With corn and bean fields ravaged by drought, Nicaraguan farmers are looking to a new crop: tarantulas.  

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramírez made several visits to member countries of OPEC, and said they decided to reduce production, but it may not matter anymore. 

In 1919 John Maynard Keynes wrote a brilliant book that predicted the disaster that would result from the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Colombians should take note.  

Of a total of 195 countries, Peru ranks 140 for download speed and 182 for data carrying capacity. 

The Nicaraguan government, with Chinese aid, is about to begin a historic project: the construction of a new inter-oceanic canal. But parts of the Nicaraguan population are protesting against the grand scheme. 

There are “four pillars of the energy policy” that the Government hopes will lower rates. 

The five nations with superior regional performance, according to a recent report, are Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Puerto Rico. 

Latin America must prepare for a phase of economic slowdown and move toward the re-industrialization of the region, said Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ernesto Samper, former president of Colombia. 

Bachelet made her comments while on tour in Germany. 

A staggering 93% of the foods lost weekly in the Dominican Republic are discarded in the production stage, while the remaining 7% is in marketing and processing, says a study released by the Vice Presidency and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).