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Montevideo, June 21st 2026 - 17:59 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

    Argentines dump their currency in northern provinces and trade with Bolivian money

    Why the Boliviano?, because the land locked country has shown a steady hand in managing economic affairs

    With the Argentine economy in shambles, inflation out of control heading for hyper inflation, daily increases of prices, and new clamps to have access to some strong currency, --such as the US dollar, which Argentines love--, along the provincial border towns, particularly with neighboring Bolivia and Paraguay trade is done mostly with Pesos, but Bolivianos.

  • Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

    Petro wants FTA with US repenned

    Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro and US Ambassador to Bogotá Francisco Palmieri met Monday to discuss common goals with the incoming administration which might include renegotiating the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed ten years ago between the two countries.

  • Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Pepe Mujica favors legalizing drugs to hurt traffickers

    “Drug trafficking is worse than drugs because it fills us with violence and corruption,” Mujica argued

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has retired from active politics but his witty statements keep making headlines, even at a time when his wife is about to undergo surgery following a domestic accident.

  • Monday, July 18th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

    Somber future ahead for Argentina's economy

    The worst can be avoided “if world markets calm down and the IMF steps in with its support,” a Reuters report pointed out

    Foreign Analysts do not see a bright future ahead for Argentina's economy. While some place it among the countries most likely to default its debt, others fear it might not survive a new adjustment to the basic interest rates by the United States.

  • Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

    Colombia: Industrial output shows sharp increase

    The 29.9% yoy growth is explained almost entirely by the increase in manufactures

    Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) Friday issued a report showing that the country's industrial output during the month of May of 2022 had grown 29.9% compared to the same month of 2021.

  • Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

    Peruvian Congress prevents the OAS General Assembly from being held for rejecting non-binary bathrooms

    After a vote, they rejected an agreement between the Executive and the OAS, alleging that it allowed the installation of bathrooms for transgender people.

    The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) scheduled for October is at risk, as the Peruvian Congress insists on rejecting the installation of a “neutral” or non-binary restroom during the meeting, to be held in Lima, the capital of the country.

  • Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:13 UTC

    Former Peruvian ruler Morales dies aged 100

    In June of 2021, Morales was among those who encouraged the Armed Forces to prevent leftist President-elect Pedro Castillo-Terrones from taking office after a tight runoff

    Former Peruvian de-facto President Francisco Morales died Thursday at the age of 100, his family told reporters in Lima. The retired general had been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Italian Court for human rights violations.

  • Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:03 UTC

    De Roux delivers final report on Colombia's civil war to UN Security Council

    “War damages everything it touches, it damages the attacked ones and those who are attacked,” De Roux stressed

    Colombian Jesuit priest Francisco de Roux, who chairs the country's Truth Committee stemming from the peace agreement with former guerrilla fighters, Thursday appeared before the United Nations Security Council to deliver his team's final report.

  • Friday, July 15th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

    Cocaine production in Bolivia “stable,” US agency reports

    Colombia's figures showed a slight decrease from 2021

    The United States' Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Thursday published a report thoroughly describing crops and distribution activities in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

  • Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 22:17 UTC

    Gaviria's Colombian Liberals to side with Petro

    Petro and former Organization of American States (OAS) Chief Gaviria met in Florence, Italy.

    A group of Colombian Liberal lawmakers has issued a statement announcing they will be joining forces with President-elect Gustavo Petro once he takes office on Aug. 7, after the former guerrilla fighter and incumbent leftwing Senator met with former President and current Liberal Party (PL) Chairman César Gaviria in Italy earlier this week.