Latin America

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Nicaragua hands over Taiwanese Embassy to Chinese authorities

  

  Nicaragua's Government has seized former Taiwan's Embassy in Managua and handed it over to China, which maintains the Asian island is nothing but a rogue province.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:39 UTC

  Peru closes all beaches for New Year's celebrations to keep strains at bay

  

  Peru's Health Minister Hernando Cevallos Thursday said closing the countries' beaches for the remainder of the Summer season was not on the agenda.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:37 UTC

  Unvaccinated Bolivian VP does not intend to take the treatment

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca has not taken any COVID-19 vaccine and said he did not intend to either, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia

  

  Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Sanitary emergency declared in Bolivia as covid-19 cases soar

  

  The Government of Bolivia Wednesday declared a nationwide sanitary emergency due to an increase in the number of covid-19 cases, Health Minister Jeyson Auza announced.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Cuban COVID-19 vaccine cleared for use in Mexico

  

  Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) has issued the green light Wednesday for the emergency use of the Cuban-developed Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Prosecutors question Peru's President in scandalous military promotions case

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones was questioned Tuesday by Prosecutors regarding his alleged involvement in the unlawful promotion of Army and Air Force officers, a scandal which has already led to the resignation of former presidential aide Bruno Pacheco and Defense Minister Walter Ayala.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  IACHR to evaluate Paraguayan President's express impeachment back in 2012

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has agreed to accept the case of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo against the Paraguayan State for his removal of office through impeachment in June 2012.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Maduro-appointed Venezuelan ambassador lands in Lima

  

  Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña Tuesday received the credentials from Venezuela's new ambassador Alexander Yáñez Deleuze during a ceremony at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Four dead after gunmen hit public transport in Haiti

  

  At least four people have been reported dead after a group of unidentified gunmen fired shots on two public transport buses late Monday. Another four people have been reported wounded following the attack in southern Port-au-Prince.