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IOC raises oil import from Latin America to cut costs

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 17:17

IOC, the nation's biggest oil firm, spent Rs 1.65 lakh crore on import of 43.9 million tons of crude oil in 2014-15.

Alexis Tsipras under pressure for concessions in Greece debt talks

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 17:36

To clinch a deal, EU officials said Tsipras`s government needed to offer alternative savings and tax measures to replace proposed pension cuts and tax rises he rejected as antisocial, to deliver a modest fiscal surplus before interest payments.

Lupin acquires Brazilian drug firm Medquimica

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 21:31

Drug major Lupin Wednesday announced acquisition of Brazil's Medquimica Industria Farmaceutica SA, marking its foray into the Latin American nation.

Nintendo hits pause button on Brazil

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 22:51

Japanese videogame giant Nintendo says it is hitting the pause button on operations in Brazil and will leave Latin America`s largest market while it assesses how to deal with high import taxes.

Brazil posts 2014 inflation rate of 6.41%

Last Updated: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 00:11

Inflation in Brazil hit 6.41 percent in 2014, marginally below a government ceiling of 6.5 percent but still the highest annual figure since 2011, the National Statistical Institute (IBGE) said Friday.

Brazil posts first trade deficit in 14 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 02:32

Brazil posted its first annual trade deficit in 14 years on Monday, as bad news piled up for the once-booming Latin American giant, the world`s seventh biggest economy.

LatAm foreign ministers kick off Cuba summit

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 04:14

Foreign ministers from 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations have met in the Cuban capital for a summit of Western Hemisphere countries minus the United States and Canada.

Latin America minorities face discrimination: UN

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:42

Despite a decade of economic growth across most of Latin America, people of African descent throughout the region still face discrimination and earn less, a UN agency has said.

Venezuela decrees holiday in memory of Chavez

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 09:17

The late Hugo Chavez is being honoured with a public holiday in Venezuela, though not everyone is celebrating because the effort to keep the socialist leader`s legacy alive will coincide with elections.

Vice Prez Ansari meets revolutionary icon Fidel Castro

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 20:32

Making the first-ever bilateral visit to communist Cuba by any Indian VVIP, Vice President Hamid Ansari called on revolutionary icon Fidel Castro and had a "very warm and affectionate" meeting with him.

Vice President Ansari leaves for Cuba

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 23:08

Vice President Hamid Ansari Tuesday left here for the first ever bilateral visit to Cuba by a top Indian leader after a "landmark" tour of Peru during which four agreements were signed.

Vice President Hamid Ansari arrives in Peru

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 16:45

Seeking to take India`s ties with resource-rich Latin American countries to a higher plane, Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived in Peru on Sunday.