Latin America

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

  

  Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 08:23 UTC

  Winners of the competition, Why I would like to meet my neighbors in the Falklands?

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay have announced the winners of this year’s regional student competition. Participants from the four countries were asked to submit a short video in English, in which they answered the question: “Why would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?”.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 08:17 UTC

  Evo in favor of Hamas' actions in Israel

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma celebrated Hamas' attacks on Israel and criticized a statement from his country's Foreign Ministry condemning the bloodshed in the Middle East.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 04:15 UTC

  The Fintech Boom in Latin America

  

  After COVID, the trendiest industry in emerging markets has likely been fintech. Financial services have a famously sluggish rate of development, but the pandemic sparked a remarkable digital acceleration that tipped institutions, small and medium-sized companies and even the government toward adopting fintech and making infrastructure investments.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Sentence against Peru Libre leader reduced

  

  Peru's Judiciary Friday upheld a prison sentence of three years and a half imposed on leftwing political leader Vladimir Cerrón for corruption, it was reported in Lima.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguayan minister chosen unanimously to head Inter-American Board of Agriculture

  

  Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos was voted unanimously by all 32 attending delegations to chair the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for the period 2023-2025 during a convention held in San José, Costa Rica, it was announced Friday. Mattos' candidacy was put forward by the representatives from Argentina, it was also reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

  Neverending Ecuador's violence leaves one prosecutor killed, one former mayor kidnapped

  

  The latest episode of Ecuador's seemingly endless violence consisted of the assassination of Babahoyo Prosecutor Genaro R. and the kidnapping of former Durán Mayor Mariana Mendieta de Narváez, in addition to the death of six other prison inmates just over a week before the presidential elections.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:32 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil bilateral trade continues to fall, contracting 19,5% in September

  

  Trade between Argentina and Brazil reached US$ 2.1 billion in September, marking a 19.5% decline compared to the US$ 2.66 billion recorded in the same month last year. This fact was brought to attention in a report by Argentina’s Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC), which used official data from Brazil.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 19:03 UTC

  South America to host Football 2030 World Cup first round matches

  

  Although there is no confirmation yet from football's governing body FIFA, there were clues Wednesday morning that the 2030 finals might be played under a format never seen before in the competition's history that will be celebrating 100 years then.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  UN okays sending peacekeepers to Haiti

  

  The United Nations Security Council Monday acquiesced to the sending of an international force to help Haiti’s authorities get the country back on track amid mounting gang violence. Thirteen of the 15 council members voted for the mission. China and Russia abstained.