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Montevideo, August 2nd 2025 - 17:54 UTC

Latin America

  • Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Evo said to have raped and impregnated underaged girls during his presidency

    Del Castillo said he could prove his allegations against Morales

    Former Bolivian Government (Interior) Minister Eduardo Del Castillo said Friday he had evidence that former President Evo Morales (2006-2019) raped minors during his time in office. The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential hopeful for the Aug. 17 elections added he could support these allegations with documentation, testimonies, and photographs. He also noted there were multiple victims, some of whom became pregnant.

  • Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 03:24 UTC

    Brazil-Caribbean Summit: Lula highlights South-South cooperation

    The future demands unity, Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted the developing South-South alliance during his opening speech at the Brazil-Caribbean Summit at the Itamaraty Palace. He also mentioned that cooperation with Caribbean countries would be one of the pillars of his foreign policy.

  • Friday, June 13th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguay and Venezuela agree to resume consular services

    Resuming consular ties “does not mean the recognition of the electoral result of the presidential elections in Venezuela,” Lubetkin explained

    Uruguay and Venezuela agreed Thursday to resume consular services in both capitals, nearly a year after diplomatic relations deteriorated following Caracas' expulsion of Uruguayan diplomats alongside those of six other countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) for failing to recognize Nicolás Maduro's reelection as announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on July 28.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 21:03 UTC

    Peru's Congress slaps former President Vizcarra with new 10-year ban

    Vizcarra has thus three disqualifications in force

    Peru's one-house Congress disqualified former President Martin Vizcarra (2018-2020) for 10 years from holding public office due to his 2019 dissolution of Parliament, marking his third such sanction. The decision, approved late Wednesday with 67 votes in favor, 11 against, and 3 abstentions, followed a reconsideration of an earlier April 30 vote that lacked sufficient support.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

    Lula and Petro called CFK to express their solidarity

    Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year prison sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court (CSJN) earlier this week.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Three Bolivian Police officers killed in clashes with Evistas

    The officers were ambushed, the authorities explained

    Three Bolivian Police officers died Wednesday in the mining town of Llallagua after clashes with Evistas blocking roads in the Potosí region. The law enforcement agents were trying to remove one of the numerous blockades hitting the country, causing economic damages in addition to the lack of food supplies, medicines, and fuel to defend former President Evo Morales' ambition of a new candidacy despite having exceeded the number of terms (two) allowed by the Constitution.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:25 UTC

    Colombian forces kill Tren de Aragua leader in gunfight

    Colombia's Defense Ministry reported the events on Wednesday but they happened sometime earlier this week

    Earlier this week, Colombian troops gunned down alias El Viejo, an alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal gang stemming from Venezuela's Tocorón prison, it was reported Wednesday by Bogotá. During a raid, El Viejo fired at the forces and was killed “in the legitimate reaction ... in the course of military operations,” the Defense Ministry said.

  • Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 06:48 UTC

    Popular Games in South America – A Diverse Gaming Landscape

    There are a surprising number of traditional board games that still hold a special place in South America. Photo: AI generated

    Gaming is popular in pretty much every part of the world. This can vary from things like table and word games to high-tech games played on consoles or rapid PCs.

  • Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    French companies interested in relocating production to Paraguay

    In this scenario, Asunción will host the EU-Paraguay 2025 Investment Forum later this month

    French companies have been reported to be exploring the relocation of their production to Paraguay, drawn by its maquila regime and strategic geographic location, according to Benoit Libourel, president of the Paraguayan-French Chamber of Commerce.

  • Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Colombian authorities gun down guerrilla leader Cholinga

    Cholinga had links to drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel

    Colombian Army troops gunned down Wilmar Pazu Rivera, alias “Cholinga,” a leader of the FARC dissidents' Isaías Pardo Bloc within the Central General Staff (EMC), during a Joint Command of Special Operations (CCOES) mission in the hamlet of Las Dalias, in the municipality of Paez (Cauca), President Gustavo Petro announced.