Latin America

Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:41 UTC
OAS wants dialogue in Nicaragua

The Organization of American States (OAS) asked its 35 members to do their utmost to keep bridges open with the Nicaraguan government to have all political prisoners released and reach an end to human rights violations while allowing international organizations to enter its territory, it was reported in Washington DC.
Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC
WHO to train 6,000 healthcare pros to help Peru fight dengue

The World Health Organization (WHO) is to train more than 6,000 healthcare professionals to assist Peru in the dengue epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Wednesday. Peru is experiencing one of its worst dengue crises, with 81,202 confirmed cases and at least 193 deaths.
Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:48 UTC
Former Peruvian PM arrested in connection with Castillo's coup

Former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez was arrested Tuesday in connection with the Dec. 7 coup d'état staged by then-President Pedro Castillo Terrones, it was reported. Peru's National Police (PNP) arrested Chávez at her home in the southern city of Tacna after the Supreme Court ordered her pre-trial detention for 18 months.
Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Bolivia pumping nearly half the gas it used to sell to Argentina

Bolivia pumped last month nearly half the gas it used to send to Argentina in May of 2022 due to output problems as demand increases due to cold weather, it was reported by El Deber citing data from the Departmental Center for Monitoring and Control of Hydrocarbons of the Santa Cruz Government and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:40 UTC
“Resuscitating” Ecuadorian woman dies

The Ecuadorian woman who made the news worldwide last week for being almost buried alive, has died Friday aged 76, it was reported. Bella Montoya had been pronounced dead on June 9 at a public hospital in Babahoyo, in southwestern Ecuador.
Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:44 UTC
Peruvian paramilitary chiefs convicted of a murder in the 1990s

Former Peruvian National Intelligence Service (SIE) Chief Vladimiro Montesinos and Santiago Martin Rivas, leader of the paramilitary Colina Group created under then-President Alberto Fujimori, were sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison for the premeditated murder of Mariella Barreto, it was reported in Lima.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Iranian President rounds up Latin American tour

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday rounded up a Latin American tour after his stop in Havana to meet with his Cuban colleague Miguel Díaz-Canel following calls in Caracas and Managua
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:41 UTC
Guatemalan court hands down 6-year prison sentence to newspaper founder

José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, a newspaper critical of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei which went out of business last month, has been sentenced to six years in jail for alleged money laundering, it was reported. Both Zamora and the Prosecutor's Office announced that they will appeal the ruling.
Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 09:20 UTC
AMLO picks former ECLAC boss for FM post

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Tuesday announced he had picked former Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena as the country's next foreign minister following the resignation of Marcelo Ebrard to devote himself to his electoral run.
Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
“Dead” woman knocks on her coffin in Ecuador

An Ecuadorian woman who was not quite dead knocked on her coffin during her wake in the central city of Babahoyo, about 200 km southwest of Quito last Friday, it was reported Monday in the South American country. The 76-year-old patient's “resurrection” has prompted a government investigation.