Latin America

• Friday, October 24th 2025 - 19:47 UTC

  Ecuador's President says they tried to poison him with jam and chocolate

  

  Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa insisted that he was the target of an alleged assassination attempt through poisoned food at a public event. The concentration of chemicals makes it “impossible that it was an accident,” he argued.

• Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  US hits second boat in the Pacific

  

  US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the US Southern Command carried out a second “lethal kinetic strike” in the Pacific Ocean in less than 24 hours. Hegseth stated that these attacks will “continue, day after day,” and controversially dubbed the three crew members, all of whom perished in the attack, the “Al Qaeda” of “our hemisphere” who “will not escape justice.”

• Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 10:24 UTC

  Ecuador's main indigenous group ends strike

  

  The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) announced on Wednesday the end of the national strike declared on Sept. 22 in rejection of the government's decree eliminating the diesel subsidy, which raised the fuel price from US$1.80 to US$2.80.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 22:24 UTC

  Peru: State of emergency declared in Lima and Callao

  

  Peru's Acting President José Jerí declared a 30-day state of emergency in Lima and Callao on Wednesday to tackle the insecurity crisis under which “crime has grown disproportionately,” according to his explanation in a 46-second broadcast message. “Today we are beginning to change history,” he added.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 11:17 UTC

  US Senate warned of Hezbollah expansion in Venezuela

  

  A group of international terrorism experts delivered a stark warning to the US Senate on Tuesday, detailing the dramatic expansion of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its deepening ties with the Venezuelan state under President Nicolás Maduro.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 00:43 UTC

  Colombia: Uribe acquitted by Bogotá court citing procedural glitches

  

  The Superior Court of Bogotá acquitted former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) on Tuesday, revoking his 12-year house arrest for bribery and procedural fraud.

• Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Bolivia's future president to resume diplomatic ties with Washington

  

  Bolivia's president-elect, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, announced on Monday his intention to reestablish diplomatic relations with the United States after a 17-year hiatus under the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) governments.

• Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Former Presidents Abdo and Uribe review Latin American issues

  

  Like-minded former Presidents Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay (2013-2018) and Álvaro Uribe of Colombia (2002-2010) met Monday at the latter's home in the department of Antioquia to exchange views on the situation in their respective countries and in Latin America.

• Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 08:23 UTC

  Mexico shipping oil to energy starved Cuba

  

  So far this year, Mexico has shipped more than US$ 3 billion worth of subsidized fuel to Cuba through Gasolinas Bienestar, a subsidiary of Pemex, according to an investigation by Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad (MCCI), as reported by OilPrice.

• Monday, October 20th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Paz wins Bolivia's presidental runoff

  

  Rodrigo Paz won Sunday's runoff and will become Bolivia's next president. With 97% of the ballots counted, the center-right senator secured 54.5% of the vote, defeating former right-wing president Jorge Tuto Quiroga, who received 45.4%.