Latin America

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Nicaraguan reporters placed under arrest for 90 days

  

  A Nicaraguan judge has ruled two workers of the newspaper La Prensa are to spend 90 days in pretrial detention after being arrested for reporting on the expulsion from the country of nuns belonging to Mother Teresa's Congregation.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Bolivia to produce toothpaste made of coca leaves

  

  The Bolivian government Tuesday announced the creation of the state-run Empresa Pública Productiva de Industrialización to start the production of a new brand of toothpaste made from coca leaves to fulfill the Constitutional mandate to capitalize on a native and ancestral natural resource, which is the cultural heritage of the country.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  More tourists welcome at Machu Picchu to boost economic recovery

  

  Peruvian authorities Wednesday decided to increase by a third the capacity of the archeological Machu Picchu ruins to welcome visitors, in a move to help the site's recovery after years of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing economic consequences.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  President-elect Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, wants lasting peace in Colombia

  

  Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro has in mind a series of revolutionary changes to achieve total peace in a country torn by guerrilla wars for over six decades, including the resumption of talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Arab countries announce investments in Brazil worth US$ 20 bn

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday announced that the total investments of Arab funds in Brazil are approaching US$20 billion, half of that money stemming from the country's recent participation at the Expo Dubai event.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Abortion: Salvadorean woman sentenced to 50 years

  

  A woman in El Salvador has been handed down a 50-year jail sentence for having had an abortion, it was reported Monday. It was the first time that the maximum penalty has been applied. Pro-abortion groups have pledged to appeal the ruling.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Peru returns to blanket mandatory wearing of facemasks

  

  Peruvian health authorities Monday reinstated the mandatory wearing of facemasks both in indoor and outdoor settings in light of the fourth wave of COVID-19 hitting the country.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Peruvian President's sister-in-law linked to alleged corruption case

  

  Peruvian Prosecutors Monday announced the opening of a preliminary investigation that targets President Pedro Castillo Terrones' sister-in-law Jenifer Paredes, who was reported in a TV show aired Sunday as being involved in an alleged corruption scheme in a sanitation project in Cajamarca, the president's native region.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Maduro's links with terrorism “a threat” to the region, opposition leader says

  

  According to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Nicolás “Maduro's links with international terrorism are a threat to the region.”

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguayan judge demands explanations regarding Pfizer's COVID-19 vax

  

  An Uruguayan court has ruled that the national government and the laboratory Pfizer must disclose during a hearing this coming Wednesday the exact components of the COVID-19 vaccine of that brand which is widely used throughout the country.