The Latest Breaking News from Latin America

Brink's Company (NYSE:BCO) reported fourth-quarter revenue growth of 7% year-over-year to $1.1 billion, +11% on a constant currency basis, beating the consensus of $1.07 billion. Sales by segments: North America $372.5 million (+13.1% Y/Y), Latin America $294.2 million (+2.9% Y/Y), Europe $234.1 million (-0.6% Y/Y) and Rest of the World $197.4 million (+15.6%…

Women can now have an abortion during first 24 weeks in latest win for reproductive rights in Latin America

Bogota (AFP) - Less than a month after a road accident nearly claimed his life while training, Colombian Egan Bernal -- Latin America's only Tour de France champion -- is on the road to recovery.

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president and the Chinese ambassador traded flatteries this month as they broke ground on a new national library, one of a slew of gifts China has promised this small mountainous nation as part of its vigorous quest to gain influence across Central America.

Venezuela is a key ally for Russia in Latin America, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said while visiting the South American country on Wednesday, adding that the two countries will look to deepen bilateral ties.

After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro disregarded a U.S. request to call off his upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Biden administration still hopes the right-wing South American leader takes the opportunity to defend “democratic principles” in Moscow.

The remote-work revolution has led some U.S. technology companies, from startups to Coinbase Inc. and Shopify Inc., to seek new hires in Latin America — where they can find qualified people in roughly the same time zone who’ll work for much lower pay.

Better late than never.  Several decades behind schedule, hip-hop culture has finally conquered Latin America. At the forefront of this movement, mega viral artists such as Duki, Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Bizarrap or Nicki Nicole reach hundreds of millions of monthly listeners.