Uruguay’s former president Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) is to run for office once again for the ruling Broad Front in the upcoming October 26 elections, facing Partido Nacional’s Luis Lacalle Pou and Partido Colorado’s candidate Pedro Bordaberry. 

The governor of Miranda, Henrique Capriles, wondered if Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro knows who is to blame for the country’s inflation.  The Central Bank had its own ideas. 

The G77 and China summit held the weekend of June 14 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, was deemed the “ideal setting” for a pronouncement by Revolución Ciudadana, the political project led by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. 

A trade delegation of 35 representatives from various companies and business associations came to Asunción to talk about the Paraguayan market, while Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís said his country remains an attractive place for foreign investment. 

President Ollanta Humala affirmed his plan will increase wages, while Former President Alan García criticized his policy.  

The firm founded by Cristina Pineda and Ricardo Covalín to compete with the world’s top luxury brands wants to enter the Asian market; Mexico is among countries with the cheapest gasoline. 

Restricted access to commercial loans and mistrust between governments and private investors are among the main hurdles to developing infrastructure projects in Latin America. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Argentina to attend the BRICS’ summit with the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, on July 15 in Fortaleza, Brazil. 

“Everyone has an ideology. The belief that ideology is only a matter for those interested in politics is naïve.” 

There is a habit in Mexican public conversations, a kind of mental shortcut by intellectuals, pundits, and journalists, to reduce any problem to a “formula” that, implicitly or explicitly, always ends up placing any blame on the left.