Latin America

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:40 UTC

  Bolivia's Second Lady in ICU with brain tumor

  

  Bolivian Congresswoman Diana Romero -the wife of Vice President Edmand Lara- has been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to her deteriorating health caused by a brain tumor.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

  Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

  

  Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 21:52 UTC

  ICRC President warns of humanitarian deterioration in Colombia

  

  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric issued a statement on Friday upon completing her three-day visit to Colombia. In the document, she warned about the severe deterioration of the humanitarian crisis nine years after the peace deal between the Government and some guerrilla groups.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Peru: Castillo gets 11 years for failed coup attempt

  

  Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion, stemming from his failed attempt to dissolve Congress in December 2022.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Bolivian Army removes Wiphala from Coat of Arms

  

  The Bolivian Army announced Thursday the restoration of its original institutional coat of arms, a version that excludes the indigenous wiphala flag and other plurinational symbols integrated 15 years ago.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

  After 24 years in power, Comrade Ralph loses St Vincent and the Grenadines elections

  

  After 24 consecutive years in office, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves -also known as Comrade Ralph for his leftwing stance- lost Thursday's elections to historian and political scientist Dr. Goodwin Friday of the center-right New Democratic Party (NDP).

• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

  Former Peruvian President Vizcarra sentenced to 14 years for bribery

  

  Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison and immediately taken into custody following a court ruling that found him guilty of bribery during his tenure as regional governor of Moquegua.

• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

  Bolivia: DEA returning after 17-year absence

  

  The Bolivian government confirmed this week that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will return to the country “very soon,” marking a significant change in the country's anti-drug policy since the agency was expelled in 2008 by former President Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 21:52 UTC

  Latin America remains the world's most unequal region

  

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned in its latest report that Latin America continues to be the most unequal region globally, with extreme concentration of wealth stifling growth and social mobility.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Brother of former Colombian President Uribe sentenced to 28 years in jail

  

  A high court in Colombia on Tuesday sentenced Santiago Uribe Vélez, the brother of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010), to 28 years and three months in prison, overturning a previous acquittal. The defendant was found guilty of creating and financing the far-right paramilitary group known as 'Los doce apóstoles' (The Twelve Apostles).