Latin America

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Peru promises to protect Machu Picchu when building a new airport in the region

  

  Peru's government promised on Thursday to protect the Machu Picchu sanctuary and other Inca ruins when building a new airport to serve the ancient civilization's capital of Cusco. Machu Picchu and the Inca road system are UNESCO World Heritage sites, and the UN agency has previously expressed concerns over the proposed airport at Chinchero, less than 60 kilometers from the Inca sanctuary that was built in the 15th century.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Parliamentary election in Peru that hopefully will cut the influence of Fujimorism

  

  Peru will hold separate parliamentary elections for the first time on Sunday as President Martin Vizcarra looks to break the influence of the main opposition party of Keiko Fujimori.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Anti government protestors clash with riot police in several Colombian cities

  

  Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Bogota as anti-government protests resumed across Colombia, leaving 11 people injured and nearly 100 arrested.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  Coronavirus from China could have reached Mexico; professor who visited Wuhan under home monitoring

  

  A man who fell ill in Mexico on Monday following a December trip to Wuhan, China, is under observation as a potential case of the coronavirus, the respiratory virus that has killed at least 19 people worldwide.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Macron melee with Israeli security during a visit to the St Anne Jerusalem Basilica

  

  “Go outside,” French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Bolivian congress finally accepts the resignation of president Evo Morales

  

  Bolivia's Congress voted on Tuesday to accept the resignation of former president Evo Morales, two months after the 60-year-old quit and fled for asylum in Mexico and then Argentina.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  Guyana ships its first ever cargo of one million barrels of oil

  

  A vessel carrying Guyana’s first-ever shipment of crude set sail on Monday bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast, oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said, marking the tiny South American nation’s long-awaited debut as an oil exporter.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Trump senior advisor says Bolivia's Morales has become a headache for Argentina

  

  A senior adviser to president Trump said that former Bolivian leader Evo Morales has become a “headache” for Argentina. Mauricio Claver-Carone told the Bolivian newspaper Pagina Siete that Argentina should have focused on its economic issues instead of granting Morales asylum.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  Pompeo reaffirms full support for Guaidó and calls on other countries to help remove Maduro

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will take additional measures in support of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Pompeo called on other countries to co-operate in efforts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Mexican National Guard fires tear gas to prevent migrant caravan crossing from Guatemala

  

  Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to force their way into Mexico on Monday by crossing the river that divides the country from Guatemala, prompting the National Guard to fire tear gas.