Latin America

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay's advantages for technology development “to attract talent,” Lacalle said

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday underscored during an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) event in Punta del Este his country's advantages for investments to keep flowing in.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  At least 53 arrested in violence-torn Ecuador

  

  At least 53 people have been arrested in Ecuador following a wave of drug trafficking attacks Tuesday in the coastal cities of Guayaquil, Durán, and Esmeraldas.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Peru's post-pandemic economic recovery faster than that elsewhere

  

  Peru quickly bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if compared with other countries in the region and the world, according to reports released Wednesday in Lima.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Petro and Maduro sign joint declaration, pledge to work together

  

  The Presidents of Colombia and Venezuela Tuesday signed a joint declaration in Caracas after their meeting marking the beginning of a new stage in bilateral ties.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 22:15 UTC

  Tension escalates in Bolivian department of Cochabamba

  

  Bolivia's National 2023 Census Committee gave President Luis Arce Catacora's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) 48 hours to pull the party's strike forces from Cochabamba, or else radical pressure measures will be adopted.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolivia in conflict with the country's richest province over shared resources

  

  “To safeguard food security, exports of soybeans, sugar, soy oil, and beef are temporarily suspended,” according to an official announcement from Bolivia’s Minister of Productive Development, Néstor Huanca.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Expectation mounts over Petro-Maduro meeting in Caracas

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro are to meet Tuesday in Caracas to discuss the evolution of bilateral ties after diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored following Petro's inauguration.

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 22:20 UTC

  Lula welcomes “Comrade” President Alberto Fernández in Sao Paulo

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández met in Sao Paulo Monday afternoon with Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to celebrate the latter's victory in Sunday's runoff.

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 10:53 UTC

  Lula is back as president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

  

  Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will return to power in Brazil for the third time after defeating incumbent head of State Jair Bolsonaro in the ballot by a very narrow margin, reflecting a huge division in the South American giant.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  FMs in Buenos Aires call for strengthening of bi-regional dialogue

  

  The Summit pitting together foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) came to an end Thursday in Buenos Aires with a declaration calling for the strengthening of bi-regional dialogue and multilateralism.