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Montevideo, April 2nd 2025 - 02:27 UTC

Latin America

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 14:28 UTC

    Uruguay and Chile, the least corrupt “in a corrupt continent”

    Uruguay gained two points since 2020 and ranks as the “least corrupt in a corrupt continent”.

    Corruption in Latin America is one of the most notorious problems on the region's agenda after a decade of major judicial operations that exposed corruption schemes involving governments and companies alike. According to Transparency International (TI), corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for more than a decade with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    Paraguayan President to skip Prosur Summit due to COVID-19

    Abdo will participate in a virtual manner

    Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday announced he shall not be attending the Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur) because he continues to be down with COVID-19, but will participate in the event in a virtual manner.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    ECLAC needs to set aside four rogue countries to measure inflation for year 2021

    Argentina, Haiti, Suriname and Venezuela need to be measured separately to have a better picture of the region's economy, ECLAC reported

    Inflation in Latin America for the year 2021 was way above projections, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has said in a report issued from its Santiago headquarters.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

    Bukele needs to eliminate bitcoin as legal tender, IMF says

    Bitcoin's possible impact on the country's status with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has always been feared

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele to drop the use of bitcoin as legal tender in the country, on the grounds that there are “great risks associated” with this practice. Bukele officially adopted bitcoin last September.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Wastewater testing can improve and enhance the response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

    The new report highlights that wastewater testing can facilitate the collection of useful information about vulnerable populations or groups in remote locations

    Wastewater testing provides a relatively economic method whereby countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can improve their detection, diagnosis, control, and monitoring systems for viruses that cause diseases like COVID-19 and its variants. This tool, which complements clinical studies, allows public policy makers to have a comprehensive, sustainable, early warning, and equitable tool to improve public health responses, according to a new World Bank report.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    OECD to evaluate Argentina, Brazil and Peru as potential members

    “It is an opportunity that we cannot miss,” former President Macri said regarding Argentina's candidacy to the OECD.

    The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has decided to discuss the admission into the group of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, it was announced Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

    Cubans keep flocking into Uruguay seeking asylum

    Cubans have kept coming in from Brazil in 2021

    The number of Cubans entering Uruguay through the land crossings from Brazil is noticeably on the rise, it was reported Tuesday. According to press reports, so far this year 135 people of that nationality have crossed through the Rivera pass from Santana do Livramento at an average of six individuals daily. Uruguayan Migrations authorities have reported that of the 135 who came in only two went out at a later date. Many of them were carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which added to the migrant services overwhelming.

  • Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

    Colombia launches new stage of Operation Artemisa

    Duque said the new phase would focus on biodiversity and poachers

    Colombian President Iván Duque announced the extension of Operation Artemisa, a scheme devised to protect Colombian seas from illegal fishing while standing up for biodiversity in national waters.

  • Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

    Peruvian scientists contradict Repsol's account for the oil spill at sea

    Scientists found there was no connection between the environmental incident and the volcanic eruption of Tonga

    A report issued by Peru's Supervisory Body for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) has found that “anomalous waves” were not the cause for the major oil spill off the coast of Ventanilla.

  • Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Haitian migrants stranded at Santiago's airport in Chile

    Haiti is run by gangs who manage the supply of gasoline, food, medicine and electricity

    A group of 23 Haitian migrants were stranded Sunday at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez international airport where they have filed for refugee status but nevertheless fear local authorities might deport them back to their country of origin where all lives are “at-risk” due to the ongoing crisis, according to Rodolfo Noriega of the local Migrant Ombudsman's Office.