Latin America

Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Peru's president under investigation for corruption

Peru's President Pedro Castillo is once again under the spotlight after the Attorney General said his Office was already investigating press allegations that businesswoman Karelim López had paid the head of state offered to help the Puente Tarata III consortium win the tender for a work.
Friday, December 17th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bolivia

Argentina has announced one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to Bolivia next Monday, making it “the largest donation of doses between countries in South America since the global pandemic was declared,” according to a Health Ministry statement. The doses will be carried in a Hercules C-130 aircraft of the Argentine Air Force.
Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 19:39 UTC
Former Bolivian Foreign Ministry official arrested over 2019 uprising against Evo

A former top-ranking official from Bolivia's Foreign Ministry has been placed under arrest for his alleged involvement in the reception from Argentina of tear gas and other military supplies in the events surrounding the resignation of former President Evo Morales and the accession to power of Janine Áñez.
Thursday, December 16th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Gov't of Haiti and transport unions reach deal over price of fuel

A memorandum of understanding was signed Wednesday between the Government of Haiti and transport unions barely a week after an increase in the price of fuels was decreed by Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 21:10 UTC
Former Chilean President Bachelet announces she will vote for Boric

Former Chile President and current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Wednesday admitted she would support leftwing candidate Gabriel Boric for the Dec. 19 presidential runoff against far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.
Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 23:09 UTC
Dozens killed or wounded after explosion in Haiti

At least 60 people have been killed and dozens more were injured when a fuel truck blew up Monday night in the Samari area near Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city.
Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 20:54 UTC
Explosion at Colombian airport leaves three dead

At least three people have been reported dead after an explosion at the Camilo Daza airport in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, near the Venezuelan border.
Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Kast closes in on Boric ahead of Chile's presidential runoff

A new survey has shown Conservative candidate José Antonio Kast has narrowed the gap between him and his leftwing opponent Gabriel Boric, who according to most polls, is expected to win the Dec. 19 presidential runoff in Chile.
Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Ecuador decrees oil production under 'force majeure'

The Government of Ecuador has declared a situation of force majeure for the country's oil sector due to the effects of erosion in the Coca River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon basin.
Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
UN launches US$ 1,79 billion Refugee Response Plan to support six million Venezuelans

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a US$ 1.79 billion regional plan to support the increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela and their host communities across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.