Latin America

• Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Tesla to build carmaking plant in Mexico

  

  Elon Musk's Tesla will install a factory to build electric cars in Mexico, which will be the company's first in Latin America, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confirmed Tuesday.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Lima Court rejects habeas corpus for Castillo

  

  Peru's Judiciary Monday rejected a habeas corpus request filed by former President Pedro Castillo Terrones' legal counselors to spare the former head of state the 18 months' pre-trial detention he has been sentenced to pending a resolution on the case against him for trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Ecuador, Belgium sign cooperation deal against drug trafficking

  

  Interior Ministers Juan Zapata of Ecuador and Annelies Verlinden of Belgium Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby police forces of both countries are to exchange information and training to tackle transnational crime, it was reported. Also participating at the signing ceremony was European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 07:02 UTC

  AMLO wants a five-nation anti-inflation regional alliance

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who insisted Monday on dubbing his Peruvian colleague Dina Boluarte “a puppet,” has launched an initiative to tackle inflation with other regional leftwing leaders, namely Argentina's Alberto Fernandez, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

  Navies of Russia, South Africa, and China perform joint drill

  

  Naval forces of Russia, China, and South Africa last week started the Mosi II joint naval exercises in Indian Ocean waters between Durban and Richards Bay, including target practice, tactical maneuvers, and air strike drills, TASS reported one year after the invasion of Ukraine.

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Chile reinforces military presence near Peru, Bolivia border

  

  The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font has upped the South American country's military strength in areas bordering Peru and Bolivia such as Arica, Parinacota, Tarapacá, and Antofagasta in a move to tackle illegal immigration, it was reported.

• Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Peru pulls ambassador from Mexico after AMLO's criticism

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Friday announced she was recalling Lima's ambassador from Mexico in response to her colleague Adrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) meddling in the internal affairs of her country.

• Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

  Stateless Nicaraguan writers accept new South American nationalities

  

  Writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli, who were stripped of their Nicaraguan citizenship by the Daniel Ortega regime which declared them “traitors to the homeland,” have made up their minds on which nationalities to accept from the multiple offers from various Latin American countries who jumped in not to leave them stateless.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombia to endorse Bolivia's bid to remove coca from list of banned substances

  

  The Colombian government of leftwing President Gustavo Petro announced it will endorse Bolivia's request before the United Nations (UN) for the declassification of the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, it was reported.

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Chilean, Argentine nationalities available to Nicaraguan stateless expatriates

  

  The Governments of Chile and Argentina are among those who would grant citizenship to the Nicaraguan expatriates who were expelled from their country earlier this month and stripped of their nationality on treason charges, it was reported Tuesday.