Nicaragua Expels 19 Imprisoned Catholic Clerics to Vatican

[ad_1] Nicaragua on Sunday released a group of 19 clergymen from prison, including Bishop Rolando Álvarez, the country’s most prominent political prisoner, and expelled them to the Vatican. The government…

Brazil Embraces Its Black Roots

[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO—Growing up in Rocinha, one of Brazil’s biggest slums, Maxwell Alexandre was reluctant to call himself Black. His mother, a Black woman herself, would have none of…

Leftist Sociologist to Take Office as Guatemala’s New President 

[ad_1] Bernardo Arévalo is set to take office Sunday as president of Guatemala with pledges to tackle the corruption and poverty that have fueled a wave of migration to the…

Citigroup Taking Charges on Argentina, Russia and Its Own Restructuring

[ad_1] Citigroup recorded a litany of one-time charges and expenses in the fourth quarter related to its exposures to Argentina’s debt market, Russia’s political instability and the bank’s own restructuring…

Opinion | Harvard, Claudine Gay and the Education of Bill Ackman

[ad_1] Although Bill Ackman received his B.A. in 1988 and his M.B.A. in 1992, both from Harvard, you could say his education began on Oct. 8. On that morning, Mr.…

UnitedHealth Group to Sell Operations in Brazil

[ad_1] UnitedHealth Group has agreed to sell its operations in Brazil to a private investor. The healthcare and insurance company disclosed Friday that it expects to close the sale in…

Billionaire Cisneros, Who Defined Venezuela Business, Dies

[ad_1] Gustavo Cisneros, an entrepreneur who brought US multinational businesses to Venezuela and oversaw a broad array of assets from media to industry, has died. He was 78. His death…

SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco

[ad_1] Chilean lithium company SQM has reached an agreement with state-run miner Codelco to jointly produce the key energy-transition metal that abounds in the country’s desert salt flats. Under the…

Opinion | Can Chile Escape Stagnation?

[ad_1] The country dodged a constitutional coup, but it still needs an economic revival. [ad_2] Source link

Billionaire Mining Magnate Friedland Says $15,000-a-Ton Copper Needed to Spur New Mines

[ad_1] Copper prices need to nearly double in order to prompt mining companies to build costly mines to meet rising demand for critical materials, according to billionaire Robert Friedland. The…