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Chilean Gov't Launches Online Portal on Climate Change

The Chilean government launched on Thursday an online platform to gather the entirety of the country's research into climate change.

news | Jul 21, 2017 | 18 Views | Rated 0.0 | Chile

Trump No Longer Wants to Seal Off the Entire U.S.-Mexico Border

Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to seal off the U.S.-Mexico border. But on Thursday, the president told reporters that he only intends to cover “anywhere from 700 to 900 miles.”

news | Jul 14, 2017 | 40 Views | Rated 0.0 | Mexico

Cuba to Reduce Price of Surfing Domestic Websites

Cuba's state-owned telecommunications company Etecsa announced Thursday in a statement that it is to lower the price for surfing the domestic websites on Internet to "ease searches of websites with national content for cultural, informative or research purposes."

news | Mar 31, 2017 | 165 Views | Rated 0.0 | Cuba

Trump Policies Could Roll Back US-Cuba Ties, Says Mexican Academic

Progress in US-Cuba ties is likely to suffer a setback under US President Donald Trump, according to Mario Torrico, a research professor at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso) in Mexico City.

news | Jun 16, 2017 | 73 Views | Rated 0.0 | Cuba

Brazilian President Defends His Administration via Social Networks

Brazilian President Michel Temer highlighted the performance of his administration in a video distributed through social networks on Friday, citing economic advances in the country.

news | Jul 01, 2017 | 53 Views | Rated 0.0 | Brazil

Brazil Registers First Monthly Deflation in 11 Years

Brazil registered in June its first deflation in 11 years, the country's statistics agency IBGE said Friday.

news | Jul 08, 2017 | 33 Views | Rated 0.0 | Brazil

BBC Pulls Pay-TV Channels from Brazil and Latin America

The BBC has decided to stop broadcasting its BBC Earth, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies channels in Brazil and Latin America, amid low viewing figures and because it is unable to distribute its channels with every pay-TV operator, reports Noticias da TV.

news | Jan 15, 2017 | 304 Views | Rated 0.0 | Brazil

Fixed Broadband Is Only Service to Grow in Brazil in 2016

Last year, fixed broadband was the only telecommunications service that registered growth in Brazil, adding 1.10 million new contracts (+4.33%), according to data from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). However, from November 2016 to December 2016, the service reported a decrease of 0.58 percent in the number of contracts. TIM led in terms of subscriber growth (+29.04%) last year, followed by Sky (17.46%) and Cabo (14.38%).

news | Jan 27, 2017 | 259 Views | Rated 0.0 | Brazil

Mexican OTT Market Up 40% to 6.7 mln Subs in 2016

The Mexican OTT market remains the most dynamic in Latin America, with the number of subscribers to video streaming platforms soaring 39.6 percent year on year to 6.7 million at the end of 2016.

news | Feb 10, 2017 | 240 Views | Rated 0.0 | Mexico

Brazilian Telecom Complaints Slip 4% in 2016

Consumer complaints registered by Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) fell by 4 percent in 2016, compared to the previous year, when complaints reached 3.9 million.

news | Feb 27, 2017 | 246 Views | Rated 0.0 | Brazil