Pedro Castillo, a leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor, on Wednesday became Peru’s new president.
The rural teacher who has never held political office before was sworn in less than two weeks after he was declared the winner of the June 6 runoff election. He is Peru’s first president of peasant origin....
Peru's currency tumbled to a record low on its largest daily decline in over seven years after new President Pedro Castillo appointed a member of his Marxist party as prime minister and did not yet name a finance minister, leaving the direction of policy and the economy uncertain....
After falling at the final hurdle for the third time running, Keiko Fujimori stands to lose a lot more than just her dream job: she may also be deprived of her freedom. Rightwing populist Fujimori finished with 49.87 percent of the votes, just a fraction behind the 50.12 percent that went to leftwing unionist Pedro Castillo......
Brazilian cement makers CSN Cimentos, a subsidiary of steelmaker CSN SA; Cimentos Mizu; and Cimento Apodi, in which Titan Cement International has a stake, are among the bidders for assets LafargeHolcim Ltd has put for sale, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, expects to generate $ 1 to $ 1.5 billion in revenue, saying people will disclose private talks on condition of anonymity.....
The British government reiterated on Monday that it recognises opposition figure Juan Guaido as Venezuela's president, a move aimed at quashing a bid by the Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London.....
Mexico’s president asserted his country’s right to send fuel to Cuba and said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions on the island were “inhumane,” after a diesel cargo shipped by Mexico’s state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos arrived in Cuba’s Havana port.....;
Driven by incentives and environmental concerns, farmers are choosing maize and wheat over what used to be Argentina’s star grain crop. This season, Argentina will plant the least amount of soy for a decade. Maize and wheat have begun to overshadow the oilseed, which has been grown less and less each year.....
If you want to open an account in Brazil, you’ll need a residence permit valid for at least 12 months. Once you have this, you’ll need to visit your bank with the following documents:....
Mexico's economy rebounded 19.7 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2021, buoyed by good performance across all sectors, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). Seasonally adjusted figures showed Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter compared to the previous, Inegi said in a statement, industrial activity rose 28.2 percent year on year, while the services sector grew 17.1 percent.....
Arriving on horseback and wearing the typical gaucho beret and boots, Argentines young and old spend the night bringing bulls, cows and calves to their respective pens. It's an age-old tradition at the Buenos Aires cattle market that dates back to 1889 when the southern Mataderos neighborhood was still fields. But a page is turning as by the end of the year, the 33-hectare Liniers cattle market will leave Buenos Aires for a new, modern installation 60 (40 miles) kilometers away in Canuelas.....
Peru was beset by the Lambda Covid variant. Initially reported in the capital, Lima, in August 2020, by April 2021 it accounted for 97 percent of all sequences in Peru....
In recent weeks, Chile has registered its lowest numbers of cases and hospitalizations of the pandemic, thanks to restrictive measures that have been adopted and the ongoing vaccination campaign.....
You know Frida Kahlo – of course you do. She is the most famous female artist of all time, and her image is instantly recognisable, and unavoidable. Lost or little-known works by the Mexican artist provide fresh insights on her life and work. Holly Williams explores the rarely seen art included in a new book of the complete paintings.....
For decades, researchers have proposed that climate change and human-caused environmental destruction led to demographic collapse on Chile's Easter Island (indigenous name "Rapa Nui') . That's probably false....,
