Latin America

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 14:59 UTC

  Study reveals that 8 million Venezuelans would migrate during 2019

  

  A study carried out by Harvard University economists Dany Bahar and Douglas Barrios reveals that at least 8.2 million Venezuelan citizens would leave during 2019 their country to escape the economic and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 14:10 UTC

  The feminist wave of 'Look how we get': Actresses create an Argentine #MeeToo

  

  In Argentina, a movement in support of the accusation of rape that the actress Thelma Fardín presented against the actor and singer Juan Darthes caused a stir and support with the hashtag #MiraComoNosPonemos (Look how we get) on Tuesday through social networks. Darthes carries several complaints about the sexual abuse of several actresses with whom he worked.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 10:29 UTC

  Otto Sonnenholzner becomes Ecuador's new vicepresident with 94 Assembly votes

  

  The Guayaquil-born Otto Sonnenholzner Sper took office on Tuesday as Vice-president of Ecuador, after being chosen by the National Assembly from a shortlist put forward by President Lenin Moreno.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 06:37 UTC

  Mexico to invest US$ 30bn in the “Central American conundrum” and improve migration relations with US

  

  Mexico will invest more than US$ 30 billion in its poor southern states over the next five years, the foreign minister said, boosting the region economically as part of efforts to curb migration. Under pressure from the United States, Mexico is grappling to halt the northward flow of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Russian helicopter maintenance hangar opened in Peru

  

  Russian-made Mil Mi helicopters can now undergo maintenance and repairs in Lima, Peru, after facilities to carry out those tasks were opened Monday within a local Air Force compound, it was announced.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  OAS Mission congratulates Peruvians for the peaceful Sunday vote

  

  The Electoral Experts Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) congratulated Peruvian citizens for a peaceful vote in which they expressed their will in a decisive way. The Mission also congratulated electoral authorities on their ability to organize in a short-term the national referendum on December 9.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:30 UTC

  Ecuador expects to renegotiate debt with China; president off to Beijing

  

  Ecuador plans to renegotiate the terms of its debt to China, President Lenin Moreno said ahead of a trip to Beijing, adding that a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for additional financing was possible.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:05 UTC

  Chile pulls out of controversial UN migration pact

  

  Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Piñera's government of “shameful and authoritarian” behavior.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Former president during one of Colombia's bloodiest periods has died

  

  Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, who attempted to broker peace with Marxist rebels during his administration, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital said.The hospital did not provide a cause of death, but media reports said he had been admitted with kidney problems.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 16:39 UTC

  Angry Bolivians demonstrate against Evo's candidacy

  

  Demonstrators marched in most Bolivian big cities Thursday to complain against the Electoral High Court (TSE)'s decision to allow incumbent President Evo Morales and Vice-president Álvaro García Linera to seek re-election despite the country's Constitution and what the people voted for in the February 21, 2016 referendum.