Latin America

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaraguan opposition leader Hugo Torres dies in jail

  

  Former Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Hugo Torres Jiménez -who once risked his life to defend current President Daniel Ortega- has died Saturday in jail where he had been placed by the administration of the same man his life he had defended.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  UN envoy due in Bolivia to monitor Áñez's trial

  

  A Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers sent by the United Nations (UN) is due in Bolivia this coming Tuesday at the invitation of the local government to assess the conditions under which former interim President Jeanine Áñez is brought to trial.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Latin American and Caribbean parliament call for Falklands' sovereignty talks with UK

  

  The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, (Parlatino) met this week in Panama and called on the international community to support Argentina's request for a resumption of Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty talks with the UK. The issue addressed was the “Malvinas Question, a Latin American cause”.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  New judge also resigns from investigating Haitian president's murder

  

  Haitian Judge Chavannes Étienne, who had been appointed to investigate the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has resigned from the case Friday, thus becoming the fourth magistrate to make the same decision.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Fuel goes up in Paraguay, but tanking up in Argentina not an option

  

  The state-run oil company Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar) has announced an increase in the price of fuel at pumps effective Saturday, Feb. 12, despite previous announcements that there would be no changes until the end of the month.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Nicaraguan opposition leaders handed down prison sentences

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega has sentenced seven opposition leaders to serve time in prison in a new episode of the repression saga the Central American country is going through.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolivia: Virtual trial against Áñez postponed

  

  A Bolivian Court in La Paz Thursday postponed the beginning of the so-called “Coup d'état II” trial against former interim President Jeanine Áñez who had gone on a hunger strike since Wednesday.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Mexico City Mayor takes flak for supporting use of ivermectin against COVID-19

  

  Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum came under heavy flak Thursday for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for the alleged manipulation of a study which recommended the use of ivermectin to treat this disease.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  Uruguay is the only full democracy in South America, The Economist says

  

  The Economist published on Thursday its Democracy Index for 2021, in which Uruguay was ranked 13th, within the spectrum of “full democracies”, being above the 8 points awarded by the ranking.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Añez goes on hunger strike as coup trial looms over

  

  Carolina Ribera, daughter of former interim Bolivian President Jeanine Añez, has announced her mother had gone on a hunger strike on the eve of the start of her trial for the so-called “Coup d'etat II” case. Áñez is charged with violating the Constitution by proclaiming herself president of that nation.