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Montevideo, November 28th 2024 - 15:42 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Colombia: Duchess of Sussex speaks in Spanish with Argentine accent

    Markle used to work at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires 20 years ago

    Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle spoke in Spanish this weekend during an event of Afro-descendant women in Cali alongside Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez. Although she completed her speech in English, he said a few words in the language she had learned while working at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Uruguayan presidential hopeful wants negotiated solution for Venezuela

    The electoral process in Venezuela was “flawed and not very clear,” Orsi admitted

    Uruguayan opposition presidential candidate Yamandú Orsi this weekend supported a peaceful and negotiated solution to the Venezuelan crisis and insisted that “suffering should be the least possible.” The Broad Front nominee made those remarks when commenting on Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's suggestion that a coalition government of the ruling PSUV and the challenging PUD could be arranged pending fresh elections.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

    OAS recalls Mexico City and Barbados deals regarding Venezuelan crisis

    The OAS urged the CNE in Caracas to “expeditiously publish the presidential election records”

    The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council passed a resolution Friday urging Venezuelan authorities, political forces, and citizenry to abide by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Mexico City on August 13, 2021, as well as the Partial Agreement on the Promotion of Political Rights and Electoral Guarantees for All signed in Barbados on October 17, 2023, and therefore “abstain from any conduct that might jeopardize the peaceful settlement of this crisis, fully respecting the sovereign will of the electorate of Venezuela.”

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Panama Canal ups vessel draft to 50 feet

    The news reflects the Canal's commitment to return to normal operating conditions, the ACP said in a statement

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has sent a notice to shipping lines announcing that the maximum draught for vessels passing through the Neopanamax locks between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has been increased to 50 feet (15.24 meters). The ACP explained this decision was made in light of the current and projected water levels in Lake Gatun for the coming weeks.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Maduro disagrees with Lula's idea of repeating elections

    Venezuela's sovereignty must be respected, Maduro insisted

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday rejected his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's suggestion that fresh elections could be held as a way out of the current crisis stemming from the July 28 polls when the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced his victory but the opposition cried “fraud” since no documents were produced to back up that result.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 20:56 UTC

    AMLO not endorsing Lula's new elections plan

    The only thing we ask is that everything is resolved in a peaceful manner, AMLO said

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Thursday that he did not share his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's idea that Venezuela should hold fresh elections to get out of the current crisis.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    ECLAC highlights low investments and productivity in the region

    “The question is whether the Argentine people will have the patience to wait,” Salazar-Xirinachs wondered

    The Santiago de Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) issued this week a new edition of its annual Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 report highlighting the region's poor investment performance, low labor productivity, and limited fiscal space.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 21:41 UTC

    Ecuador's VP files gender violence complaint against Noboa

    Abad said Noboa was a “macho and misogynist” person

    Ecuadorean Vice President Verónica Abad filed a political gender violence complaint against President Daniel Noboa before Quito's Electoral Court (TCE). Although the case was submitted on Aug. 8, it was not reported until Tuesday. A TCE justice will now determine whether or not to admit the complaint.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Sharp increase in Peruvian exports reported

    “This performance is a clear sign of the importance of the sector for the development of the national economy,” Galdo noted

    Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) confirmed Monday that exports from the South American country went up 7.2% yoy in the first semester of 2024, totaling US$ 33.046 billion thanks to a combined increase in prices and volumes. In June alone, exports grew 11.6 % year-on-year, reaching US$ 6.032 billion due to higher sales of fishery products (186%), particularly of anchovies.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 06:43 UTC

    Virtual Summit featuring Maduro, Lula, Petro, and AMLO being arranged

    “The purpose is to generate a dialogue that leads to very specific agreements,” Murillo pointed out

    According to Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, a virtual summit bringing together Presidents Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO - Mexico) has been agreed upon to discuss the crisis triggered by the July 28 elections which both the ruling party and the opposition in Caracas claim to have won.