Latin America

Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Caricom calls for inclusive Summit of the Americas

Countries and territories belonging to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Wednesday called for the June 6-10 IX Summit of the Americas to be held in Los Angeles to be an inclusive event that brings the hemisphere together.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Bolivia diverts LNG to Argentina and leaves Brazil 7 million cm short per day

Bolivia is diverting natural gas to Argentina, and unexpectedly has reduced the supply to Petrobras by 30% this month, catching the state-owned company off guard. As a result, Petrobras experienced a loss of more or less than 7 million cubic meters of gas per day. YPFB, the Bolivian state company, had been supplying Petrobras with approximately 20 million cubic meters per day.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:31 UTC
Bolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was behind it.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Defense ministers to create “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group”

Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Monday welcomed his Bolivian counterpart Edmundo Novillo Aguilar in Buenos Aires. During the meeting, an agreement to create the so-called “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group” was signed.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:37 UTC
Nearly 34,000 arrested under El Salvador's state of emergency

Around 34,000 people have been placed under arrest thanks to the state of emergency in force in El Salvador since March 27, it was reported Monday as Congress is set to agree on yet another extension of the measure. Human rights organizations have warned of arbitrary arrests.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Colombian candidates round up presidential campaign

Candidates in Colombia have rounded up their campaigns over the weekend, ahead of the May 29 Presidential elections in which leftwing hopeful Gustavo Petro is expected to win, according to most polls.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Complicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff

Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current president Ivan Duque.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Never-graduating student leader arrested in Bolivia for embezzlement

A 52-year-old Bolivian student leader who has spent the last 33 years of his life unsuccessfully pursuing a law degree has been arrested over fudgy dealings as president of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB).
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Uruguay, Peru take preventive action against monkeypox

Uruguayan health authorities announced during the weekend they were monitoring the possible local appearance of suspected cases of monkeypox, based on “the symptomatology and travel history” of individuals.
Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 23:03 UTC
US refineries purchasing more oil and fuel from Mexico, Colombia and Argentina

Complying with President Jose Biden's administration sanctions on Russia, United States refiners imported some 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of Latin American crude and fuel oil, the highest level in seven months, according to US customs data.