Latin America

Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 01:14 UTC
Uruguay’s Chancellor on Venezuela: “We have a problem and it is the attitude of Luis Almagro”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, ratified his position on Friday on a peaceful solution to the political and institutional crisis suffered by Venezuela along with his Italian counterpart, Enzo Moavero Milanesi in Montevideo. The Uruguayan chancellor questioned the attitude of the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, considering that he took sides on the Venezuelan conflict.
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 23:33 UTC
Guaido stops in Asunción from Brasilia and enroute to Argentina

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez Friday welcomed Venezuelan dissident acting President Juan Guaidó, saying the latter represented hope for his people. Abdo added Nicolás Maduro's tyranny must end.
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 20:05 UTC
Peru hit by earthquake also felt in Bolivia, Brazil and Chile

An earthquake measuring 7.0 degrees on the Richter scale Friday rattled southern Peru, 67 km (41 miles) north-northwest of Juliaca, near the Bolivian border, it was reported.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Desperate Maduro regime appealing to the sale of central bank's gold

At least 8 tons of gold were removed from the Venezuelan central bank’s vaults last week, an opposition legislator and three government sources told Reuters, in the latest sign of President Nicolas Maduro’s desperation to raise hard currency amid tightening sanctions.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Guaidó arrives to Brasilia as part of a continental tour

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived in Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a tour of several nations to drum up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Bolsonaro pays tribute to Brazilian and Paraguayan military rulers

Jair Bolsonaro paid tribute to the former dictators of Brazil and Paraguay this week at a ceremony to celebrate the Itaipu hydroelectric dam. The Brazilian president, who has spoken previously of his admiration for the military dictatorship that ruled his nation from 1964 to 1985, praised former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner as a “man of vision.”
Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 21:23 UTC
Boeing and Embraer partnership now approved

The proposed strategic partnership between Boeing and Embraer was approved today by Embraer’s shareholders during an Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held at the company’s headquarters in Brazil.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 19:47 UTC
326 Venezuelan armed forces officials have defected in Colombia

The number of members of the Venezuelan Armed Forces who defected across the Venezuelan-Colombian border since Saturday, February 23, has risen to 326, according to Colombian immigration authorities.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
US imposes more sanctions to Maduro's allies; calls on Mexico and Uruguay to recognize Guaidó as president

The United States targeted Venezuela's government with new sanctions on Monday and called on allies to freeze the assets of its state-owned oil company PDVSA after deadly violence blocked aid from reaching the crisis-hit country during the weekend.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
Brazil rules out any military intervention of Venezuela: US will not be allowed to use Brazilian territory

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday that under no circumstances would his country allow the United States to intervene militarily in Venezuela from Brazilian territory.