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Latin America

  • Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

    Peru's President takes steps to attend Los Angeles Summit

    Castillo was believed to be ideologically closer to Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Apparently, it is not the case

    Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has filed a request before the National Congress to be allowed to leave the country between June 7 and 12 to attend the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California.

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Oldest man in the world turns 113

    Juan Vicente's greatest wish is to live longer, it was reported.

    Venezuelan resident Juan Vicente Perez Mora is turning 113 years old Friday. The Spain-born man is officially the world's longest-living man, according to the Guinness organization.

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    Bolivia wants better gas deal with Brazil

    Bolivia expects to receive an additional US$ 100 million from the new deal with Argentina

    Bolivia's Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Franklin Molina said the agreement with Brazil for the sale of cooking gas signed during the arguably illegitimate administration of Janine Áñez was detrimental to his country and will now seek to reach a new, more favorable deal.

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

    Biden negotiating Argentina's presence at Summit of the Americas

    Dodd has already met with several regional leaders with moderate success

    US President Joseph Biden's envoy Christopher Dodd arrived in Buenos Aires to talk Alberto Fernández into attending next month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering many leaders intend to boycott following the host's decision not to invite the non-democratically ruled Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:48 UTC

    Strong quake felt in Peru, Chile and Bolivia

    No fatalities have been reported

    A strong earthquake rocked Chile, Perú, and Bolivia Thursday morning. Authorities in the three countries are still to release detailed reports on the aftermath of the event.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:39 UTC

    Bolsonaro/Biden meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

    President Bolsonaro is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with president Biden in the sidelines of the Los Angeles Summit of the Americas

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month and plans to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Planalto Palace sources. The decision follows on a visit from Biden's special envoy, former Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd who met with Bolsonaro.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    Scioli: Argentina and Brazil will guarantee food and energy for the region

    “Brazil supported us in our negotiations with the IMF, emphatically supported our claim to the Malvinas Islands at the United Nations,” Scioli reminded

    Argentina's Ambassador Daniel Scioli Wednesday highlighted the integration process with Brazil and the current relationship between South America's two largest countries, which will “together guarantee food and energy for the region.”

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

    Caricom calls for inclusive Summit of the Americas

    Briceño admitted Washington was pushing for the regional organization to fully support the summit

    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

    As of May, Bolivians have increased gas exports to Argentina to 14 million cubic meters per day, from the previous level of 8 to 10 million cubic meters 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

    Unhappy Brazilians forced to pay a higher price for cooking gas will end up voting for you know whom, Bolsonaro feared

    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.