Latin America

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Lake Titicaca downspout reaching historical levels

  

  Bolivian authorities Tuesday reported that due to poor rainfalls, the water levels of Lake Titicaca, on the border with Peru in the middle of the Andes, had dropped 97 centimeters.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Peru's Congress agrees to reconsider moving elections forward

  

  Peru's one-house Congress Monday approved by 66 votes in favor, 49 against, and 6 abstentions to reconsider a previous decision on not moving forward the elections to sometime this year. Lawmakers are now to decide on a possible date.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:18 UTC

  Tourism and mining industries cutting operations in Peru because of political protests

  

  The tourism industry and mining corporations in Peru are suspending or cancelling operations because of the escalating political protests in the country with dozens of people killed in clashes with security forces.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:14 UTC

  LATAM's finances expected to recover in 2023 with passenger and cargo growth

  

  South America's largest carrier, LATAM expects double digit revenue growth this year, according to a company guidance to stock markets. The Chile-based airline's revenues are expected to reach between US$ 11 billion and US$ 11.5 billion by the end of this year, compared to US$ 9.5 billion estimated for 2022, which if achieved would mark an increase of nearly 16% to 21%.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

  Peru's Congress rejects moving elections forward

  

  Peru's one-house Congress Saturday voted against President Dina Boluarte's request about bringing forward the elections to December this year, which is one of the demands of the neverending protests nationwide that have erupted since her accession to power following Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  IACHR team rounds up Bolivian assignment

  

  An Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) team rounded up its mission in Bolivia on Friday after being told that the government abode by its recommendations issued after the political crisis of 2019. The visiting delegation also collected testimony from the victims claiming otherwise.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte favors moving elections forward, perhaps this year

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said Friday that she did not oppose bringing forward the elections, which is one of the demands of the demonstrators that have marched all across the country since the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Evo declared “persona non grata” by Peru's Congress

  

  Peru's Congress Thursday declared former Bolivian President Evo Morales “persona non grata” by 74 votes in favor, 40 against, and 4 abstentions, for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:06 UTC

  Díaz-Canel visits Maduro on his way back home from Celac Summit

  

  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Thursday said his meeting the day before with his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro was highly successful. Díaz-Canel made a stop on his way back from the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.