Latin America

Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Pedro Castillo sworn in as Peru's new president

Pedro Castillo Terrones has been sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new President for the 2021-2026 term just barely a week after being declared the winner of the June 6 runoff against conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori.
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Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Gov't officials to run in primary elections need to resign in order to focus on their campaigns, Argentine President warns

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday warned that government officials who wished to run in the upcoming mandatory primary elections should resign their offices in order to focus on their campaigns.
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Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 07:32 UTC
Presidents of Argentina, Colombia hold side talk while attending presidential inauguration in Lima

Colombia President Iván Duque Márquez Wednesday praised the current state of bilateral relations with Argentina in a meeting he held with his counterpart from that country, Alberto Fernández, as both leaders were in the Peruvian capital for the inauguration of Pedro Castillo.
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Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Cuban generals keep dying weeks after the uprisings

Cuba's Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) of Monday announced the death of Reserve General Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco, making him the fourth high-ranking officer to pass away in just over a week.
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Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Latina America forecasted to grow 5,8% in 2021, IMF Outlook

The International Monetary Fund lifted previous 2021 growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean to 5,8%, a significant advance over the last estimate from April, boosted particularly because of the good performances of the Brazilian and Mexican economies.
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Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 07:48 UTC
Julian Assange's Ecuadorean nationality revoked by a court

An administrative court in Ecuador revoked the country's nationality of Wikileaks founder, Australian-born Julian Assange. The Monday 26 July ruling was notified to Assange's attorney Carlos Poveda and the Ecuadorean foreign ministry.
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Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Bad start for Castillo in Peru: he does not have control over congress

As anticipated Peruvian Socialist elect president Pedro Castillo was unable to gain control of the one-house Congress, which on Monday chose the candidate of an opposition-led alliance.
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Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Duque wants Venezuela to be declared “promoter of terrorism” for harboring FARC dissidents

Colombian President Iván Duque Monday said several former guerrilla commanders were being granted shelter in Venezuela and asked the United States that Venezuela be added to the list of countries that promote terrorism.
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Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Rosatom resumes construction of nuclear reactor in Bolivia

Russia's atomic agency Rosatom Monday resumed construction of a nuclear reactor for the Center for Research and Development of Nuclear Technology (CIDTN) of Bolivia, a project which had been paralyzed in 2019, it was reported.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Lacalle the best, Maduro the worst - says survey of how LatAm Presidents have handled the covid-19 pandemic

Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou was Latin America's best president when it came down to handling the coronavirus pandemic, a study by the international consulting firm Ipsos released over the weekend has shown.
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