Latin America

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Chile to build longer ditch along Bolivian border

  

  Less than a week before the end of President Sebastián Piñera's term, Chile's government has announced plans to build a long ditch on the border with Bolivia as a measure to control the migration crisis stemming from the illegal arrival of people.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Chile excludes Russian companies from Latin America's largest Air and Space show

  

  The Chilean Ministry of Defense announced it will withdraw the invitation to all Russian companies which were scheduled to participate in the 2022 edition of the International Air and Space Show, the largest in Latin America.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Mayan Train poses environmental threat to southern Mexico

  

  Environmentalist groups in Mexico have raised objections to one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) most publicized works - the Mayan train - is devastating huge swathes of virgin jungles.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized due to heart failure

  

  Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was rushed into a Lima hospital Thursday due to a heart problem consisting of “atrial fibrillation” and “arrhythmia,” according to his physician.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 02:48 UTC

  Mexican President against invasions, censorship, and black lists

  

  As a country that has been invaded in the past, by the United States in 1914, “we cannot accept” any more invasions, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 02:41 UTC

  Bolivian gov't and Evo do not see Ukraine crisis the same way

  

  Despite belonging to the same political party (Movement Towards Socialism - MAS), the current government of Bolivia and former President Evo Morales have dissenting views regarding the Ukraine crisis.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Lula tells Mexico Bolsonaro meant a setback for Brazilians

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Tuesday in Mexico that his country was going backward under the leadership of Jair Bolsonaro, whom he is expected to remove from office through this year's elections.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:48 UTC

  Bolivia's carnival makes headlines for the number of people killed

  

  At least 14 people have been killed in various car accidents and other incidents across Bolivia during Carnival weekend, including a hit-and-run case Sunday in Cochabamba, which alone resulted in nine deaths.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Interannual sales of motor vehicles fall in Argentina and Brazil

  

  Vehicle sales slumped the most in Argentina and Brazil of all Latin American countries during January, according to a report with data for ten nations in the region.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Prosecutors behind plot to overthrow Peru’s President?

  

  Peru’s President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday hinted the Prosecutor's Office might hold some sort of grudge on him and insisted it carried on with the ongoing investigations at the earliest.