Latin America

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguay braces for a “cyclone with unusual characteristics”, meteorologists forecast

  

  Although cyclones are rare in the area, Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) has issued a yellow warning regarding the possible arrival of a subtropical cyclone to the southern part of the country sometime Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Cuba's new penal code keeps death penalty as an option

  

  Cuba's one-party legislature Sunday passed a new Penal Code, which was considered to be “modern” and adjusted to the country's socialist “reality,” it was announced in Havana.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Colombians “undecided” are the third strongest 'party' for 29 May presidential election

  

  With less than two weeks to the first round, 29 May, of the Colombian presidency election, the undecided voters have become decisive for the outcome according to the latest opinion poll by T&SE, Technology and Electoral Services, with data collected between 23 April and 8 May, interviewing 8,000 people across the country.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  ELN announces ceasefire so that Colombians may vote in peace

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Monday announced they would enforce a ceasefire during the upcoming presidential elections, in what has been perceived as a step towards peace talks with the future administration.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest

  

  Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Colombian election in two weeks could represent a historic change in the country's history

  

  The specter of assassination is again haunting the electoral campaign in Colombia, where a left-wing candidate has a real chance of becoming president for the first time in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 08:22 UTC

  Colombian police suspect “someone close” was behind Pecci's murder

  

  Sleuths investigating in Colombia the murder of Paraguayan special anti-drug Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci suspect someone “very close” to the victim was behind Tuesday's lethal attack on the honeymooning official, it was reported.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Google's translating tool adds Guarani, Aymara and Quechua to its menu

  

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the company will add 24 new languages to its widespread translating tool, including Guarani, Aymara and Quechua, which are spoken by native communities in South America.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Cuba in mourning over 45 dead from hotel explosion

  

  Cuban authorities Thursday decreed a 42-hour official mourning period starting at dawn Friday to honor the 45 victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana last week.