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Montevideo, April 26th 2025 - 05:02 UTC

Latin America

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 23:03 UTC

    Bolivian VP wants El Cóndor Pasa to become second national anthem

    Choquehuanca insisted on the double use of the traditional Bolivian fag alongside the whiphala

    Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca Wednesday suggested that the En Cóndor Pasa melody be added as a second national anthem in addition to the current one, in a move to reflect the country's plurinational nature.

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

    Evo says Argentine motorbiker was not denied medical help

    On the Day of Argentine-Bolivian Confraternity, when Argentina filed a protest against Bolivia for possible malpractice in the death of a motorbiker, President Fernández had lunch with Evo

    Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Tuesday said over lunch at Casa Rosada with President Alberto Fernández that the retired Salta teacher who died after a motorcycling accident near Santa Cruz de la Sierra had received all possible medical care, thus contradicting statements from his family and friends.

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    Biden and AMLO discuss immigration, oil supply, and China's role

    It was comfortably accepted that China would be the world's factory, with the fallacious idea that, because of globality, we could import whatever we needed, AMLO told Biden

    Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and Joseph Biden of the United States Wednesday held their second face-to-face meeting, and the first since the Latin American leader chose not to attend last month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles following the White House's decision not to invite Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to the event.

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    IAPA concerned over Costa Rican President's onslaught against newspaper

    Chaves had vowed to destroy media who recalled he was involved in sexual harassment allegations during his tenure at the World Bank

    The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Tuesday expressed its concern over the future of free speech in Costa Rica following the attacks of the Government of President Rodrigo Chaves against La Nación, which included “administrative actions” against the newspaper one of the companies owning it.

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

    Chilean deputies create committee to investigate Conviasa A-340 flights

    The lawmakers were not pleased with Chilean intelligence reports saying there was nothing unusual about those flights

    Chile's Lower House Tuesday approved the creation of a special committee to investigate the case of the Airbus A-340-600 with Venezuelan registration YV-3533 bearing flag carrier Conviasa's colors which has reportedly landed around 13 times in Santiago this year, probably carrying Iranian passengers with unclear intentions, it was announced.

  • Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Argentina to file protest against Bolivia for motorbiker's death

    The Argentine consulate in Cochabamba was reached after Benítez had died, so there was nothing to be done to save his life.

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry Monday announced it will seek an explanation from Bolivian authorities regarding the death of the 61-year-old retired teacher from the province of Salta who was allegedly denied medical care after a motorcycle accident for being unable to afford it in Bolivian currency.

  • Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 07:54 UTC

    US dollar soars in Colombia as Petro's inauguration looms over

    As long as there is uncertainty, investments “will leave,” Duque stressed.

    The Colombian peso Monday suffered a historic devaluation amid uncertainty less than a month ahead of President-elect Gustavo Petro's inauguration.

  • Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

    Argentine man reportedly left to die for lacking Bolivian money

    The retired teacher from Salta could have been saved had he or his friends had 1,000 Bolivianos, the witness argued

    An Argentine man from Salta was allegedly left to die by Bolivian doctors after he could not afford his medical bills in local currency and was told that “your money is of no use to us,” according to Argentine media.

  • Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

    Nicaraguan reporters placed under arrest for 90 days

    “Ortega, the same one who received Mother Teresa in the 1980s, is the one who expelled her religious congregation from the country,” human rights groups claimed

    A Nicaraguan judge has ruled two workers of the newspaper La Prensa are to spend 90 days in pretrial detention after being arrested for reporting on the expulsion from the country of nuns belonging to Mother Teresa's Congregation.

  • Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

    Bolivia to produce toothpaste made of coca leaves

    In its natural form, coca is not a narcotic and is long linked to Andean traditions

    The Bolivian government Tuesday announced the creation of the state-run Empresa Pública Productiva de Industrialización to start the production of a new brand of toothpaste made from coca leaves to fulfill the Constitutional mandate to capitalize on a native and ancestral natural resource, which is the cultural heritage of the country.