Latin America

• Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

  Mercado Libre tops ranking of LatAm companies

  

  Mercado Libre, the company founded by Argentine entrepreneur Marcos Galperin, once again became the most valuable in Latin America with a market price exceeding US$ 90 billion, thus outperforming Petrobras (US$ 87.64 billion), Itaú (US$ 56.5 billion) and Walmart Mexico (US$ 54.95 billion).

• Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 21:03 UTC

  Brazilian flag flies over Argentine Embassy in Caracas

  

  The Brazilian flag was hoisted Thursday at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where six Venezuelan asylum seekers were left behind by the departing diplomatic team.

• Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 09:06 UTC

  OAS fails to pass resolution calling for transparency in Venezuela

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council was one vote short Wednesday of passing a resolution to demand that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish the minutes of each voting table which would prove there was no fraud last Sunday when the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been lawfully chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

  Peru's gov't recognizes González Urrutia as winner of Venezuelan elections

  

  The Peruvian government of President Dina Boluarte Tuesday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela, despite the announcement by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday in Caracas that Nicolás Maduro had been voted by 51.2% of the people for the 2025-2031 term against 44.2% for the challenger. “Clearly Edmundo Gonzalez is the elected president of Venezuela; this position is shared by numerous countries, governments, and international organizations,” said Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez Olaechea.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

  Lula would negotiate with Gustavo Petro to demand transparency in Venezuela's Elections

  

  In response to the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 50.20% of the vote without transparency, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is negotiating a joint statement with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This statement would demand a transparent recount of the votes to ensure legitimacy and accuracy in the electoral process.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

  

  The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 22:41 UTC

  Venezuelan elections impact felt all across the Americas

  

  Sunday's elections in Venezuela are rapidly shedding their consequences in other parts of the Americas as reactions from leaders everywhere shape up the geopolitical landscape for the months to come.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

  Land shipments of diesel awaited in Bolivia amid supply crisis

  

  Bolivia's oil company YPFB announced Sunday that with the arrival of at least 50,000 cubic meters of diesel from Brazil and Paraguay this week, the fuel shortage would be solved for the time being to meet domestic demand. The State-run organization explained that the supply problems stemmed from bad weather at the Chilean port of Arica, which prevented the unloading of fuel from four ships.

• Sunday, July 28th 2024 - 12:16 UTC

  Venezuela votes: A Nation at a crossroads after 25 Years of Chavismo

  

  Venezuelans are heading to the polls today in a highly anticipated presidential election that could end a quarter-century of Chavismo. The nation faces a crucial decision between maintaining the current government under President Nicolás Maduro or opting for change led by opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, supported by political leader Maria Corina Machado.