Uruguay is losing precious time with Mercosur, and should try a one on one trade agreement with the European Union, according to Paul Riezler, president of the Euro-Chamber in Uruguay. 

Recently Paulina Vega Dieppa won the Miss Universe pageant, but what’s in it for Colombia to claim the most beautiful woman in the universe? 

According to a group of investment professionals from all over the world, the growth forecasts for 2015 are not what were hoped for by the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. 

The Mines and Energy Ministry has approved the environmental permit for a 1.5 billion dollar Chinese-owned iron ore mine in the Arequipa region. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged billions of investment dollars for Latin America over the next five years as part of a drive to boost China’s influence in the region. 

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be travelling to Beijing to return the visit from her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last July, when the bilateral relation was upgraded to a “comprehensive strategic association.” 

It is expected that relations between the two countries, marked by cooperation in the past, will continue to improve. 

In an interview with El Heraldo and La Tribuna, the highest U.N. official spoke of the challenges facing the region and Honduras. 

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Noemí Sanín and ex-Vice Minister of Justice Miguel Ceballos insist that the construction of the Gran Canal of Nicaragua is linked to a judgment made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in which 75,000 kilometers of sea were taken from Colombia to favor Nicaragua’s interoceanic project.

In his first 21 months of papacy, Pope Francis has taken on three of the most sensitive issues for the Catholic Church: collecting fees for sacraments in parishes, adjusting to challenges of new families and the indictment of priests accused of pedophilia.