Latin America

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 12:19 UTC

  Bolivia ready to restore diplomatic relations with Israel after a decade

  

  Bolivia says it will restore diplomatic ties with Israel, a decade after then-President Evo Morales severed relations because of an Israeli military offensive in Gaza.

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  EU condemns Cuba for detention of leading dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer

  

  The European parliament joined the United States on Thursday in condemning Cuba's detention and reported mistreatment of leading dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer, whom the Communist government in Havana calls a US-backed counter-revolutionary.

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 07:51 UTC

  Falklands South America inaugural second weekly flight occurred in May 1979

  

  The following letter was posted in the Penguin News edition of this week, signed by GW Cheek, who for several decades was head of Civil Aviation in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Colombian president caught between demands from businesses and people protesting in streets

  

  Widespread street protests in Colombia are likely to force embattled President Ivan Duque to make major changes to his tax reform proposal if he wants to pass the bill before a year-end deadline.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Bolivian interim government implements sharp shift in foreign policy in just two weeks

  

  Foreign policy of the interim Bolivian government foreign policy has shifted sharply in just two weeks under conservative President Jeanine Anez, a senator who took over in a power vacuum left by the resignation and exile of long-term leftist leader Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Furious ladies take to the streets of Mexico City on the Day to Eliminate Violence against Women

  

  Demonstrators smashed windows, spray-painted monuments and clashed with riot police on Monday on Mexico City's main avenue to protest Mexican authorities' failure to stop a spiral of violence against women.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Bolivia names its first ambassador to United States in eleven years

  

  Bolivia appointed its first ambassador to the United States in 11 years on Tuesday, officials said, as the interim government resets the country's foreign policy after the departure of Evo Morales.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 15:51 UTC

  Teenager, symbol of ongoing protests in Colombia dies of injuries by a teargas canister

  

  A teenager who became a symbol of ongoing protests in Colombia when he was injured by a teargas canister died of his wounds late on Monday, after President Ivan Duque met with unions and business leaders on the fifth straight day of demonstrations.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombia expelling 59 Venezuelans arrested during street protests

  

  Colombia said on Monday it was expelling 59 Venezuelans for taking part in street protests, as conservative President Ivan Duque gathered with business and labor leaders in a bid to quell violent anti-government protests.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori released by Peru's Constitutional Court

  

  Peru's Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the release of opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, after more than a year of pre-trial detention. Fujimori, 44, has been held since October last year pending her trial in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.