Latin America

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Fitch forecasts Latin American economies will rebound but with downside risks

  

  Fitch Ratings forecasts Latin American economies will rebound this year from the 2020 recession but risks remain in particular because of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Covid-19: Peruvians doctors on hunger strike to protest government non action

  

  A group of Peruvian doctors launched a hunger strike this week to protest the government’s lack of preparation for a second wave of COVID-19 cases.

• Thursday, January 21st 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  South American leaders congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

  

  Leaders of South America congratulated and celebrated the new United States administration on Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were officially inaugurated.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Peruvian leader pledges to pardon ex-president Fujimori if she wins April's general election

  

  Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has said that she would pardon her jailed father, former president Alberto Fujimori, if she wins April's general election. The 82-year-old Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption.

• Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Guatemala forces beat back migrant caravan heading for the US

  

  Guatemala beat back on Sunday a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the inauguration of the new administration.

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine president celebrates a rare success of his administration, promulgation of an abortion bill

  

  Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighboring Chile initiated its own debate on decriminalizing a procedure denied to most women on the continent. President Alberto Fernandez signed a law that allows abortion until 14 weeks of pregnancy that was passed by the Senate on December 30.

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  PAHO warns new Covid-19 variants make it urgent to continue with public health measures

  

  The appearance of new variants of the COVID-19 virus in several countries of the Americas, combined with an acceleration in the virus’s spread in virtually every country in the Americas, makes it urgent to continue public health measures such as social distancing, wearing masks, and washing hands often, Pan American Health Organization Director Carisa F. Etienne said.

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Uruguay signs contract to resume offshore seismic surveying for oil and gas

  

  Norwegian oil and gas exploration seismic data company PGS has signed an agreement with Uruguay's state oil company ANCAP to reprocess over 11 000 km of existing 2D lines of various vintages, applying the latest seismic imaging techniques.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Strong rebound of Peruvian economy in the next five years

  

  The economy of Peru, the world’s second largest copper producer, is expected to grow an annual average of 5.1% between 2021 and 2026, the economy ministry said on Tuesday

• Wednesday, January 13th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Mexico expected to approve Russia's Sputnik vaccine, and could order 24 million doses

  

  Mexican health authorities will make a decision this week on whether to authorize Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after getting access to data on it, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Tuesday.