Penske, pals to wait and seeIndianapolis Star, United States - 42 minutes agoThe other companies are in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Brazil. Penske declined to predict Castroneves' future in driving the No. …Helio Castroneves pleads not guilty Los Angeles TimesHandcuffed and shackled, Castroneves pleads innocent to tax evasion AFPDriver Castroneves pleads innocent in tax case The [...]
Six out of 10 people in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil have said they depend more on security outside the due process of law given the high crime rate and corrupt law enforcement in their countries, says a recent report quoted by the EFE news agency.
al on a variety of charges including corruption in office, a political consulting group said Thursday. The group, Congresso em Foco, found that 86 of the 178 candidates running for top city office in …
Hundreds of penguins have been returned to their native territory in the south Atlantic ocean by an air force plane after being found along Brazil's coast. Every year penguins make their way north fr…
(RTTNews) - Bolivian President Evo Morales has rejected a request from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for conducting a narcotic surveillance flight over Bolivia, reported the country's state …
ASUNCION — Juan Jesús Martínez Espinoza, presunto líder en Sudamérica del cartel del estado mexicano de Sinaloa pero detenido en Paraguay, dijo la noche del viernes que d…
Gov. Charlie Crist on Oct. 3 discussed Florida’s collaborative efforts on international trade, alternative energy and environmental preservation with officials from Latin America and the Caribbe…
. Argentine and Chilean also shed earlier advancers after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bush Administration's plan to take bad mortgage- related assets off the books of financial fi…
LA PAZ, Oct 3 (IPS) - Peasant farmers in 42 villages along the Zongo valley in western Bolivia stand by and watch as the flourishing electricity industry harnesses the swift-flowing river while, parad…
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (IPS) - The policies of the George W. Bush administration lag behind public opinion on a host of issues relating to Latin America, according to a new poll of likely voters across the…
It was the tournament's second-biggest margin of victory since the competition started being organised by Fifa in 1989, behind Brazil's 29-2 win against Guatemala in 2000. Falcao, Fifa's world player …
Brazil's Bovespa fell 3.5% to 44,528.21, after climbing more than 3% during the session. Mexico's IPC declined 4% to 22,989.50. Argentine and Chilean also shed earlier advancers after the U.S. Hous…
Posted on: Friday, 3 October 2008, 12:00 CDT IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has opened three new Global Delivery Centers in Argentina, entailing a US million investment over ten years. IBM a…
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency reduced the number of exploration and production concession blocks scheduled to be auctioned at the so-called 10th round scheduled for December. The ANP, as the a…
Posted on: Friday, 3 October 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report by prominent Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color website on 1 October [Article by political analyst Roque Gonzalez Vera: "The Agreements Signe…
The global financial crisis sparkled by the US mortgage debacle has prompted the Central Bank of Brazil to adopt a new measure in order to increase the volume of funds available in the market. Changes…
President Evo Morales has rejected a US request to fly anti-narcotics missions over Bolivia, state media has reported. The Bolivian Information Agency said Mr Morales told officials to deny a reque…
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President Evo Morales has rejected a US request to fly anti-narcotics missions over Bolivia, state media has reported. The Bolivian Information Agency said Mr Morales told officials to deny a reque…
IBM Invests US Million in Argentina Over a Ten Year Period in New Global Delivery Centers and in the Extension of Its Virtual IT Campus; the New Centers Join a Network Including Centers in Chile, P…
Latin America's fastest economic expansion in 30 years may be coming to an end as the global credit crunch stunts investment and squeezes demand for the region's commodities."We're in a serious econom…
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian stocks are heading higher after steep losses a day earlier brought on by concerns that a U.S. bailout plan won't prevent a global economic slowdown. Sao Paulo's Ibov…
Despite these tough economic times, Latin America and Caribbean nations can expect to see more trade with Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday.Touting the importance of trade and the need for more …
Russia have got off to a flying start at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008. In their opening game against Cuba, Oleg Ivanov's charges proved with a convincing 10-5 victory that they are one …
Glanders Case in Brazil Causes Rescheduling of Event, Transport …TheHorse.com, KY - 14 hours agoThe change was announced earlier this week to give competing horses based in Europe sufficient time to travel to Brazil. European authorities planned to …
(NYSE: GGB), the Brazilian-based parent company of Gerdau Ameristeel. He has agreed to entry of a final judgment that will prohibit him from being an officer or director of a public company for five y…
Buenos Aires, October 03, SPA — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez announced Thursday that Brazil and Argentina will no longer require bilateral trade to be in U.S. dollars, saying trade in their…
JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic One of the few real alternatives and a definite highlight amid the corporate blandness of Lollapalooza 2008, New York City's Brazilian Girls took the stage early on Sund…
Brazil's 'less is more' approach allowing the beaches, climate, cuisine and locals to speak for themselves is what attracted Richard and Nicola Hobday, both 38 from Surrey, to buy their first overseas…
SAO PAULO, Brazil The U.S. Embassy said Thursday that it is encouraging Brazil to buy Boeing-built F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets one of three models selected by Latin America's largest …
Chilean Representative of the Foreign Ministry Carlos Furche on Thursday urged Latin America to promote regional integration and raise economic exchanges with countries from the Asia-Pacific region. A…
The Bolivian government will not allow the aircraft of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to fly over the country, President Evo Morales announced Thursday. Addressing a project-launching ceremo…
Brazil and the European Union are going o promote their second joint summit on December 22, in Rio de Janeiro, to discuss and expand the strategic partnership launched in 2007, in Lisbon, during the P…
Brazil's industrial production saw a 1.3% reduction in August compared with the previous month, according to the Monthly Industrial Survey, disclosed this Thursday, October 2, by the IBGE (Brazili…
Brazil's state-owned or controlled companies were sailing on calm waters in the first eight months this year while the United States crisis was spreading across the world. Up until August 2008, th…
Countries in Europe, like Italy, France, Portugal and Spain are the main buyers of necklaces, rings, earrings and bracelets made by Click-Brazil out of seeds of the Amazon and Brazilian stones. Now th…
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Christopher McMullen visited Paraguay Thursday as part of Washington's efforts to recover its influence in South America. Accord…
Buenos Aires - The US mortgage and credit crisis is sending shivers down the spines of most of the world. But some in Latin America - the traditional "backyard" of the United States - are looking for …
Half the candidates running for mayor throughout Brazil are on trial on a variety of charges including corruption in office. Eighty six of the 178 candidates running for top city office in Brazil's…
a barrel. Citigroup on Thursday cut Brazilian energy stocks to underweight, citing near- term economic risks and resilience in the U.S. dollar as economic figures from
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Juan Jesus Martinez Espinosa, the alleged Mexican drug-ring leader, was arrested in Paraguay's capital of Asuncion, the national anti-drug (Senad) department said Thur…
Brazil and China should make concerted efforts to explore more potential areas of bilateral cooperation, Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar said Wednesday. In an interview with Xinhua and the Peopl…
Vital Voices of the Americas: Women as a Bridge to a More Prosperous Future. A Leadership Summit & Training Program for Women, October 5-8, 2008 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC …
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO–(Marketwire - October 2, 2008) - Salvador Imaging, Inc. today announced that a group of investors led by David Gardner, Salvador Imaging's founder and current President, has ac…
Portugal opened their Brazil 2008 campaign with a hard-fought win over Paraguay, edging the South Americans by the odd goal in five. Once again, the crowd at Rio's Maracanazhino arena were treate…
Brazil scored 21 times without reply against Solomon Islands to consolidate their position at the Group A summit. The victory was the second biggest in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, surpassed only by…
Illustration by Claudio Munoz IF ANALOGIES with the Great Depression are scary for Americans, they are hardly less so for Latin Americans. Within a few years of the 1929 stockmarket crash, 16 governme…
SÃO PAULO, Brazil : As the U.S. financial crisis was gathering speed, the president of Brazil seemed dismissive, almost gleeful, about the troubles up north. "What crisis?" said the president, L…
LA PAZ — El gobierno de Alemania donará a Bolivia 23 millones de euros (31,7 millones de dólares) para diversos proyectos sociales, informó la Cancillería.El país …
This weekend Repsol will begin operations at its Panoramix prospect offshore Brazil in block BM-S-48. The block is located approximately 120 kilometers off the coast of Sao Paulo. Repsol will be usin…