Latin America

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:30 UTC

  Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 grew 9,3% and reached US$ 142 billion, WB report

  

  Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2022 grew an estimated 5% to US$626 billion, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

  

  Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Bolivian gov't signs Census Bill into law

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has signed into law the bill regarding the national census, which had sparked a 36-day strike in the province of Santa Cruz, where most of the country's rightwing population opposing the Socialist government lives.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 19:06 UTC

  Argentina grants political asylum to former Ecuadorian Minister convicted of corruption

  

  Citing humanitarian grounds, the Government of Argentina has granted diplomatic asylum to the Ecuadorian national Maria de los Angeles Duarte Pesantes, a former official under former President Rafael Correa.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Dispute between Chile and Bolivia over Silala settled by ICJ ruling

  

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Thursday announced a ruling validating Chile's claim that the Silala River is an international waterway and calling both parties to cooperate in the preservation of the natural resources in the area.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  US blocks sugar imports from Dominican Republic, claiming abusive labor conditions

  

  Imports of crude sugar from a company in the Dominican Republic will be blocked at all U.S. ports after the alleged use of forced labor in its production, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Foreign investment in Latin America still below pre-pandemic levels

  

  Despite a 40.7% growth from 2021, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Latin America continue to be below the levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday in Santiago by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 22:42 UTC

  New impeachment request filed against Peruvian President

  

  The Peruvian Congress presented on Tuesday a request to dismiss president Pedro Castillo Terrones, for his alleged “moral incapacity” to hold office for the third time since he arrived the office, 16 months ago.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Ecuadorian poultry farm detected to have cases of bird flu

  

  Ecuadorian authorities have activated an epidemiological encirclement following a surge in cases of avian influenza. The first confirmation stemmed from a poultry production farm in the Andean province of Cotopaxi thanks to controls by the Agency for Regulation and Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Control (Agrocalidad), the Agriculture and Livestock Ministry said.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  BP awarded contract by Guyana to market its share of oil from two platforms

  

  UK's British Petroleum has been awarded a contract to market Guyana's share of oil produced at the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity platforms, reports Oilprice. With 11 billion barrels found to date, Guyana is home to one of the largest oil discoveries over the last decade.