Latin America faces a productivity crisis as industry declines and exports revert to raw materials, according to new ECLAC ...

July 17 (UPI) --Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean rose 7.1% in 2024, reaching nearly $189 billion, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ...

Washington, April 23, 2025 – Amid growing global economic volatility, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must adapt their economic strategies to navigate increasing uncertainties, according ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the ...

Royal Caribbean begins a new season of sailings from Cartagena, Colombia, and Colón, Panama, through April 2026.

U.S. gunboat diplomacy returns as President Trump threatens Venezuela invasion and sanctions Colombia. He also has worked to ...

The Brazilian president raised the subject of Venezuela with Trump, not to confront, but rather to collaborate with US ...

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is set to potentially transform the labor market, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Studies about its possible impacts have generally focused on ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and CAF – development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen cooperation in the ...

A report from the World Bank brings a renewed focus to the impact of organized crime on economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the cyclical relationship between poverty ...

As of 2020, roughly 650 million people live in the Latin America-Caribbean region, an increase of about 10% since 2010. The region is overwhelmingly Christian; almost every country in the region has a ...