Latin America

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Peru's Congressional Committee declares Evo persona non grata

  

  A Committee within Peru's Congress Monday agreed to declare former Bolivian President Evo Morales a persona non grata for meddling with internal politics, it was announced.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 23:05 UTC

  Kast is very much anti-Argentine, says ambassador

  

  Argentina's Ambassador in Santiago, Rafael Bielsa, said right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast, who finished first in Sunday's elections was an anti-Argentine Pinochetist “that dares speak its name” and likened him to former US President Donald Trump and current Brazilian head of state Jair Bolsonaro.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 22:58 UTC

  Vigilante group on horseback fends off Mapuche attack

  

  Residents of the Argentine town of El Bolson Sunday confronted reasoning Mapuches on horseback and kept them from doing any further damage as authorities failed to provide an institutional response to the increasing unrest caused by the rebel groups in the area.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Fears of devaluation loom over Argentina as Central Bank reserves run almost dry

  

  Argentine Economy Minister desperately needs to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week, because the Central Bank (BCRA) has only US $ 800 million left in cash with which to intervene in the local exchange market, which is pressing for a devaluation.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Venezuela's PSUV grabs most of the seats at stake amid poor turnout

  

  With 58% of Venezuelans not showing up to vote, the ruling PSUV Sunday won regional and local elections by a landslide.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Malvinas Islands' crest in all Tierra del Fuego sportswear and school uniforms

  

  In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War, in 2022, the Argentine Tierra del Fuego province legislative passed several bills making it mandatory that all teams' sportswear in all the different competitions representing the province must have the Malvinas Islands crest, “and hopefully this initiative will also be implemented by other provinces”.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Colombia-Ecuador border to reopen Dec.1, presidents agree

  

  The Presidents of Colombia (Iván Duque) and Ecuador (Guillermo Lasso), Sunday agreed to reopen the borders between the two countries as of Dec. 1 after they were closed in March 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces

  

  Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Friday announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does “not respond to the interests of their respective peoples.”

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, it was reported.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego soul searching: 25 November, “Day of Selk-nam indigenous people genocide”

  

  The Tierra del Fuego provincial legislative has done some soul searching and has voted unanimously to declare next November 25, “Day of the Selk'nam people genocide.” It will be a day of provincial mourning with flags at half-mast and a non-working day in the extreme south province of Argentina.