Latin America News Headlines

  • International court to prosecute environmental crimes in major shift

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday it would start focusing on crimes linked to environmental destruction, the illegal exploitation of natural resources and unlawful dispossession of land in a move hailed by land rights activists.

  • NHC sees 20 percent chance of cyclone in Gulf of Mexico

    (Reuters) - A broad low pressure system over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico has a 20 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.

  • Brazil's Lula says charges aimed at stopping him running again

    BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he was ready to cooperate with prosecutors because he had committed no crime and called charges against him "pure fiction" aimed at stopping him running again.

  • North Korea says ready for 'another attack' against U.S. 'provocations'

    CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - North Korea's Foreign Minister said on Thursday the country was ready to launch another attack against the "provocations" of the United States, whose bombers this week flew over South Korea in a show of solidarity with its ally after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test.

  • Spanish wetlands and wildlife sanctuary under threat: WWF

    MADRID (Reuters) - Donana National Park, part of southern Spanish wetland used by 6 million migratory birds, could dry out completely unless the Spanish government tackles the threat of dredging, mining and intensive farming, a report said on Thursday.

  • Brazil watching impact of scandal on banks, worries persist

    SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - The impact of Brazil's biggest corruption scandal on bank balance sheets still requires attention from policymakers even though the risk to the sector is manageable, a senior central bank official said on Thursday.

  • U.S. House passes bill to halt Guantanamo transfers

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would bar any transfers of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison while President Barack Obama is president or until he signs a new defense policy bill.

  • Brazil's Coelho says Samarco may resume operations subject to conditions

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Samarco Minera��o SA will be able to resume iron ore mining operations should co-owners Vale SA and BHP Billiton Plc come through with promised investments, Mining and Energy Minister Fernando Coelho said on Thursday.

  • Investors brace for repricing wave as secondary prices soar

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rising secondary prices have prompted a new repricing wave in the US leveraged loan market, leaving investors to deal with the pain of reduced yields as issuers line up to take advantage of lower borrowing costs.

  • Mexico finmin says Fed view hitting peso, unsure of Trump impact

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said on Thursday the Mexican peso was under pressure from concerns about the next move by the U.S. Federal Reserve, lower oil prices and uncertainty about the U.S. election.

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