Latin America

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Bolivian court hands down 10-year jail sentence to former ruler Áñez

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes of breach of duties and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws in the so-called “Coup d'État II” case stemming from the November 2019 uprising which brought Evo Morales' rule to an end.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:28 UTC

  Nicaragua opens the door for Russian troops to land in Central America

  

  Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy something powerful closer to US cities,” host Olga Skabeeva was quoted as saying.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:23 UTC

  Maduro thanks Fernández for his speech in Los Angeles

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Friday thanked Argentine President Alberto Fernández for his message at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering from which Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have been excluded by the hosting country.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Not the Summit we would have wanted, Argentine President tells LA conference

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Thursday delivered a controversial speech before the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which was anything but pleasing and obliging to the hosting country.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Mexico would like to see OAS dissolved, FM says

  

  In the absence of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), one of the regional leaders who chose not to attend the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for having excluded Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the event, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard took the stand on behalf of his country.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Biden highlights democracy's role at LA Summit

  

  US President Joseph Biden underscored the importance of democratic rule throughout the Americas but made no reference to his decision not to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to the IX Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles through June 10.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  OAS needs to stay away from coups, Argentine FM tells Summit

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Wednesday told attendees at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles that the Organization of American States (OAS) must never again legitimize destabilization processes in the region.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  War in Ukraine to increase LatAm poverty, ECLAC foresees

  

  Poverty in Latin America will grow to 33.7% and extreme poverty to 14.9% this year as a direct consequence of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Cuba and Argentina deepen agricultural assistance

  

  Cuban and Argentina have agreed on mutual agricultural cooperation to boost the livestock of the Caribbean country with the support of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and Argentine companies, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

  LA Summit: US announces funding to discourage migration

  

  The Government of the United States Tuesday announced amid the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles a series of measures consisting of basically funding initiatives in Central America to tackle the root causes behind migration.