Latin America

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Chilean President lands in Buenos Aires

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font landed Sunday afternoon at BuenosAires' Ezeiza international airport for a two-day official visit which marks his first trip abroad as head of state.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  New riot at Ecuadorian prison leaves at least another 12 inmates dead

  

  A new episode of Ecuador's prison crisis Sunday has resulted in the death of yet another 12 inmates following clashes at the correctional facility in the southern city of Cuenca. Last year, 316 prisoners were killed in fights between rival gangs.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Presidents of Colombia, Ukraine hold phone talk

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodimir Zelensky. Duque offered Colombia's assistance to the European leader, given the South American country's long history of handling refugee crises, it was reported.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the “Wallmapu,” the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge sovereignty over a large part of Patagonia.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rodrigo Chaves becomes Costa Rica's President-elect

  

  Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court Sunday confirmed Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party had won the Presidential elections with 52.9 % of the votes, against José María Figueres' 47.11%.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivia and Argentina postpone decision on gas supply contract

  

  Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) agreed to postpone the decision on a sixth addendum to the contract for the supply of natural gas for yet another month, according to a YPFB statement relesed Friday. Negotiations had been previously extended for two months, which ended on March 31.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine FM meets with Chilean ambassador ahead of Boric's trip

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met Thursday with Chile's new Ambassador to Buenos Aires, ahead of President Gabriel Boric's visit next Sunday in his first trip abroad since taking office.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  UN agrees on probing Nicaragua's alleged human rights violations

  

  With 20 votes in favor and 7 votes against, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations agreed to launch a probe to determine whether there was a violation of human rights in Nicaragua.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  IACHR requests Peru refrains from freeing Fujimori

  

  The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a ruling telling the Peruvian State to refrain from releasing former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) from jail as ordered by the country's Constitutional Court (TC).

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 21:26 UTC

  Dilma says Latin America needs to take path of reindustrialization

  

  The Puebla Group has launched an appeal for the reindustrialization of Latin America to counter the region's dependence on global inputs and imports.