Latin America

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:30 UTC

  US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean, killing 11

  

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “kinetic strike” on a vessel from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. The attack, the first of its kind since the US deployed warships to the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 people.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce not wanted back to his teaching position

  

  Leaders of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB), grouping college students, formally requested that President Luis Arce Catacora not return to his teaching position in the Economics Department at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA).

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Colombia summons Celac FMs to discuss US Caribbean deployment

  

  Colombia, holding the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), has called an urgent virtual meeting of the organization's foreign ministers to address recent US military movements in the Caribbean.

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Ecuador announces new transit visa requirements

  

  The Ecuadorian Government of President Daniel Noboa announced that, starting Monday, the South American country would require transit visas for holders of passports from 45 nationalities that already require consular approval for longer stays.

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Researchers find wreck of former Uruguayan Navy's ROU 01

  

  The “Uruguay Sub200” scientific expedition, aboard the research vessel Falkor, has discovered the shipwreck of the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay - formerly the USS Baron - at a depth of 1,160 meters off the coast.

• Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  Peru: Scientists extracting skeleton of 20-million-year-old bird

  

  A team of Peruvian researchers has discovered the perfectly preserved fossil of a new, giant seabird species believed to be 20 million years old. The skeleton, found in the Ocucaje Desert in the department of Ica, is similar in size to a modern condor. In principle, the specimen is believed to belong to a species never before studied.

• Friday, August 29th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

  Lula and Mulino advance Panama's accession to Mercosur

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Panamanian colleague José Raúl Mulino met in Brasilia to advance the Central American country's accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). In addition, the two leaders instructed their teams to begin negotiations aimed at addressing the existing trade imbalance, as Brazil's exports far outweigh Panama's exports.

• Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

  Mexico redefines finished footwear imports

  

  The Mexican Government of President Claudia Sheinbaum suspended all finished footwear imports temporarily to boost the domestic industry. The measure, published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, also tackles smuggling, it was explained.

• Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

  Colombia and Guyana sign aerial defense MoU

  

  The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Colombian Ministry of National Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in aerial surveillance and regional security.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Opposition blames Nicaraguan regime for death of religious freedom advocate

  

  Nicaraguan opposition groups are holding the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, responsible for the death of Mauricio Alonso, who was allegedly “abducted” more than a month ago, it was reported in Managua on Monday.