WTO in groundbreaking accord to eliminate agricultural subsidies
The World Trade Organization, or WTO, reached a groundbreaking accord Saturday which obliges developed countries to eliminate subsidies for their agricultural exports as requested by the least developed nations to…
Vultures with GoPros are helping clean up Peru
Sometimes the most genius ideas are the simplest. That seems to be the rule in Peru, where they’ve hit upon the perfect way to track down a burgeoning number of…
US, Cuba reach deal on restoring commercial flights
U.S. and Cuban officials reached agreement Thursday on restoring regular commercial flights between the former Cold War foes after more than 50 years, a milestone on the one-year anniversary of…
ECLAC: Latin America will contract 0.4 pct. in 2015, grow 0.2 pct. next year
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean projected Thursday that the region would contract by 0.4 percent this year and recover slowly in 2016 with 0.2 percent growth.…
Argentine peso plummets 26.5 percent after controls lifted
Argentina's peso plunged more than 26.5 percent on Thursday, after the country's new government floated the currency as part of a slew of free-market reforms aimed at revitalizing the stagnant…
Obama asks Congress to lift embargo on Cuba
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the economic embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba in 1962 is "the legacy of a failed policy," once again urging Congress to…
Former presidents urge Venezuela opposition leaders to act
At the risk of losing international credibility, the opposition coalition in Venezuela must act quickly to elect a new leader of the Congress, said former Colombian president Andres Pastrana, speaking…
Obama says he wants to visit Cuba during last year in office
U.S. President Barack Obama says he wants to visit Cuba during his last year in office, but only if he can talk with dissidents opposed to the regime of Cuban…
