South America

New restrictions on foreign-exchange purchases in Argentina are making it harder for education agents in the country to pay fees abroad, and forcing students to use the country’s black market in currency exchange...

According to a survey by Brazilian agency association, BELTA, Brazilian students were more likely to choose Canada as a study destination than the US or UK in 2010, in news released this week. Of the 71 agencies polled by the association, a staggering 90% said Canada was first choice for students using their services to find courses […]

Online language learning community, Livemocha, has teamed up with education supplier giant, Abril Educação in Brazil, to tap into the growing market for English language learning - estimated at 40 million professionals by the CEO of the Brazilian company.

Brazil announced this summer that it is to invest in 75,000 scholarships to enable its top students to study science and technology abroad by 2014. The decision comes as part of a programme to enhance the competitiveness of Brazilian industry. The Science without Borders programme will cost Brazil $2.02 billion and involve 238 top foreign […]