Argentina mulling 2020 Copa America venu...

BUENOS AIRES, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on Thursday that it has begun a process to select which venues will host matches at next year's Copa America. South Ame

Peru to meet Costa Rica in Copa America ...

LIMA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Peru will finalize their Copa America preparations with a friendly against Costa Rica in June, officials said on Thursday. The match will be played in Peru's capital Lima on

The American populist reckoning

Editor's note:Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is a professor at MIT Sloan, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of a leading econo

Zambia's finance minister holds meeting ...

LUSAKA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe held a meeting with officials from the Bank of America in order to brief them on the country's fiscal and monetary reform pr

America Movil acquires Nextel in Brazil ...

Latin America continues to remain a focus for investors that are eyeing up its large population and growth potential. In the latest development, America Movil, the Latin American carrier that is part

Argentina, Colombia to co-host 2020 Copa...

MIAMI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Argentina and Colombia will co-host the 2020 Copa America, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Wednesday. CONMEBOL ratified the decision in a meet

With these numbers, it’s no surprise Sof...

After SoftBank announced its plans to launch a $5 billion innovation fund in Latin America, we reached out to the good folks at the Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) for some context,

SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, c...

While SoftBank continues to make big bets on startups out of its $100-billion Vision Fund, it has also launched another investment vehicle to invest in tech opportunities specifically in Latin Americ

Bank of America to drop Merrill Lynch na...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. top tier banking giant Bank of America announced on Monday that it will no longer use the Merrill Lynch name for its investment banking, trading and some other bu