MercadoLibre tries to woo Brazil’s online shoppers as Amazon, Shein close in

MercadoLibre Inc has long dominated the online-shopping market in Latin America, but this holiday season, it finds itself in a fight to fend off rivals from both ends of the Pacific Ocean.... Read more »

Lula troubled by interpreter’s poor work at G20 Summit — MercoPress

Lula troubled by interpreter’s poor work at G20 Summit Tuesday, November 25th 2025 – 18:54 UTC “Only Janja may whisper in my ear!,” Lula stressed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula... Read more »

City of Los Angeles paid millions for homeless beds that did not exist

Last April, the City of Los Angeles reported to a district court that the Lincoln Safe Sleep Village, a homeless site in South Los Angeles, had 88 beds, but when a court-appointed... Read more »

Milei cutbacks sends Buenos Aires’ railways back to 1990s

Ever since President Javier Milei arrived at the Casa Rosada, the railway system of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area has become a postcard of fiscal adjustment and institutional uncertainty.  In today’s Argentina,... Read more »

Inside Cuba’s Economic Collapse And The Military Conglomerate

Cuba is in its worst economic crisis in decades: inflation out of control, key industries broken and millions pushed into poverty. At the centre stands GAESA, the Grupo de Administración Empresarial, a... Read more »

Israel’s push to displace thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

In the occupied West Bank, much like in the Gaza Strip, Israeli policy is forcing thousands of Palestinians from their homes, in stark defiance of international law. A report published last week... Read more »

Traders hunt for next Argentina as Trump’s sway shapes bets

Emerging-market money managers are zeroing in on Latin America for their next big trade as a wave of upcoming elections could redraw the region’s political map, potentially aligning several countries more closely... Read more »

Britain’s government prepares a high-stakes budget

LONDON (AP) — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to fix the public finances,... Read more »

Political crisis sharpens in the Philippines

A political crisis in the Philippines over revelations of immense corruption has thrown the political elite into turmoil. Fueled by explosive social unrest, the crisis is moving towards a possible military coup,... Read more »

UCR enters a critical moment with the party’s future at stake

Friday, December 12, will not just be any old day for the Unión Cívica Radical, one of Argentina’s historic political parties. On that day the UCR National Committee authorities, chaired by Martín... Read more »