The Latest Breaking News from Latin America

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz begins a Latin American tour on Saturday, during which he will become the first Western leader to meet Brazilian President Lula since the latter's inauguration.

Jan. 20-26, 2023

Committee to Protect Journalist reports region accounted for almost half of the 67 deaths worldwide

The US administration launched Thursday a new program to receive refugees from all over the world, inviting ordinary Americans to directly sponsor the arrival of thousands of displaced people into their communities. The administration targeted 125,000 refugees for the current fiscal year, including Ukrainians, Afghans, and refugees from Latin America…

SAN DIEGO — This week the Padres announced they signed a teenage catcher from Venezuela, Ethan Salas, who is Baseball America's top-ranked prospect in this year's international amateur class.

Jan. 13-19, 2023

MELI stock has gained momentum in a rough market as the largest e-commerce company in Latin America continues to excel.

Latin America's largest gold mine is at the centre of a contentious debate. The Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic produces nearly 50 percent of the country's gold. But fifty years of industrial mining have transformed the once-isolated village of Cotui into a massive open-air mine. And the expansion…

From 2016 to the end of 2021, 455 journalists were killed for their work or while on the job. Eighty-six journalists died in 2022 alone – that’s one death every four days – which is a “significant increase” from 55 killings in 2021. Latin America and the Caribbean were the…