Latin America

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Peruvian President's sister-in-law linked to alleged corruption case

  

  Peruvian Prosecutors Monday announced the opening of a preliminary investigation that targets President Pedro Castillo Terrones' sister-in-law Jenifer Paredes, who was reported in a TV show aired Sunday as being involved in an alleged corruption scheme in a sanitation project in Cajamarca, the president's native region.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Maduro's links with terrorism “a threat” to the region, opposition leader says

  

  According to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Nicolás “Maduro's links with international terrorism are a threat to the region.”

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguayan judge demands explanations regarding Pfizer's COVID-19 vax

  

  An Uruguayan court has ruled that the national government and the laboratory Pfizer must disclose during a hearing this coming Wednesday the exact components of the COVID-19 vaccine of that brand which is widely used throughout the country.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Duque will not welcome Maduro in Colombia for Petro's inauguration

  

  Colombia's outgoing President Iván Duque said he will not allow Venezuelan leader Nicolán Maduro to attend the inauguration of his successor Gustavo Pedro on August 7 in Bogotá.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Survey shows Mexico is a gay-friendly place

  

  The National Survey on Sexual and Gender Diversity 2021 released in Mexico during the weekend showed that 5% of the people of that country recognized themselves as members of the LGBTI+ community. In other words, 95% of the population of 126 million claimed to be heterosexual.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 08:36 UTC

  LATAM air link to Falklands from Chile normalized after 30 months

  

  The commercial air link between Punta Arenas, southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands resumed last Saturday after an absence of more than two years because of the Covid 19 pandemic.

• Sunday, July 3rd 2022 - 14:26 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister resigns, President's fate at stake

  

  Martín Guzmán has turned in his resignation Saturday as Economy Minister of Argentina, dealing with what many regards as a coup de grace to the administration of President Alberto Fernández, amid rampant inflation and growing popular discontent following additional restrictive measures regarding imports and the purchase of hard currency (namely US dollars) for transactions abroad, where the local peso carries no weight.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Colombia, Uruguay sign extradition deal

  

  Colombia and Uruguay Friday signed an agreement on extradition and cooperation in judicial matters during a meeting in Cartagena.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 22:45 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Colombia to meet Duque but not Petro

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou landed late Thursday local time at Bogotá's Eldorado international airport, where he was welcomed by Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Echeverri.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 21:48 UTC

  Uruguay, the worst in the Americas for suicides, reached a new record for self-murders in 2021

  

  Despite the fact that Uruguay has been positioned by many indicators as one of the most advanced countries in terms of socioeconomic equality in the least egalitarian region of the world, where access to health and solid institutions with low corruption rates is relatively guaranteed in relation to its neighbors in the region, the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported that last year there were 758 suicides, which is equivalent to a rate of 21.39 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants.