ISTANBUL – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dined on expensive steak at a “Salt Bae” restaurant in Turkey during a stop-off returning from a visit to China, drawing furor back home where millions struggle to get […]
SANTIAGO – Walmart has reached an agreement to acquire Cornershop, a leading online on-demand marketplace in Mexico and Chile, the world’s leading retailer said in a statement on Thursday. The deal, worth $225 million, “is […]
UNITED NATIONS – Hunger reached 821 million people in 2017 worldwide, of which about 39 million are Latin American, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its new report. The figure represents a […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean University of La Frontera with support and financing from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will attempt to develop an unprecedented early warning system that makes it possible to monitor, predict and […]
QUITO – Today ministers from across Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting in Ecuador on how they can cooperate to end the regional humanitarian crisis caused by Venezuela’s economic collapse. Representatives from Chile, Brazil, […]
SANTIAGO – Agrosuper, one of Chile’s top food producers, has reported the purchase of 67% of the salmon company Empresas AquaChile SA to its majority shareholders, in addition to the launch of a Public Offer […]
PARIS – Agricultural and fisheries production in Latin America and Caribbean is projected to expand by 17% over the next ten years, says a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) […]
SANTIAGO – Mitsubishi-owned salmon farmer Cermaq reduced its use of antibiotics in Chile by 70 percent in the first quarter of the year. The Oslo, Norway-headquartered, fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation publishes quarterly sustainability results […]
BRASILIA – Brazil will surpass the United States as the largest producer of soybeans this year, taking over the top ranking for the first time in history, oilseeds crusher group Abiove has said. The U.S. […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina, the world’s third biggest soy producer, booked its largest purchase of U.S. soybeans in 20 years this week after drought cut its harvest, forcing crushers there to turn to imports. The […]
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