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Bolivia unearths "mega" natural gas field amid economic and political challenges
President Luis Arce said the field has a capacity of 1.7 trillion cubic feet (TCF), making it the most significant natural gas discovery since 2005
President Luis Arce said the field has a capacity of 1.7 trillion cubic feet (TCF), making it the most significant natural gas discovery since 2005
In mid-January, in the northern region of the country, the Ecuadorian National Police dealt a blow to Los Lobos by seizing 1,072 bags of gold from trucks en route to a processing plant
The booming avocado industry has expanded along with the rise of criminal organizations, according to a report published last month by the Global Initiative Against Transactional Organized Crime (GITOC)
The demonstrations disrupted traffic on a minimum of nine major Mexican highways
Marco Troper, 19, was found unconscious in a college dorm, possibly due to a drug overdose
Most economists predicted inflation would see a 2.9% annual rate and a 0.2% monthly increase, but the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s monthly Consumer Price Index report indicated that U.S. prices increased 0.3% in January, putting inflation at an annual rate of 3.1%.
María Corina Machado handedly won an October primary and is the opposition’s “unity candidate” to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming 2024 presidential election
The reforms would have lengthened Argentina’s three-month worker probation to eight months, giving employers more latitude over their own hiring practices. They would also shorten pregnancy leave and decrease unemployment compensation payments for employees who were laid off.
Argentina was on the verge of official BRICS membership, scheduled for January 1, 2024, as a result of a robust campaign led by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The new bill would allow the Brazilian government to use $1.3 billion from the Amazon Fund, which is backed by the U.S. and Western European allies
The Justice Department says Hispanics were targeted through the China sponsored social media platform TikTok by advertising with national flags from their home countries and popular Latin American music