Latin America

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:02 UTC

  Argentine officials and Malvinas relatives preparing trip to the Falklands

  

  Argentine officials and representatives from the Relatives of the Malvinas fallen committee met last Friday to consider details of the trip to the Falklands, which is being organized for the next of kin of the 88 recently identified Argentine combatants remains buried at the Darwin cemetery.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC

  US warns Mexico to pay attention to Russian meddling in the July elections

  

  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Mexico on Friday to pay attention to Russian meddling in elections around the world, following comments from another US official that there were signs of such interference in the country's presidential race.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:22 UTC

  Costa Rica wins coastal border dispute with Nicaragua at UN Court of Justice

  

  Costa Rica claimed victory over Nicaragua on Friday, after the United Nations’ highest court awarded Costa Rica disputed territory along the coastal border shared by the two Central American countries. Nicaragua was ordered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague to remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan river, which the judges said violated Costa Rican sovereignty.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:12 UTC

  Gay marriage at the center of Costa Rica's Sunday presidential election

  

  A debate over gay marriage has upturned Costa Rica's presidential race, giving ammunition to conservative frontrunners ahead of Sunday's vote and challenging the Central American country's image as a progressive bastion. Evangelical Christian singer and congressman Fabricio Alvarado, who leads recent polls, has pitted himself against a January ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that urges Costa Rica to legalize same-sex marriage.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:07 UTC

  Ecuador's Sunday referendum could annul Correa's aspirations of reelection

  

  When Ecuadorians vote on Sunday barring former president Rafael Correa from re-election, they will also be choosing whether to buck a trend across South America in which overbearing former presidents just can’t let go of power.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  UK supports reelected Honduran president but demands respect for human rights and combating corruption

  

  UK expressed support for Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez who was re-elected in a controversial process, and calls on the new leader to make respect for human rights and the fight against corruption, the priorities of his administration. Fernandez took the oath of office on 27 January.

• Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 20:35 UTC

  Majority of Brazilians want Lula in prison and would not support a candidate sponsored by him

  

  Brazil’s presidential election is up for grabs, according to the latest public opinion poll, with popular ex-president Lula da Silva likely to be barred because of his corruption conviction and half of the electorate responding they want to see him in jail.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Peruvian public opinion divided in halves over pardon to ex president Fujimori

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s approval rating has fallen to 19% since he granted a pardon to authoritarian former President Alberto Fujimori, a decision that has deeply divided the country, a poll showed on Sunday.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  EU Agriculture and Trade commissioners at odds over increasing Mercosur beef access

  

  A long-awaited major trade deal between the EU and Mercosur may this week take a key step towards realization with ministerial teams from both sides meeting in Brussels on Monday. They are expected to give negotiators a new, decisive political impulse to reach agreement in a matter of weeks, according to Irish sources.

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentina will not recognize Venezuela election results, anticipates Macri

  

  Argentina will not recognize the results of upcoming elections in Venezuela, President Mauricio Macri has said accusing strongman Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro of running a “dictatorship”.