Latin America

Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 07:29 UTC
Venezuela pledges to fulfill its commitments to Cuba despite US sanctions

Venezuela will “fulfill its commitments” to Cuba despite United States sanctions targeting oil shipments from Maracaibo to its ideological ally, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Monday.
Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:03 UTC
Argentine businessman accused of tax evasion and fleeing from Justice caught in Belize

Argentina's “King of Meat”, the businessman Alberto Samid, was arrested Friday in the tiny Caribbean nation of Belize after fleeing Argentina in late March.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 07:48 UTC
First independent group march authorized in Cuba

Hundreds of Cubans marched peacefully through Havana calling for an end to animal cruelty on Sunday in what organizers believe was the first independent march authorized by the one-party state.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Trump's carrots stick approach to Mexico and the border illegal crossing dispute

President Donald Trump flew on Friday to visit newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Nicaragua's Ortega release 50 opposition prisoners

Nicaragua on Friday released 50 opposition prisoners held during nationwide protests against President Daniel Ortega, the interior ministry said, two days after the end of talks aimed at resolving a deadly year-long political crisis.
Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
NATO does not discard Latin American countries joining as alliance partners

NATO can look at the possibility of other Latin American states joining Colombia in becoming alliance partners, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, while appearing to rule out U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Brazil could one day become a full member of the North Atlantic security body.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguayan president caught on the wrong foot forced to sack six generals and minister of Defense

Uruguay’s president has been involved in an embarrassing incident which forced him on Monday to remove the commander in chief of the army, the Defense Chief of Staff and four other generals for allegedly covering up that a retired member of the military committed a crime during the 1973-1985 dictatorship.
Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Trump cuts aid to Central American countries to stop immigration to the US

United States opposition politicians and aid agencies have questioned a decision by President Donald Trump to cut off aid to three Central American states. Mr. Trump ordered the suspension of aid payments to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to push their governments to stop migration into the US.
Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Red Cross ready to supply humanitarian aid to Venezuela, apparently negotiated with Maduro's regime

The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday it was prepared to channel humanitarian aid to Venezuela through an operation that could be similar to one in Syria, potentially helping ease chronic hunger and disease in the South American nation. President Nicolas Maduro in February blocked efforts by political opponents to bring US-backed aid into the country across its borders with neighboring Colombia and Brazil, and has denied the country is suffering a humanitarian crisis.
Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:39 UTC
Montevideo: The most expensive city and the best place to live in Latin America?

The Uruguayan capital is the most expensive and the best to live in the region. At least that's what the studies of The Economist, which positioned Montevideo behind Mexico City in terms of cost, and the consultancy Mercer, which places the capital at the top of Latin American quality of life ranking, revealed in publications made this month. El País (Madrid) explains that Montevideo has a “crazy decadent charm”. However, why does this phenomenon occur?