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Montevideo, May 17th 2024 - 15:46 UTC

Latin America

  • Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 19:44 UTC

    Rotating supply cuts launched as Bogotá's water reservoirs are running dry

    The situation is worse than expected after rainfalls forecasted for late March never arrived and are still awaited

    Authorities in the capital of Colombia began rationing water on Thursday as local reservoirs were reported to be nearing alarming levels due to the El Niño phenomenon coupled with the aftermaths of global warming. It has not been ruled out that the severe drought might result as well in an energy crisis hitting some 10 million people who live in Bogotá and the surrounding areas.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    Presidents Lacalle Pou and Peña attend Conmebol dinner in Asunción

    Like-minded conservative leaders Peña and Lacalle Pou shared a series of activities in Asunción

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay Wednesday attended a dinner hosted by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) at the historic building of the Port of Asunción. Also participating in the event was Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Uribe to become first former Colombian president under trial

    Uribe is believed to have started a process which backfired

    Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez will become the first former head of state of the South American country to be brought before the courts, the prosecution announced Tuesday in Bogota. The date for the start of the trial has not yet been set. Uribe faces bribery and procedural fraud charges.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Political forces in Haiti agree on Presidential Transitional Council

    Criminal groups control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince hindering the supply of food and medicines

    Political forces in Haiti have agreed on the formation of a 22-month Presidential Transitional Council to lead the violence-torn country to fresh democratic, credible, and participatory elections through which to restore normalcy, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    UN Security Council to review Essequibo controversy

    The UN Security Council needs to be the main body “to discuss Venezuela's violations as a member of the international community,” Todd said

    Guyanese authorities have requested the United Nations Security Council to review Venezuela's territorial claims over the oil-rich Essequibo region, under the jurisdiction of the former British colony since 1899, but which Caracas has annexed to all its official maps following a referendum last year.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 22:04 UTC

    Mexican donation of mosquito repellent arrives in Argentina

    The sanitary fluid was manufactured by SC Johnson's Mexican branch

    A total of 22,320 bottles of mosquito repellent donated by Mexico arrived Monday in Argentina where the product has become increasingly scarce amid a soaring number of dengue fever cases, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 19:24 UTC

    Panama Canal chokepoint approaching an end as the rainy season begins in May

    Maersk gave its own indication of the improving water level, with the reinstatement of a service that had previously switched to a rail-land transit across Panama .

    The chokepoint at the Panama Canal could be approaching an end as weather forecasts indicate ample rain fall is heading for Panama, which if correct means many international shipping believe a return to normal crossing s possible in the near future.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    International community repudiates Ecuador's attack on Mexican Embassy in Quito

    Guterres also called on Ecuador and Mexico to “resolve their differences by peaceful means”

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the governments of many countries in the Americas condemned Ecuador's decision to break into Mexico's Embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum in the diplomatic mission as he faced corruption charges.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Mexico to bring Quito Embassy case before the ICJ

    Our diplomatic staff returns home with their heads held high, Bárcena posted on X

    After successfully pulling out of Ecuador all 18 members of its diplomatic mission following the breakup after Quito's unlawful actions at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Sunday that a case would be filed before the International Court of Justice in The Hague (The Netherlands) first thing Monday.

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 07:41 UTC

    Colombia: Rebels demand ceasefire honored, or else...

    “It is necessary to reestablish the bilateral and national ceasefire,” the guerrillas insisted

    A dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Sunday asked President Gustavo Pedtro's administration to reestablish a nationwide ceasefire or else Colombian Army facilities would be attacked. The rebel Central General Staff (EMC) also asked civilians to stay away from military and police officers.