Latin America

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  LGBTIQ+ political party seeking registration in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has received a petition to record the name of the first-ever LGBTIQ+ community party, it was reported in Caracas.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 19:08 UTC

  Son of Che Guevara dies in Venezuela aged 60

  

  Camilo Guevara March, one of the sons of Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto Guevara, nicknamed “Che” for his Argentine origins, died Monday in Caracas, it was reported. He was 60.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru takes over CAN's pro tempore presidency

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday welcomed his colleagues from Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Luis Arce for the Council of the Andean Community (CAN) summit in Lima.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Monkeypox spreading fast throughout South America

  

  Peruvian health authorities Monday reported 1,463 cases of monkeypox in 16 of the country's regions, while 812 patients had already been discharged, as Health Ministry officials were monitoring the close contacts of those infected.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Bolivia: Theft of Evo's cell phone prompts large-scale police deployment

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales had his cell phone stolen during the weekend, which prompted a full-scale operation to retrieve the device, it was reported Sunday.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Maduro sends letter of support to CFK

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter expressing his solidarity to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) after prosecutors requested a 12-year jail sentence against her.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Peruvian president's sister-in-law handed down 30-month detention

  

  Peruvian Judge Jhonny Gómez Sunday ordered the pre-trial detention for 30 months of President Pedro Castillo Terrones' sister-in-law Yenifer Paredes and other defendants in a corruption case because they posed a flight risk, among other reasons.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  Colombian forces not to strike rebel targets where minors are at risk

  

  Colombian Defense Minister Iván Velásquez announced Thursday that all military actions against rebel groups will be halted if the presence of children at the target locations is confirmed or suspected.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Colombia appoint ambassadors to resume full ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he had picked former Senator Armando Benedetti to become Colombia's new ambassador to Caracas following his decision to resume full diplomatic ties with the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  11-yr-old girl among confirmed cases of monkeypox in Bolivia

  

  Bolivian health authorities Wednesday announced that an 11-year-old girl in the department of Cochabamba was among the 49 confirmed cases in the country of monkeypox, a malady that usually affects male adults.