Latin America

Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:19 UTC
Boric would like Chile to resume full ties with Bolivia

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday urged his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora to resume diplomatic ties, which were severed in the 1970s.
Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Colombia turns to the left in historic vote

Colombian voters have taken a turn for the left following Sunday's historic support for Senator Gustavo Petro, who has been singled out in recent polls as the favorite to win the May 29 presidential elections.
Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Nuncio expelled from Nicaragua, opposition leader found guilty

Vatican authorities have condemned over the weekend the decision by Nicaragua's regime of Commander Daniel Ortega to expel the nuncio from Managua. The Central American government's measure was enacted a week ago but not until this weekend was it made public, it was reported.
Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Presidents of Bolivia, Peru discuss bilateral issues while in Chile

The Presidents of Peru -Pedro Castillo Terrones- and Bolivia -Luis Arce Catacora- held a private meeting in Santigo de Chile on the sides of Gabriel Boric Font's inauguration to discuss the possibility of supplying Peru with LPG, among other issues.
Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Nicaragua announces new deep-water port in Bluefields

Nicaragua is to build a deep-water seaport in Bluefields, according to an announcement made last week by Virgilio Silva, chairman of the National Port Company.
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
Boric sworn in as Chile's youngest-ever President: “Violation of Human Rights will never happen again”

Quoting Salvador Allende and with a message for Latin American leaders to work together, Gabriel Boric Font addressed the people in his first speech as head of state from the iconic balcony of the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, Chile. At age 36, Boric was sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest ever President during e ceremony many regarded as the beginning of a new era.
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Mercury's effects on Bolivian indigenous peoples to be exposed before IACHR

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is to be briefed on the effects of mercury contamination on indigenous peoples of Bolivia as a direct result of intensive mining, it was announced Friday.
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 06:36 UTC
Chilean president Boric makes strong call for unity and anticipates his four years “won't be easy”

Chilean president Gabriel Boric on Friday evening stepped out to the balcony of Government House (La Moneda) to address the thousands of people cheering him in the ample plaza. It was his first speech as president to the people, and he made a strong call to unity, acknowledging that his job in the coming four years “would not be easy”.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Jeremy Corbyn and Dilma Rousseff, special guests to Chilean president Boric inauguration Friday

The office of Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric, who this Friday takes office as the successor of Sebastian Piñera, released the names of a list of special guests to the inauguration ceremony which includes well-known political leaders and social activists.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Ecuador grants amnesty to those involved in 2019 scuffles

Ecuador's National Assembly Thursday passed a bill to grant amnesty to 268 people who were being prosecuted for “exercising their own right and collective rights recognized in the Constitution and international instruments” during the social uprisings in the last quarter of 2019, it was announced.