Latin America

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  Brazilian judge blocks border to prevent Venezuelans flooding in

  

  A Brazilian federal court has ordered a block on Venezuelans crossing the border from their economically imploding country, but there was no indication on Monday of the suspension yet taking effect.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:23 UTC

  Ivan Duque takes office as Colombian president; staunch ally of the Trump administration

  

  Ivan Duque, who will be sworn in as Colombia’s president on Tuesday, is poised to become an unusually strong ally for the Trump administration after he made a project of cultivating ties with the White House and spotlighting shared views on drug control, counterterrorism and the unfolding political and economic crisis in next-door Venezuela.

• Sunday, August 5th 2018 - 08:05 UTC

  Maduro escapes drone-attack during military ceremony; blames Colombia's Santos

  

  Venezuelan officials say that President Nicolás Maduro has escaped an assassination attempt unharmed. Maduro was giving a live televised speech in the capital city of Caracas on Saturday when, a government spokesman said, explosive-carrying drones went off near the president.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 09:38 UTC

  Colombia's kingmaker withdraws his Senate resignation letter

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, accused of witness tampering and bribery, asked the Senate to ignore his resignation letter so that his case remains with the Supreme Court. Uribe, who was in office from 2002 to 2010 and mounted a military offensive against Marxist guerrillas, said on Monday he would resign his seat in the Senate to concentrate on his defense after the Supreme Court called on him to testify.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  Santos convinced that Maduro's days in Venezuela are numbered, “in the near future”

  

  Nicolas Maduro's days as president of crisis-ravaged Venezuela are numbered, his outgoing Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos told the French government news agency.“I can see it happening in the near future,” said Santos, pointing to the International Monetary Fund's latest projection that Venezuela's inflation will hit one million percent this year.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Ortega admits armed and masked paramilitaries were a “volunteer police”

  

  Nicaragua's veteran leader Daniel Ortega defended brutal action by his forces against anti-government protesters, as the United States warned he and his wife were “ultimately responsible” for deaths and rights violations.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:01 UTC

  Aeromexico Embraer crashes in Durango: passengers and crew jump to safety

  

  Dozens were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said most were not seriously hurt and there were no fatalities.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 18:59 UTC

  U.S. revokes visas for Nicaraguan officials and is pledging funds for those fighting for democracy

  

  The United States is revoking visas for Nicaraguan officials responsible for violence against anti-government protesters, saying these are just the start of what could be more sanctions.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 18:55 UTC

  Failure of coffee crop forces more Guatemalans to migrate north to the US

  

  A mix of roya, climate change and low coffee prices in Guatemala are causing greater numbers of workers and some landowners to abandon the coffee farms and migrate north to the United States.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Guyana top country in discovered oil resources during 2018

  

  Discovered resources globally of conventional oil and natural gas surpassed 4.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the first half of 2018, making for an exciting recovery with Guyana leading the way, according to analysis by Rystad Energy. Average monthly discovered volumes are 826 million barrels of oil equivalent. This is a 30% increase from 2017.