WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic transoceanic journey. The question of suc... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is withdrawing its bid to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Kyodo news agency quoted a source as saying on Monday, just days before football’s world governing body holds a vote to determine the successful candidate. The Japanese bid is o... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Passenger revenue at Latin America’s No. 2 airline, Avianca Holdings AVT_p.CN, has fallen 51% for the year as of early June compared with a year ago, the carrier said, in a look into the dire financial toll that the coronavirus has taken ... More »
(Reuters) – Brazil has withdrawn its candidacy to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) saying the government did not consider it wise to offer financial guarantees in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Because of t... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – This time there are no lights, cameras, dressing rooms or the hundreds of people who usually crowd a film shoot. There is just a mobile phone, a tripod, a bathroom and “Action!” Colombian director Harold Trompetero, who has directed 21 films... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth Day: the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts. Produced by Academy and Emmy a... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Gerson Monje holds up his cellphone to proudly show off his online sex shop. A red banner reading “sold out!” is plastered across half of the products. While most Colombian businesses suffer during a five-week lockdown meant to curb the spre... More »
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A spike in novel coronavirus infections and deaths in Stockholm has raised questions about Sweden’s decision to fight the outbreak without resorting to the lockdowns that have left much of Europe at a standstill. Governments across Europe... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central military hospital, which for decades was inundated with victims of landmines and other casualties of the country’s internal conflict, is being outfitted to battle a new enemy: coronavirus. The hospital’s staff parking lot ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were racing on Sunday but, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix canceled due to the coronavirus, it was against invisible opponents on virtual racetracks. The world of esports came... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Private investment funds operating in Colombia have around $5 billion available to invest in projects in the Andean country, the investors’ guild president said Thursday. Private investment funds have managed around $16.8 billion in mainly i... More »
BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (Reuters) – Reigning Olympic men’s football champions Brazil qualified for this summer’s tournament in Japan with a 3-0 win over Argentina on Sunday. Brazil had to beat their arch rivals in the Colombia qualifier in order to join them as ... More »
MIAMI (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash has reminded everyone how fragile life is, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira said on Thursday, and the pop superstars plan to use their Super Bowl halftime show to convey that message. “Life is so fragile an... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia has awarded bandwidth to three bidders in an auction that raised 5 trillion pesos ($1.5 billion) as part of efforts to improve mobile telephone services and expand internet access. Claro, a subsidiary of America Movil, Tigo de Milli... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia on Friday ordered Uber (UBER.N) to cease its ride-hailing operations in the Andean country, effective immediately, after a judge ruled the company violated competition rules. Following a lawsuit filed against Uber by COTECH SA, the ... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s special justice tribunal has begun to exhume bodies from a grave in the country’s northwest as part of an investigation into as many as 50 possible extrajudicial killings allegedly committed by the army. The Special Jurisdiction f... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A wave of social unrest across developing countries this year has caught many investors off-guard and is challenging models designed to gauge political risk for investors, prompting some to pull money out. That has led to worries that a with... More »
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is determined to lure airlines to operate domestic flights in Latin America’s largest aviation market, and is taking meetings with at least three carriers, a senior government official told Reuters. “We are going to talk with Jet Bl... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – The United States is not seeking a military intervention as a solution to the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, the U.S. envoy to the troubled South American nation said in an interview published by a Venezuelan online news site o... More »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Latin American delivery app Rappi plans to almost double the number of cities it operates in by year’s end, its co-founder said on Friday, following a $1 billion injection from Japan’s SoftBank that signals growing foreign interest in t... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – More than 85,000 Venezuelan migrants crossed into Ecuador from Colombia in the last month, ahead of new visa restrictions from Quito that took effect on Monday, the Colombian government said. The number of migrants entering Ecuador at the Ru... More »
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – Iran has an opportunity to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal and resume dialogue about its nuclear activities, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier he would mee... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed on Monday, in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses. More than 4 ... More »
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru rode a wave of support from a raucous home crowd to win three Pan Am Games surfing gold medals on Sunday, carrying Daniella Rosas and Luca Mesinas all the way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After getting the Games off to a dream start last S... More »
MADRID (Reuters) – A Colombian man was detained at Barcelona’s international airport after half a kilo of cocaine was found hidden under an over-sized toupee, Spanish police said on Tuesday. Arriving on a flight from Bogota, the man attracted police attention ... More »
LIMA (Reuters) – The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon Inc the rights to the .amazon domain. Amazon Inc has been seeking the exclusi... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Advent International Corp is preparing to launch a $2.2 billion fund to invest in Latin American companies, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The fund launched in coming days will be Advent’s s... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s migration office on Friday said it canceled over 300 daily entrance passes for Venezuelan politicians and their families who support President Nicolas Maduro. Colombia has borne the brunt of the exodus of Venezuelans fleeing malnu... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May return for a third season of their thrill-seeking motor show “The Grand Tour”, with plenty of fast cars and stunning scenery they hope will take viewers’ minds off the real world. The Amazon pro... More »
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – As Venezuela collapses, one little-known U.S. investment fund is poised to win big from litigation against its socialist government: Tenor Capital Management. Since 2012, the New York firm has invested $76 million in Canadian mining... More »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India fired a rocket carrying 31 satellites into space on Thursday, including its own advanced earth observation satellite among the other smaller ones launched for eight countries. The rocket launched from the southern state of Andhra Pr... More »
A Black Friday sale sign is displayed outside a makeup store at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stores offered deep discounts, entertainment and free g... More »
Peru's conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana late on Thursday with a 68-5 vote in favor of allowing cannabis oil to be produced, imported and commercialized. More »
Less than half the trucks exported from Navistar's mammoth Escobedo plant in Mexico are sold in North America but the factory's success remains tightly tied to the uncertain future of the region's NAFTA free trade deal. More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19. More »
Laughing at their own tribulations, Venezuelan theatergoers have been enjoying a new satire about a senior official who broke with President Nicolas Maduro and fled the socialist-ruled country in a boat. More »
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil said on Tuesday that it had complied with a Colombian arbitration ruling ordering it to pay the government $1.08 billion for wireless telecommunication assets used in the South American nation. More »
South Korean and U.S. forces began computer-simulated military exercises on Monday amid tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, amid reports that Pyongyang has generated at least $270 million since February despite U.N. sanctions. More »
Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA said on Friday it has suspended all dairy imports from Colombia after new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease were detected in the Andean country. More »
Russia and Curacao, two of Colombia’s biggest beef buyers, have suspended shipments from the Andean nation after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, Colombian officials said on Tuesday. More »
Jul 9, 2017- White Sulphur Springs, WV, USA- Xander Schauffele on the 3rd tee during the final round of The Greenbrier Classic golf tournament at The Old White TPC. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports Californian Xander Schauffele, the son of a forme... More »
A ferry sinks in the Guatape reservoir near Medellin, Colombia June 25, 2017 in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. Louisa Murphy/via REUTERS. Nine people died and 28 are missing after a multi-decked tourist boat carrying about 170 pa... More »
A worker shows crickets at a farm belonging to company ‘Little Food,’ which prepares and promotes food products made from crickets, in Brussels, Belgium June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir A Brussels start-up is hoping to stir a culinary revolution in Belgiu... More »
A broken Apple iPhone repaired by a third party service provider is seen at Apple’s display repair laboratory in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed? More »
FILE PHOTO: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, on February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo Studies using gene sequencing equipment to trace the path of Zika through the Americas show the virus arrived a y... More »
A woman wears a jersey reading ‘Therapeutic Marijuana’ during a rally against drug trafficking and in favor of the legalization of self-cultivation of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes in Santiago, Chile, April 20, 2017. Picture taken April 20,... More »
FIFA’s former chief ethics investigator, Cornel Borbely speaks to media during a press conference ahead of the 67th FIFA Congress in Manama Bahrain, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Ousted FIFA Ethics investigator Cornel Borbely said on Wednesday his com... More »
Opposition supporters clash with police during protests against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro in San Cristobal, Venezuela April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez Two Venezuelan students and a National Guard sergeant died on Wednesday after ... More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – The nation’s first soda tax is fulfilling health experts’ goals in Berkeley, California.Sales of sugar-swee More »
Annie Duke competes in a $10,000 buy-in, no limit Texas Hold ‘Em event at the World Series of Poker in 2005. REUTERS/File You may think high-stakes poker has little in common with your life and career. Annie Duke thinks you would be wrong. More »
People walk in a destroyed area after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Colombia April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga Families and rescuers searched desperately on Sunday through mud-plastered rubble for victims of flooding and landsli... More »
FILE PHOTO: Maluma performs ”Sin Contrato” during the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Already one of the biggest names in Latin music, Colombian pop star Maluma is hoping to cross over to a wider audience ... More »
Demonstrators hold up signs as they wait outside the Congress for the Senate to pass a law to legalise the medical use of cannabis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 29, 2017. The sign show a girl named Nayra, who suffers from refractory partial epilepsy and ha... More »
Customers order meals on tablets and pick up food from cubbies at Eatsa, a restaurant in the financial district of San Francisco, California, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Henderson Fast food startup Eatsa is being sued by disability rights advocates... More »
Football Soccer – Uruguay v Brazil – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Centenario stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay – 23/3/17 – Brazil’s Paulinho celebrates his third goal. REUTERS/Andres Stapff Brazil recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Uruguay 4-1 in Montevi... More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after scoring a penalty goal. REUTERS/Alberto Raggio Lionel Messi converted a penalty as Argentina la... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump faces a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The Trump administration is preparing new executive orders to re-examine all 14 U.S. free trade agreements and rev... More »
Director of the movie Bill Condon and composer Alan Menken pose with cast members Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Audra McDonald and Gugu Mbatha-Raw at the premiere of ”Beauty and the Beast” in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 2, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: People inspect damage in Omar Bin Abdulaziz hospital, in the rebel-held besieged area of Aleppo, Syria November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo The international community must do more to protect healthcare in Syria as medical servic... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence (L) attend a healthcare meeting with key House Committee Chairmen at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s ad... More »
Sergio Henao survived yet another Alberto Contador onslaught to win Paris-Nice, giving under-pressure Team Sky their fifth title in six years in the Race to the Sun. More »
Tour de France cycling race – The 162.5 km (101 miles) Stage 11 from Carcassone to Montpellier, France – 13/07/2016 – Tinkoff team rider Peter Sagan of Slovakia wins on the finish line. REUTERS/Juan Medina Picture Supplied by Action Images World champion Peter... More »
Mar 11, 2017- Miami, FL, USA- Dominican Republic outfielder Nelson Cruz (23) hits a home run in the eighth inning against the USA during the 2017 World Baseball Classic at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports Nelson Cruz smashed a thre... More »
File photo: Cycling – Tour de France cycling race – The 146 km (90 miles) Stage 19 from Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, France – 22/07/2016 – Romain Bardet of France wins on the finish line. REUTERS/Juan Medina Pre-race favorite Romain Bardet has been... More »
FILE PHOTO: Boston Red Sox batter Ryan Lavarnway hits a two-run single off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher James McDonald during the first inning of a MLB spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Florida, March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File photo ... More »
File Photo: A view is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest in Amazonas State, Brazil, January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profoun... More »
Anthony, 17 year old boy who has tuberous sclerosis and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is seen at his house in Lima, Peru, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo Ana Alvarez, a working mother of two in Lima, never imagined being on the frontlines of a fight for m... More »
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere from France gestures during a news conference inside a Mall of Asia arena in metro Manila, Philippines January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco A dental student from Paris was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, becoming ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967. NASA/Handout via REUTERS NASA on Friday marked the 50th anniversary of its moon program’... More »
Containers are seen at the Mariel port in Artemisa province, Cuba January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa Cuba’s economy shrank 0.9 percent this year in tandem with the crisis in key trading partner Venezuela, President Raul Castro told the National Assembl... More »
Football Soccer – Real Madrid v Kashima Antlers – FIFA Club World Cup Final – International Stadium Yokohama – Japan , 18/12/16 Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane after being substituted Reuters / Issei Kato Livepic Real Mad... More »
STS-95 crewmember, astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn poses for his official NASA photo taken April 14, 1998. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and late... More »
A man hangs a sign as artist Frida Kahlo’s painting ‘Nina Con Collar’ sits on an easel at Sotheby’s auction house in New York U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Nina con Collar,” an early painting whose whereabouts... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four m... More »
Producer Gustavo Farias accepts the award for album of the year for ‘Los Duo 2’ by Juan Gabriel at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Late Mexican singer and actor Juan Gabriel finally won h... More »
A woman stands near a poster explaining about the Zika virus at the Ministry of Health office in Jakarta, Indonesia September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Iqro Rinaldi/File Photo The World Health Organization on Friday declared that Zika no longer constitutes an internati... More »
A woman carrying her daughter casts her vote in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels in Medellin, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fredy Builes Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal ... More »
Supporters of ‘No’ vote celebrate after the nation voted ‘No’ in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels,in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino Colombia’s government and ... More »
Keith Richards (2nd R) arrives with his wife Patti Hansen and fellow bandmate Ronnie Wood (L) and his wife Sally Humphreys on the red carpet for the film ‘The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole! : A Trip Across Latin America’ during the 41st Toronto International Film... More »
A 17-year-old has committed doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing euthanasia for people of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said on Saturday. More »
Spaniard David de la Cruz won the ninth stage of the Tour of Spain and moved into the lead in the general classification ahead of Nairo Quintana. More »
NEW YORK BlackRock Inc is accelerating its push in Latin America, making plans for its first launch of a private equity infrastructure fund targeting that market, a company document showed. The launch is anticipated this year, according to the document, an inf... More »
NEW YORK Out of sight, out of mind? Not for Americans at tax time. Unlike most other countries, Uncle Sam requires its estimated 7 million expatriates, whether citizens or resident aliens, to file an income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. Those l... More »
MEXICO CITY A man suspected of laundering money for jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was detained in southwestern Mexico, and faces extradition to the United States, Mexican authorities said on Sunday. Juan Manuel Alvarez, who was arrested in Oaxa... More »
The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago: 1947 – Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda’s Zika Forest identify the virus in a rhesus monkey 1948 – Virus recovered from Aedes africanus m... More »
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas. The following are some questions and answers about the virus and current outbr... More »
BOGOTA More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas. Brazil is investigating the potential link between Zi... More »
MANCHESTER, N.H. Two Republican U.S. presidential hopefuls said on Saturday they would implement quarantines of travelers if necessary to stop the spread of the Zika virus. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who garnered international attention in 2014 when h... More »
BOGOTA More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country’s national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas. The virus has been linked to the devastating bir... More »
Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica SA has expressed interest in buying AT&T Inc’s pay TV assets in Latin America, which could be valued at around $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. AT&T bought the Latin American assets as par... More »
The host of the Miss Universe pageant mistakenly announced the wrong winner on Sunday, who then had to give up the crown and hand it over to a 26-year-old actress and model from the Philippines. It was the first edition of the annual beauty show since it was t... More »
WASHINGTON South America’s vast Amazon region harbors one of the world’s most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists s... More »
BOGOTA Colombia said on Friday it plans to legalize medical marijuana in a further shift in drug policy after suspending aerial fumigation of illicit crops. The government is preparing a decree which would approve the therapeutic use of marijuana, the presiden... More »
TORONTO Bank of Nova Scotia said on Friday it is creating a digital hub in downtown Toronto to help lure technology talent and drive innovation for Canada’s third-biggest lender. The “digital factory” will have more than 350 employees, including existing staff... More »
BRUSSELS Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI.BR) CEO says a study of SABMiller’s (SAB.L) African beer markets and talks with top shareholders led to an “alignment of stars” that drew it to its nearest rival. But observers say the real catalysts for the $100 billion ta... More »
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a host of celebrities kicked off a campaign on Saturday to make Internet access universal, saying this was critical to fulfilling the United Nations’ newly adopted agenda to com... More »
GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalan Finance Minister Dorval Carias resigned on Monday amid a deepening corruption scandal that has also featured calls for the impeachment of President Otto Perez. A statement released by Carias’ office did not give a reason for his decis... More »
MELBOURNE Australian tennis officials want to clear the air with Bernard Tomic and reinstate the country’s estranged number one into the Davis Cup team for the semi-final against Britain. The controversial world number 29 was booted off the team before the qua... More »
