Latin America

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Bolivia repeals controversial Law 1386

  

  Bolivia's Parliament finally voted in favour of repealing Law 1386 Tuesday afternoon, which resulted in a general strike called for in Santa Cruz and Potosí being lifted, although some demonstrators wanted to go after additional demands.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil rice exports in 2021 should reach 1,2 million tons

  

  Brazil's rice exports are expected to reach 1.2 million tons this year according to estimates from ABIARROZ (the Brazilian rice industry association), based on overseas sales between January and October which totalled 958,000 tons.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Biden bans Nicaraguan officials from entering US territory

  

  Irregularities in Nicaragua's recent elections after which President Daniel Ortega is to stay in office for yet another term while all of his political opponents are either in jail or exile have led the administration of US President Joseph Biden to take action.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:02 UTC

  Yet another suspect arrested in Haitian President's murder case

  

  Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Samir Handal in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince residence, it was announced.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 19:27 UTC

  Ecuador: President Lasso says drug traffic gangs behind prison riots

  

  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Monday said his country was under attack by drug trafficking gangs, which are allegedly trying to take over the country's prisons, where riots have cost the lives of hundreds of inmates over the past few months.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Peru extends vaccination mandates for indoor spaces and domestic travel

  

  The Government of Peru has decided people over 18 years of age who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be banned from closed public places as of Monday. The measures include shopping malls, restaurants and banks.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  US Chargé d'Affaires in Asunción insists his country will always be “an ally” of Paraguay

  

  Joseph Salazar, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Asunción, Monday tweeted that his country “has been, and will always continue to be, an ally of Paraguay.”

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 18:40 UTC

  Nicaragua: UK and US announce new sanctions against the country after elections

  

  The US Treasury Department and the United Kingdom announced new sanctions against members of the Nicaraguan government in retaliation for the controversial presidential elections held on 7 November.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolivian protests to continue until Law 1386 is repealed, protesters warn

  

  Bolivian protesters have warned their ongoing indefinite strike declared by the Pro Santa Cruz Committee will not be lifted until the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Congress) repeals Law 1386 on the Strategy to Fight the Legitimization of Illicit Profits.

• Saturday, November 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  OAS asked not to recognize Nicaragua's elections

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Friday received a formal request from some 40 former Latin American foreign ministers, who were against recognizing the results of last Sunday's elections in Nicaragua in which incumbent President Daniel Ortega was re-elected.