Latin America

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Latin America, the EU's strategic investment target for 2023

  

  Ursula von der Leyen convened the first meeting of the Global Gateway Board on Sunday to review the achievements of the first year of implementation of this plan. The President of the European Commission said the EU wants to counter the new Chinese Silk Road and identify projects for 2023 in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  New discovery at Peru's Nazca lines reported

  

  Japanese researchers from Yamagata University have announced the discovery of some 168 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Lines.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Volcano activity leads to temporary airport closure in Guatemala

  

  Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport was closed temporarily Sunday due to “the presence of ashes” from the nearby Fuego volcano, it was reported. The air terminal resumed operations three hours later after the wind shifted “to the south,” according to Civil Aeronautics Director Francis Argueta.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 14:50 UTC

  LATAM domestic pilots threatening with strike beginning 31 December

  

  LATAM airlines domestic pilots are threatening with industrial action unless their pre-pandemic contract conditions are re-established. The fifty air professionals this week announced an “non-yielding” position since as happened with other Latam unions and officials, they are intent in recovering pre-pandemic benefits.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 19:05 UTC

  Former Guatemalan President and VP convicted in corruption probe

  

  Former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) has been sentenced to 16 years in prison alongside then-Vice-President Roxana Baldetti, in the so-called “La Línea” case involving an illicit association and customs fraud, which eventually led to their fall from office.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 17:15 UTC

  New Mexico set to overtake Mexico's crude oil production this month

  

  The state of New Mexico is expected to overtake Mexico’s crude oil production in the current month, according to commodity analysts projected report at Standard Chartered.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 17:14 UTC

  EU deforestation bill threatens Latin America and African countries

  

  European lawmakers and EU member states inked a deal on Tuesday, December 6, to ban the purchase of products such as cocoa, coffee, and soybeans that contribute to deforestation, increasing the pressure exerted on Brazilian exports. The list also encompasses palm oil, wood, beef, rubber, and derivate products like skins, chocolate, furniture, and paper.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecuador back to mandatory masks in indoor settings

  

  The wearing of facemasks in indoor settings has been reinstated in Ecuador due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases such as influenza, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Boluarte becomes Peru's first-ever female president

  

  Dina Boluarte Wednesday became the first woman ever to hold the position of President of Peru after she was sworn in following the impeachment and arrest of Pedro Castillo Terrones for trying to stage a coup d'état.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:40 UTC

  Castillo housed at same detention center as fellow former President Fujimori

  

  Peru's Prosecutor's Office Wednesday announced the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo Terrones for the “commission of an act in flagrancy” after his failed attempt to dissolve Parliament and his ensuing impeachment by Congress.