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Montevideo, January 16th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Peru tops list of food insecure countries in the region

    Most Peruvians cannot afford a healthy diet and many of them go a day or two with nothing to eat, Escobar explained.

    Peru has been singled out as the country with the highest rates in South America of people living under food insecurity, it was reported.

  • Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC

    Pope admits “worry and pain” for Nicaragua, but no word for a bishop's arrest and persecution of priests and nuns

    “I would like to express my conviction” that “through an open and sincere dialogue, the foundations for a respectful and peaceful coexistence can be found,” the Pope said.

    The ongoing conflict between the Nicaraguan government and Church was mentioned on Sunday by Pope Francis but certainly not with the commitment expected by Catholics both in the Central American country and his faithful in the region. The Catholic church in Nicaragua has been under increasing pressure from the government of ruling couple, president Daniel Ortega and vice-president Rosario Murillo, the latest of which has been the arrest of a much respected loved bishop and several priests.

  • Friday, August 19th 2022 - 22:13 UTC

    Monkeypox spreading fast, reaches 37 cases in Bolivia

    If this dynamic of contagions per day of monkeypox continues, in a few days there could be an explosion of cases, a leading epidemiologist told Xinhua

    Monkeypox infections have soared in Bolivia at an average of two daily infections for a total of 37 cases by Thursday, it was reported in La Paz. The spread has also reached 3 of the country's 9 departments after 100% of the infections were only in Santa Cruz just 4 days before. By Aug. 18, Santa Cruz had 35 cases, La Paz 1 and Potosi 1. No recovered patients have been reported yet.

  • Friday, August 19th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

    Nicaraguan authorities raid Catholic curia

    Bishop Alvarez and 8 other people were taken into custody.

    Nicaraguan police Friday raided the home of the Catholic Bishop Matagalpa, Rolando Alvarez, who has been under house arrest for the past two weeks for being overly critical of President Daniel Ortega, whose regime he was accused of trying to “destabilize.”

  • Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

    Argentine President calls for an end to Venezuela, Cuba blockades

    Fernández highlighted Latin America as “a territory of peace” with no countries “armed for war”

    Argentina's Alberto Fernández Thursday called for an “end” to blockades against Cuba and Venezuela during an event at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) in Buenos Aires hosted by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), of which he currently holds the pro-tempore presidency.

  • Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    Peruvian forces hit Shining Path rebels, many killed

    José must be wounded and hiding somewhere, General Gómez de la Torre said

    Peruvian regular forces gunned down between 10 and 15 members of the Shining Path rebel group during an “Operation Patriot” deployment in which the rebels' leader Víctor Quispe Palomino, also known as “Comrade José”, managed to escape despite being wounded.

  • Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

    EU working to stop Russian, Chinese expansion in Latin America

    Latin America's new governments are less “Atlantist” and more open to alternative alliances, the EU found out

    The European Union has noticed of Russia's and China's advancements in Latin America and is devising a series of measures to counter those effects and avoid losing its traditional partners, it was reported.

  • Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    Cases of monkeypox soar in Peru

    Most cases in Peru were men

    Peru has the highest monkeypox infection rate per million inhabitants and it also ranks third in the world behind the United States and Canada, the latest Oxford University global monkeypox surveillance study released Wednesday showed.

  • Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

    Argentine unions, social groups demand favorable gov't actions

    Protests will continue if they do not stop taking the food plates off the people's tables, Moyano warned (Pic NA)

    Argentine unionist groups and social organizations took over the streets of Buenos Aires Wednesday causing traffic jams during office hours as they protested against rising inflation and unemployment and the deterioration of living conditions in general under the administration of President Alberto Fernández.

  • Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Brazilian presidential campaign takes off: Lula and Fernando Cardoso have joined forces to oust Bolsonaro

    “This is where I was reborn... This is where the creator saved my life so I could give my best for our nation as president,” an emotional Bolsonaro told supporters

    The most polarized Brazilian presidential campaign in recent years was officially launched on Tuesday with ex-president Lula da Silva leading comfortably incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in opinion polls. But opinion polls in Brazil have not been very precise in recent elections and the Brazilian government still has too many resources at hand.