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Latin America's new 'pink tide' gains pace as Colombia shifts left; Brazil up next

Latin America's new "pink tide" is gaining pace after Colombia elected its first leftist leader Gustavo Petro, with Brazil expected to follow suit in elections in October, an echo of a regional political shift in the early 2000s.

Reuters

Mexico, Brazil fall behind in anti-corruption efforts, ranking shows

Brazil and Mexico were among the countries registering the biggest declines in anti-corruption efforts as the pandemic and inflation pushed fighting graft lower on public agendas in Latin America, according to a ranking released Wednesday.

Reuters

Leftist's election to test Colombia's alliance with US

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels

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UK work visa for elite graduates is exclusive and based on flawed assumptions

The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in…

The Conversation

US sees perils for Russian influence in Americas if Ukraine war drags on

WASHINGTON — Over dinner at the lush Getty Villa in Los Angeles, where curators have recreated a classical Roman home overlooking the Pacific, President Joe Biden had a rare opportunity to speak with leaders from across the Americas all together and in private.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Israel 'Concerned' over Iran Airlines 'Activities' in LatAm

The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires said Thursday it was "concerned" over the activities in Latin America of two Iranian airlines and hailed Argentina's grounding last week of a plane with Iranian crew. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an Argentine airport since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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Why Acorda Therapeutics Shares Gaining Today?

Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) announced that Esteve Pharmaceuticals GmbH launched INBRIJA 33 mg (levodopa inhalation powder, hard capsules) in Germany. INBRIJA is indicated in the EU for the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson's disease treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor. Under the distribution and supply agreements, Acorda…

Benzinga

The Best Cannabis Conference In Latin America Arrives In Panama: Join LATAM CANN.BIZ On Sep. 1 & 2, Get Business Done

LatAm Cann.BIZ, the most important cannabis event in Latin America, will be held, on September 1 and 2, at the Santa María Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort in Panama City.

Benzinga

The 'pink tide' is rising in Latin America

'Corruption isn't fought with slogans on TikTok," complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can win elections, and a right-wing dark horse called Rodolfo Hernández, who calls himself the "King of TikTok", may crush Mr Petro's hopes of becoming Colombia's first-ever leftist president next Sunday.

Bangkok Post

This Alibaba Competitor Undertakes Aggressive Job Cuts Across Multiple Southeast Asian Markets

Sea Limited's (NYSE:SE) e-commerce arm Shopee laid off staff across multiple markets, DealStreetAsia reports. The layoffs to rationalize its e-commerce business encompassed several Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Shopee's payments arm ShopeePay and food delivery business ShopeeFood also faced cuts. The competitor of the Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) hosted a general…

Benzinga

Biden's Summit of the Americas Was Over Before It Started

Biden's decision to exclude nondemocratic countries led to a boycott by allies.

Reason

Europe’s path to Mexico’s debt crisis

The writing is on the wall that Europe’s monetary party is about to end, and Southern Europe has remarkable parallels to Mexico and Latin America in the 1980s, writes Oliver Hartwich

Newsroom.co.nz

Argentina grounds Iran-linked Venezuelan cargo plane, lawmakers seek probe

Argentine authorities have grounded an Iran-linked Venezuelan Boeing 747 cargo plane, a local opposition lawmaker and Iranian state media said on Sunday, in an unfolding drama that is throwing a spotlight on political undercurrents in Latin America.

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Los Angeles Times

Significant shift expected in relations between US, longtime Latin American ally Colombia

LOS ANGELES — The United States is about to lose its best friend in Latin America.

Los Angeles Times

Biden and 19 Latin American leaders sign migration declaration despite summit absences

LOS ANGELES — No nation should alone bear the responsibility of managing a historic surge in migration across the Western Hemisphere, President Joe Biden declared Friday as he and 19 Latin American and Caribbean leaders signed a much-anticipated pact to expand legal pathways for migrants and refugees and provide new…

Miami Herald

US focuses on UN presence in Haiti as it seeks to help troubled country

LOS ANGELES — As Haiti grapples with an unprecedented wave of kidnappings and killings by armed gangs, a top State Department diplomat for Latin America and the Caribbean said Friday the U.S. is actively engaged in discussions about Haiti’s mounting security challenges and what the presence of a United Nations…

Miami Herald

US seeks help controlling ‘unprecedented’ flow of migrants from Latin American nations

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration wants countries along a dangerous migration route running through South and Central America to commit to expanding their asylum system and enforcing their borders to help address the unprecedented flow of migrants at its southern border with Mexico, in a new regional partnership that…

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How Mexican feminists are helping Americans get abortions

Latin American groups are sharing their abortion access models with US activists in as Roe v Wade stands to be overturned

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Al Jazeera

Summit of the Americas: A squandered opportunity at critical time

US President Joe Biden’s decision to exclude the presidents of three countries has overshadowed the summit’s agenda.

The Conversation

Migration to the US is on the rise again – but it's unlikely to be fully addressed during the Summit of the Americas, or anytime soon

An estimated 6,000 Latin American migrants are traveling together through Mexico to reach the U.S. by foot and car, marking the largest caravan yet in 2022 of migrants traveling to the U.S. border.

The Independent UK

Biden seeks consensus at fractured Americas summit

President Joe Biden is kicking off his first full day at the Summit of the Americans in Los Angeles, which brings together leaders from across the hemisphere every few years

Los Angeles Times

Biden to open Summit of the Americas with economic pitch amid tensions over guest list

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden arrived in Los Angeles Wednesday to formally open the Summit of the Americas with a plan to revive Latin American economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as his administration is navigating fallout from a partial boycott of the conference by key regional…

Los Angeles Times

They pour drinks. They clean rooms. Latin American workers wish they had more say at Summit of the Americas

LOS ANGELES — When Ana Diaz, a Salvadoran immigrant who lives in Van Nuys, found out she would be mixing cocktails for world leaders at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, she got excited.

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