Latin America

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

  

  New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Peru vaccinates u-5s against COVID-19

  

  Peruvian health authorities began vaccinating children under five years of age Sunday against COVID-19 with pediatric doses available in Lima and Callao.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:23 UTC

  Peruvians allowed to take off their facemasks indoors, but

  

  Peruvian health authorities announced that face coverings will no longer be mandatory in indoor settings nationwide, except in hospitals, public transport, and among people with respiratory symptoms.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguay ranked among best places for investing in the near future

  

  According to one of the world's leading financial magazines, Uruguay remains “a haven of stability in a volatile region.” The report featured the opinions of experts participating in a regular survey, who were asked to evaluate 174 countries quarterly.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Leveraged loan to help Latam airlines exit from bankruptcy

  

  Fresh air for highly indebted Latam, probably still the largest Latin American air carrier. In effect, a group of banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has launched a leveraged loan sale that will support Latam Airlines Group SA’s exit from bankruptcy.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Latin America and US agree to sack IDB president, a Trump appointment

  

  The fourteen governors on the board of the multilateral Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have voted unanimously to recommend firing President Mauricio Claver-Carone, Latin American sources revealed on Thursday.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Petro apologizes for murder of Haitian President Moïse

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has apologized to Haiti for the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse committed by 18 mercenaries from his country who are awaiting trial on the Caribbean island.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:52 UTC

  Putin finds Colombia's Petro “a promising partner”

  

  Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised Colombia's President Gustavo Petro for the latter's speech Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Popocatepetl volcano causes concern among Mexican residents in adjacent areas

  

  Just one day after two people were reported to have died during an earthquake, Mexican authorities issued an alert following two explosions at the Popocatepetl volcano Tuesday. Residents were asked not to go near the site. The alert has been set at Yellow Phase 2.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Mexico: AMLO stands by Ebrard in funeral selfie controversy

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended Foreign Ministry Marcelo Ebrard who came under heavy flak for taking a selfie of himself and his wife Rosalinda Bueso during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London.