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Montevideo, April 13th 2026 - 01:13 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

    Colombian president grants amnesty to FARC 3.600 members, as part of the peace deal

    More than 7,000 rebels in total have been granted amnesty or released from prison as part of their reintegration into Colombian society.

    Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree granting amnesty to another 3,600 members of the Farc rebel group, which last year reached a peace deal with the government. It is the third and final amnesty decree signed by Santos.

  • Monday, July 10th 2017 - 06:54 UTC

    Brazilian political system admits “hollowed out” president Temer could soon be removed

    Key to Temer’s survival is whether the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Brazil’s third largest, will stick with his coalition despite deep divisions in its ranks

    Congressional support for Brazilian President Michel Temer is weakening, lawmakers said, days before the lower house is expected to vote on whether he should stand trial on a corruption charge. Temer, whose conservative government’s approval rating is languishing in single digits, is clinging to power after being charged with arranging to take millions of dollars in bribes, the first sitting Brazilian president to face such criminal proceedings.

  • Friday, July 7th 2017 - 03:32 UTC

    Face of the woman who ruled Peru 1,700 Years ago revealed

    The Lady of Cao, who died at about age 25 after giving birth, was a woman with an oval countenance, a brown complexion and long black hair in two braids, according to the reproduction and the research

    The face of the Lady of Cao, considered to be a queen who ruled northern Peru 1,700 years ago, was revealed on Tuesday thanks to 3D technology developed by private companies, as was a replica of her mummified body, appearing just as it was found in 2005 at the El Brujo archaeological complex.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 07:04 UTC

    Morales accuses Chile of violating International Court of Justice rules

    Morales said that Chile “should acknowledge there are peaceful ways to resolve controversies between nations”

    Bolivian President Evo Morales accused his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, of violating rules of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague by “revealing” the content of the report filed by that country in the dispute over the use of the Silala River, while causing an “unnecessary” conflict in the media.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 06:57 UTC

    Brazilian plan to review purchase of Bolivian natural gas

    Petrobras, which financed and built the pipeline on both sides of the border, is allowed to buy up to 30.1 million cubic meters of gas per day

    Petrobras should cut the maximum amount of natural gas it buys from neighboring Bolivia in half in an effort to encourage domestic importers and distributors to enter the market, according to a Brazilian government study.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 01:34 UTC

    Tobacco 2017 harvest a boost for Cuban economy

    A successful tobacco harvest, yet below early estimates.

    Cuba's economy is to receive a significant boost from one of its main industries, as tobacco leaf production reached 19,000 tonnes this year, the best harvest of the last decade, it was announced Tuesday in Havana. The figure represents success, but it is still far below the 30,000 tonnes from early estimates.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:49 UTC

    Bolivia's YPFB wins bid to sell LPG to Paraguay

    With this new sale YPFB becomes a “major player” in the LPG regional industry,

    Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Oscar Barriga announced Monday that the state company will export 4,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Paraguay.

  • Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 18:18 UTC

    Cuba, Australia pledge to strengthen economic cooperation

    Foreign Ministers Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla of Cuba and Julie Bishop of Australia at the signing of the new Memorandum on Friday in Havana

    Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, Friday signed a memorandum of understanding whereby both countries will strenthen their economic ties.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:01 UTC

    UN says FARC rebels hand over weapons to Colombian authorities

    FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timochenko, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Jean Arnault, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Colombia and Head of the UN

    Leftist rebels in Colombia have turned over almost all of their fighters’ individual weapons as part of a historic peace deal reached with the government last year to end a half century of conflict, the United Nations said Monday.

  • Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 16:26 UTC

    Pence to visit Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Panama in August

    Vice President Pence to tour the Americas as a token of US interest despite budget cuts

    US Vice President Mike Pence announced he will be travelling to Central and South America later this year. During a conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami it became known that the Vice President will be touring Colombia -Cartagena and Bogota-, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Panama City on August 13-18.