Latin America

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  80 arrested in Ecuadorian protests, police say

  

  Ecuadorian police have reported that 80 people had been arrested in arrests in anti-government protests over the past few days following riots in Quito and other parts of the country where a curfew is in force and a state of emergency has been declared.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Markets fall in Colombia due to uncertain future under Petro

  

  Colombian markets Tuesday took a tumble ahead of President-elect Gustavo Petro's announcement regarding his future ministerial cabinet, as uncertainty prevailed all over the country.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Trial of Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia: FCDO shares questions on judges independence and calls for judicial reform

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a statement following the verdict in the trial of Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia and encourages the Bolivian government to engage in good faith with substantive judicial reform

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 20:04 UTC

  Uruguay to welcome Inter-Parliamentary Union dignitaries next week

  

  Uruguay's capital Montevideo and the exclusive beach resort of Punta del Este are to host the upcoming meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union where lawmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean will convene on June 29, Vice President Beatriz Argimón announced.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 19:57 UTC

  Meetings between LatAm countries and OECD taking place in Brazil

  

  Brazil is hosting meetings between Latin American and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, during which economic policies, education, and productivity matters are to be discussed.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Ecuador's President says indigenist groups out to topple him

  

  Ecuador's Conservative President Guillermo Lasso Monday said the indigenist groups staging protests nationwide wanted to overthrow him from office, for which they need chaos to mount.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Third-time lucky Petro to lead Colombia's turn to the left

  

  Colombia elected a leftist government this Sunday for the first time after the second round of elections. Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact coalition, will be the country's next president after a ballotage with good participation figures where he imposed over the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernandez, who was a candidate of the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Indigenist protesters in Ecuador clash with police

  

  Protesters adhering to the indefinite strike called for by the indigenist group Conaie clashed with Ecuadorian authorities Sunday in places such as Orellana, Pastaza, and Sucumbios, it was reported. It was the seventh day of nonstop activities.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 08:41 UTC

  Killers of Paraguayan prosecutor convicted in Colombia

  

  The killers of Paraguayan Organized Crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci have been sentenced to 23 years and a half in jail late on Friday after a plea bargain with Colombian state attorneys, it was announced.

• Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:49 UTC

  State of emergency declared in Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency in three provinces for the next 30 days following uprisings by indigenous communities.