New partnership between VentureFruit and ANA Chile will see hot climate apple and pear varieties developed in South America VentureFruit, the commercialisation manager for the Hot Climate Partnership, has announced a new partnership that will see the future-focused hot climate breeding...
Police in Latin America have seized cocaine and other drugs worth $5bn (£4bn) in an operation lasting three weeks and spanning 15 countries. They also seized more than 8,000 illicit firearms and carried out almost 15,000 arrests. Police forces from Mexico in the north to Argentina in the...
China’s push for greater use of its currency in bilateral trade settlements has made further inroads in South America, with Argentina set to follow Brazil and start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than US dollars. Economy Minister Sergio Massa confirmed on Wednesday that...
Police in several countries in Europe and Latin America carried out raids and arrests on Wednesday in a huge crackdown on an international drug trafficking ring allegedly run by one of Italy’s powerful mafia groups. Thousands of law enforcement officers in Italy, Germany, Belgium and...
As US economic influence erodes, its ability to prevent foreign militaries from establishing a presence in South America is increasingly in jeopardy. CAMBRIDGE – Over the past few years, China has significantly expanded its economic footprint in South America, overtaking the United States...
