Hack the Favela: Brazilian fintech launches coding courses in vulnerable communities

São Paulo, Brazil – The speed with which the technology sector is expanding in Brazil attests to the fact...

April 13, 2023

Brazil’s jailed former Justice Minister asks to be released, citing mental health

São Paulo, Brazil – Lawyers for Anderson Torres, a former Justice Minister during the administration of...

April 12, 2023

Mexico launches Latin American initiative to battle inflation 

Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a virtual meeting in which 10...

April 11, 2023

Argentina sees worst Q1 for agricultural exports in 16 years due to drought

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina’s agricultural exports liquidated USD $2.800 billion from January to...

April 11, 2023

A look at Lula’s first 100 days in office in Brazil

Medellín, Colombia — After President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s historic re-election in October last...

April 10, 2023

Mexico ‘acquires’ 13 power plants from Iberdrola 

Mexico City, Mexico — Following its policy of national energy sovereignty, Mexico’s government last week...

April 10, 2023

Brazil’s Cerrado, the second largest biome after the Amazon, could lose almost 34% of its water by 2050

São Paulo, Brazil – The Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna in Brazil and the country’s second largest...

April 7, 2023

Bolsonaro testifies to Brazilian investigators in Saudi jewelry scandal

São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro gave a statement to the Federal Police on...

April 6, 2023

Mexican presidents urges China’s Xi Jinping to combat fentanyl trafficking

Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico’s president sent a letter to Chinese leader Xi Jinping urging him to help...

April 6, 2023

Brazil creates working group on violence in schools after 2 deadly attacks in 10 days

São Paulo, Brazil – After two violent attacks in 10 days that left a teacher and four children dead,...

April 6, 2023

Man kills 4 children, injures 5 at Brazil daycare center

São Paulo, Brazil – A 25-year-old man broke into a daycare center in Blumenau, in the southern Brazilian...

April 5, 2023

Anti-crime operation in Brazil’s Javari Valley off to slow start

São Paulo, Brazil – One month after Brazil’s government launched a major operation to combat illegal...

April 4, 2023

Former minister in Pedro Castillo’s cabinet captured

Lima, Peru — Geiner Alvarado, Peru’s former Minister of Housing and a man some have called President...

April 4, 2023

Peru’s Public Ministry raided homes of two former prime ministers 

Lima, Peru — Peru’s Public Ministry raided the homes of two former Prime Ministers of Pedro Castillo,...

April 4, 2023

Brazilian states take lead on medicinal cannabis legislation as federal government drags its feet

São Paulo, Brazil – Due to an increase in medical cannabis prescriptions, Brazilian states have passed...

April 4, 2023