Colombian Banking Group Strikes $80 Million Settlement Over Highway Bribery Scheme

[ad_1] Colombian financial holding company Grupo Aval and its banking subsidiary have agreed to pay more than $80 million in fines to resolve investigations into a scheme to bribe Colombian…

Haitian Kidnappers Release U.S. Nurse and Her Daughter

[ad_1] The Western Hemisphere’s poorest country is grappling with a wave of criminal gang violence and kidnappings. [ad_2] Source link

Brazil’s Bet on Oil in the Amazon Meets Resistance

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) SÃO PAULO—Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has positioned himself as a global leader in the fight against climate change, pledging at a…

Latin American Countries Aim to Curb Amazon Deforestation

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) SÃO PAULO—The Latin American countries that share the Amazon rainforest embarked on a two-day meeting Tuesday in the Brazilian jungle city of Belém with an…

Panama Canal faces tough times as ship crossings dip

[ad_1] By Euronews  with agencies Published on 04/08/2023 – 17:44 The Panama Canal authority says it expects revenue to drop by about €182 million in the next fiscal year, a shipping crossings…

Reports: Italian ex-premier, business executives investigated over Colombia deal for ships, planes

[ad_1] ROME (AP) — Police on Tuesday searched the offices and homes of a former Italian premier and several leading business executives in an investigation of alleged corruption involving the…

UNSC structure does not reflect reality, needs urgent reforms: UN envoys

[ad_1] The UN Security Council in its current structure is perverse and immoral, a perpetuation of the colonisation project and does not reflect the rise of new powers and shifting…

Mini hydro company raises $18M to generate power in canals

[ad_1] A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised $18.4 million to scale up its technology and generate carbon-free hydropower. Emily Morris, CEO…

Shadowy brokers walk off with billions in Venezuelan oil

[ad_1] CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One startup lists as its address a small home in a working-class district in Venezuela’s capital whose owner has never heard of the firm. Another…

Cayman Islands to cull feral cats to protect brown boobies

[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands has announced it will start culling feral cats to help save a dwindling colony of brown booby birds. The islands’…