Latin America

• Sunday, October 1st 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentine presidential candidate Milei: “Should we dollarize?” or rather “Why should we keep the peso?”

  

  Next 22 October a presidential election will take place in Argentina, South America's second-largest economy and three candidates are competing for the job, Sergio Massa, the incumbent, Patricia Bullrich, from the traditional opposition when two coalitions prevailed in the Argentine political system, and Javier Milei, a declared libertarian, economist, and if published Argentine opinion polls can be trusted, the front runner.

• Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  US offers reward amid probe into Ecuadorian candidate's murder

  

  The US State Department Thursday made available US$ 5 million in rewards for information leading to the arrest of those who murdered Ecuador's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last month in Quito. The State Department also offered up to US$ 1 million for clues leading to the identification of high-ranking members of the criminal group.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:53 UTC

  Migration crisis; state of emergency in Costa Rica to deal with massive influx of people heading for US

  

  Costa Rica in Central America intends to declare a state of emergency due to an increased wave of migrants on their way to Mexico and later cross to the United States. “I have instructed the security ministry to take a firm stance with anyone who takes Costa Rica's kindness for weakness,” Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said at a media briefing, referring to recent riots by migrants crossing the nation.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 08:39 UTC

  China opens its market to Colombia beef; Brazil concerned as export meat prices have fallen considerably

  

  Brazilian meatpacker Minerva said on Monday it had received a notification from Colombia’s government saying that China has approved a sanitary protocol in order to open its market for Colombian beef exports.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  Lula says Vietnam interested in a trade deal with Mercosur

  

  President Lula da Silva welcomed on Monday, in Brasilia, Vietnam prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and said the Asian country was interested in a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. Lula, who currently chairs the group, said he wants to bring Mercosur members closer to Asian countries and highlighted there is room for trade with Vietnam to grow..

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay's Ancap awards all offshore exploration licenses open for bids

  

  Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap has awarded all seven offshore oil and gas exploration licenses open for bids to four foreign companies: YPF (Argentina), APA Corp (United States), and Shell and Challenger Energy Group (CEG) (United Kingdom), it was reported in Montevideo.

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Ecuador back to online schooling due to extreme violence

  

  A practice that expanded worldwide during the Covid-19 lockdowns to avoid physical proximity, online schooling returns to Ecuador in a move to minimize the dangers of living in the crime-ridden coastal province of Guayas, particularly its capital, Guayaquil, where shootings and murders have become commonplace, it was announced Sunday.

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Nicaraguan court hands down prison sentences to two women opposing Ortega

  

  Nicaraguan opposition leaders Olesia Muñoz Pavón and Anielka García have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years in prison, respectively, for spreading false news and conspiring to undermine national integrity, which amounts to “treason,” it was reported from Managua on Sunday.

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolivia: Evo announces 2025 presidential bid

  

  Citing a “dirty” campaign against him, former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced during the weekend that he would run again in the 2025 elections. His Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, the same as current head of state Luis Arce Catacora claims Morales is the “king of cocaine” while the opposition regards him as a “drug trafficker,” according to local media.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:55 UTC

  Milei's ghost lingers over convention of rightwing leaders in BA

  

  The Libertad y Democracia Group of center-rightwing leaders gathered in Buenos Aires Friday to express its support to opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich of Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) of former President Mauricio Macri, who co-chaired the event “The ideas of freedom in the politics of the future” with Chile's Sebastián Piñera.