Latin America

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  Candidates outline their plans ahead of Ecuador's presidential runoff

  

  Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa on Sunday outlined their plans ahead of the October 15 runoff election to determine who will be Ecuador's next president.

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  Guatemala Chief Prosecutor raids the Electoral Tribunal to obstruct presidential election result

  

  Guatemala's political crisis escalated last weekend as prosecutors raided the country's top electoral tribunal searching for documents related to August presidential election. Agents of the Attorney General's Office entered the headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and confiscated the official lists of results from the polling stations.

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 08:08 UTC

  Migration unprecedented emergency: thousands march through Central America heading for United States

  

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region, while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration.

• 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.