More about this topic

Business Line

The travel industry infected by Zika and Alphabet bets on the future with moonshots

The Zika virus prompts a surge in purchases of 'Cancel For Any Reason' insurance and Google's parent company Alphabet bets on the future with its costly moonshots.

03/02/2016

USA

Zika: US reports first sexually-transmitted case

Health officials say this would be an alarming new development in the spread of the virus

03/02/2016

World News

Zika virus outbreak sparks abortion debate in Brazil

A debate is raging in Brazil over the country’s restrictive abortion laws against the background of an outbreak of the Zika virus. A rise in the

03/02/2016

World News

Zika virus continues to spread as pregnant women are advised to avoid traveling to Latin America

El Salvador is the latest country in Latin America to be put on alert over the “mosquito-borne Zika virus”:#ZikaVirus: Women in El Salvador advised

22/01/2016

World News

Paraguay declares state of emergency amid severe flooding

Severe flooding has forced more than 100-thousand people out of their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. It has

27/12/2015

Economy

Beer giants AB InBev and SABMiller agree terms for mega merger

The mega beer merger is a step closer. The world’s biggest brewer AB InBev has launched its bid of over 100 billion dollars for its nearest rival

11/11/2015

Guatemala

Guatemela's president resigns amid corruption scandal

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, in the face of a corruption scandal that has thrown the country

03/09/2015

Venezuela

1000 Colombians deported as Venezuelan President Maduro keeps border closed

A week into the border closure between Venezuela and Colombia and around a thousand Colombians have been deported as of Wednesday. Venezuelan

27/08/2015

World News

Thousands of Peru coca growers hit by anti-cocaine drive

A family of coca growers in Peru try to salvage their damaged crops after their plot was destroyed by a government eradication campaign. Thousands

18/08/2015

Sport

River Plate win third Copa Libertadores title

River Plate capped off a remarkable comeback to the top of South American football after winning their third Copa Libertadores title in the club’s

06/08/2015

Musica

Dudamel's gift of Beethoven to brotherly Bogota

Celebrated Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel revels in bringing the entire spectrum of Beethoven's symphonies to Colombia in a further triumph for the groundbreaking Simón Bolivar Orchestra

21/07/2015

Musica

Rehearsing with the Simón Bolívar, an orchestra like no other

In this extra feature Maestro Dudamel tells Musica about what it means to belong to the Simón Bolívar Orchestra and speaks of Beethoven’s importance

21/07/2015

Bolivia

'Communist crucifix' gift to pope in Bolivia raises eyebrows

Pope Francis in Bolivia on his South American tour looked somewhat bemused when his host President Evo Morales handed him an unusual gift : a wooden

09/07/2015

World News

Boosting foreign trade on agenda at tenth Pacific Alliance Summit

The tenth Pacific Alliance Summit saw the Presidents of Peru, Colombia, Chile and Mexico gather in the Peruvian seaside resort of Paracas. There

03/07/2015

Sport

Argentina thrash Paraguay to reach Copa America final

Argentina reached the final of the Copa America in emphatic style thrashing Paraguay 6-1 in the semis in Concepcion, Chile. Angel Di Maria scored

01/07/2015

Sport

Hosts Chile beat Peru to reach Copa America final

Hosts Chile are through to their first Copa America final in 28 years after seeing off Peru in a hot tempered semi final in Santiago. Former

30/06/2015

Mexico

Spain's King Felipe makes historic visit to Mexico

Spain’s King Philipe has been awarded the “keys to Mexico City” during the Royal’s first state visit to a Latin American country. The main aim of

30/06/2015

World

Exclusive: Colombia's president on fighting FARC and the war on drugs

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos discusses the achievement of a travel agreement between South America and Europe and how his country is fighting FARC and the war on drugs.

23/06/2015

World

Greek debt crisis is “absolute supremacy of capital over humans”

Pro tempore president of Celac – the Community of Latin American and Carribean States – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was in Brussels to take

17/06/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Greece on the brink....again

In this episode of Europe Weekly, Greece angers EU and IMF officials as the government fails to convince them why they should release further bailout

12/06/2015