Latin America

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 02:20 UTC

  James Cleverly, British Foreign Secretary: UK Stands as Latin America's Oldest Friend

  

  James Cleverly, United Kingdom's Foreign Minister, delivered a significant speech today in Santiago de Chile, outlining the United Kingdom's vision for its future relations with Latin America. Against the backdrop of the bicentennial celebration of the UK-Latin America relationship, Cleverly expressed his pride in the UK's historical support for the region's struggle for independence two centuries ago, positioning the UK as “the oldest friend of the region.”

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:34 UTC

  British Foreign Secretary establishes policy towards Latin America in Chile

  

  British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will use a keynote speech in the Chilean capital Santiago on Monday 22 May to set out the UK’s future relationship with Latin America.

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Foreign Secretary in 4-country tour of Latin America and Caribbean to cement partnerships

  

  Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting countries across Latin America, Colombia, Chile and Brazil, and Jamaica in the Caribbean over the next 7 days to renew the UK’s relationship with the influential region. Cleverly arrived in Jamaica on 18 May, on the first leg of a 4-country trip that will focus on climate, democracy, and the links between our people.

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  UK pledges further financial aid to Colombia

  

  British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Sunday announced in Bogota that his country would commit £ 3.6 million to help the Colombian Government. “From the protection of the Amazon and the fight against climate change to the promotion of peace and security, the United Kingdom wants to be a key partner and friend of Colombia,”

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:40 UTC

  Countries of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway against toll collection by Argentina

  

  The group of countries that make up the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement Committee suggested Argentina refrained from adopting measures that violate the agreed rules and stop charging tolls to barges passing through Santa Fe. The committee is made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Drug lord Pablo Escobar legacy to Colombia, the invasive ecosystem engineers, African hippos

  

  The legacy of Colombian drugs lord Pablo Escobar has not only been the ongoing gangs war and the overall violence in the country, but also consequences of some of his hobbies, for example growing exotic fauna, such as hippos.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 18:44 UTC

  Family alleges negligence as eight-year-old migrant girl dies in US Border Patrol custody

  

  On Wednesday, an eight-year-old girl died while under the custody of the US Border Patrol in a border town in the state of Texas, after crossing the southern border with her family. In recent hours, details have emerged about the tragic incident in which family members denounced that the girl reported she couldn't breathe, a situation that authorities ignored.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Construction of Chinese multipurpose mega port in Peru runs into trouble

  

  Peru's Prosecution Office has launched an investigation into China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd after a landslide at one of the company’s tunnel construction sites at the major mega-port of Chancay in the country. The incident, which took place in the coastal province of Huaral, damaged at least four houses near the tunnel and forced the company to suspend construction.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

  Ecuador's elections to be set for Aug. 20?

  

  Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Diana Atamaint Thursday said the snap elections could be held on Aug. 20 with a possible runoff on Oct. 15, it was reported in Quito.

• Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Ecuador: President Lasso dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

  

  Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved his country's Parliament -which was trying to impeach him out of office- and called for early elections by resorting to a procedure outlined in the Constitution, it was reported in Quito. In the meantime, Lassso will run the country through Constitutional Court monitored decrees.