local Underage Girls in Hotel Room

The mayor of Medellin, the second-largest city in Colombia, has banned prostitution in some of the city's most popular places for six months...

Donald Trump Reacts to Mexico President's $20 Billion Demand From Joe Biden, Says AMLO Has Little Respect for Biden

Former President Donald Trump has reacted to Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's demand for $20 billion a year from the Biden administration in exchange for help to halt the surge of ille..


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Financing the Venture Capital Ecosystem—Day #1 in Lima, Peru
Entrepreneurs and investors speak about the need and urgency to increase investment and Scale Up start-up communities in their countries. Yet when it's time to invest capital, the culture of risk impe
Apple to sell iPhone 5s at $1,169 in first Latin America store
Apple will be offering a no-contract iPhone 5s for $1,169 when it debuts its first store in Latin America, marking the most expensive price for its iPhones, Bloomberg reported.
Amazon tests Brazil's retail jungle with its Kindle
Amazon Inc. started selling its Kindle online in Brazil on Friday, expanding from ebooks into retail for the first time in Latin America's biggest and most challenging ecommerce market.
Big-name mutual funds in Wall Street suffer a decline in emerging markets
Mutual funds managed by the biggest names in Wall Street like BlackRock, Brevan Howard and T. Rowe Price, are showing poor performance with the decline in the emerging markets, an analysis from Reuter
Canadian Pension fund to open Sao Paul office in April to bolster real estate and infrastructure investments
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board will be opening an office in Brazil in April to bolster its investments in the real estate and infrastructure sectors, Reuters reported.
Regulators strips off accreditation of private equity-backed university in Chile
Chilean regulators have removed the accreditation of Universidad de las Americas, a university owned by Laureate Education where the honorary chancellor is former President Bill Clinton, Bloomberg rep
Woodbridge International Opens Office in Santiago, Chile
Woodbridge International, a global mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in middle-market companies, announced the opening of its new office in Santiago, Chile. Senior M&A Advisors Giorgio Olivar
Innovation firm 3M backs Chile-based Lixivia
Innovation company 3M has supported Chilean firm Lixivia. The investment was made through 3M's New Ventures Business but terms of the deal were not disclosed.
San Diego-based Origo Ventures receives $1M CORFO grant
San Diego-based venture capital fund Origo Ventures secured a grant worth $1 million from the investment arm of the Chilean government called CORFO. Proceeds will be used to invest in promising startu
Emerging market private equity investors still drawn to China- FT
China will continue to attract private equity investors of emerging markets, according to Paul Fletcher of Actis and Sev Vettivetpillai of Abraaj in their talk with Peter Vanham of Financial Times blo
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