Latin America

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  Vote count flips in Honduras after interruption

  

  Honduras' presidential race saw a lead change Tuesday as election officials resumed counting votes following accusations of US interference and the highly controversial pardon of a former Honduran president by Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Only 10 of Boliviana de Aviación’s 20 aircraft operational

  

  Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) General Manager Juan José Galvarro confirmed Tuesday that the state-owned airline is operating with only half of its fleet, leading to severe disruptions across its domestic and international network.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:27 UTC

  Peru: Presidential candidate Belaúnde survives armed attack

  

  Peruvian Presidential candidate Rafael Belaúnde of the Popular Freedom party survived an armed attack on Tuesday in Cerro Azul, a town 147 kilometers south of Lima, sustaining only minor scratches from broken glass.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC

  Colombian prosecutors want President's son arrested

  

  Colombian prosecutors formally requested on Tuesday that Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, be placed in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

  

  Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:46 UTC

  Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia

  

  The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 21:01 UTC

  Uruguay leads Latin America in electric car sales

  

  Uruguay has cemented its position as the undisputed leader in Latin American electric vehicle (EV) adoption, achieving a remarkable market penetration of 27.97% in the third quarter of 2025, the Latin American Zero Emissions Observatory (ZEMO) reported. The South American country is way ahead of its nearest competitor (Costa Rica, with 16.26%).

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Trump's candidate leads vote count in Honduran presidential elections

  

  Conservative Candidate Nasry Asfura, who has been endorsed by US President Donald Trump, leads Honduras' presidential race with 43% of the vote counted early Monday. Asfura of the National Party was closely trailed by former TV host Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

  Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

  

  Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.

• Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 18:20 UTC

  Trump announces total closure of Venezuela’s airspace amid rising military tensions

  

  US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the complete closure of Venezuela’s airspace, further isolating the country and marking the most severe escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas in decades.