Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced the sale of its Chilean unit for $1.2 billion on Tuesday in its push to leave LatinAmerica and concentrate on core markets elsewhere ... .
Origin of LatinAmerica country names ... The andean country was named in honor of Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in Latin America’s independence from Spain.
Chinese influence in LatinAmerica is a relatively recent phenomenon ... But that changed after the end of the Cold War in 1991, with successive US administrations reducing their focus on Latin America.
) Between 2000 and 2024, LatinAmerica and the Caribbean faced 1,676 natural hazards, making it the second most affected region in the world, behind only sub-Saharan ...