Latin America

Friday, June 9th 2023 - 11:21 UTC
WSJ says China plans to install spying base in Cuba

According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the governments of China and Cuba signed an agreement whereby the Asian nation will install a spy base on the Caribbean island to intercept communications of all kinds in the United States.
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Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:26 UTC
Petro warns “soft coup” against him will not prevail

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday said he could face the same fate as Peru's Pedro Castillo Terrones as Congress might try to impeach him out of office. “Once the reforms are overthrown, they intend to destroy me in the Commission of Accusations,” Petro argued while urging lawmakers not to betray “the will of the people”.
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Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Sonnenholzner to run for president of Ecuador

Former Ecuadorian Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner Wednesday confirmed he will enter this year's snap elections called after President Guillermo Lasso enacted the so-called crossed-death mechanism which meant dissolving Parliament and ruling by decree until new lawmakers and a new head of state are chosen.
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Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Mexican FM to resign, wants to focus on presidential bid

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Tuesday announced that he would be resigning from his job to dedicate himself to the 2024 presidential campaign on behalf of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Ebrard, 63, said that he will formally leave his post on June 12.
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Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Panama Canal water level suffering from climate change

Since the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific in the early 20th century, it changes forever the history of global shipping. Before the canal was completed, ships had to go around the southern tip of South America, close to the Falklands coal fueling deposits, and a much longer and more dangerous route.
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Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Aruba, Venezuela resume bilateral trade after 4 years

After a four-year hiatus, trade between Aruba and Venezuela resumed Monday with the arrival of 80 tons of merchandise from the continent to the island, marking the resumption of trade relations between the two countries.
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Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
Vehicle production grows in Argentina

Argentina's Association of Automotive Manufacturers (Adefa) announced Monday that output reached 53,282 units in May, (14.8% more than in the same month of 2022), while exports grew by over 13% in the same period.
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Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:15 UTC
Haitian-Chilean national gets life sentence for President Moïse's murder

Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar was sentenced to life in prison by a Miami court for his role in the July 7, 2021, murder of President Jovenel Moïse in Port au Prince when a group of armed men - mostly Colombian mercenaries - stormed his home.
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Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:10 UTC
Peru: State of emergency in Puno extended

Peru's government has extended the state of emergency in the Puno region for 60 days, thus allowing the Joint Command of the Armed Forces to retain the Unified Command of the Armed Forces and the National Police amid anti-government protests.
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Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:12 UTC
Dozens of bags with human remains found in Mexico; government admits 100,000 missing people

Mexican police have discovered dozens of bags with human remains, during a search operation for seven young workers of a call center who went missing a week ago, Mexican prosecution said on Thursday.
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