In the Dominican Republic the Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises of Industry and Trade received a grant of US $799.644 from the Taiwanese government.

Pope Francis determined that Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980 and has become an icon of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, died a martyr and will be beatified. 

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed her satisfaction that over 1,000 businessmen attended the Argentinean-Chinese forum in Beijing and rejected criticism voiced by the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) against her trip to China and the bilateral deals reached.

The meeting in Havana was also attended by members of the delegation accompanying the Russian Minister in his Latin American tour that ended in Cuba, after visiting Venezuela and Nicaragua. 

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.”