Latin America

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 05:56 UTC

  PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti

  

  A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on the morning of Saturday August 14.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  UK signs partnership in Central America to boost trade

  

  UK Export Finance (UKEF) signed this week a historic partnership with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Central America’s leading development bank and the highest-rated borrower in Latin America.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  President's murder seems to be too big a case for Haiti's judiciary

  

  The Haitian magistrate chosen to conduct the investigation regarding the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse Friday resigned from the case, citing reasons of a personal nature.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 15:38 UTC

  Relief for Peruvian investors: orthodox central bank president remains in the post

  

  Julio Velarde will remain as president of the Peruvian Central Bank for another five years, the same job he has held since 2006, and is acknowledged as the man who helped stabilize the country's markets, with low inflation. The news should come as a relief for investors and holders of Peruvian bonds.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 13:03 UTC

  Ex Venezuelan congress members, US representative at the IDB

  

  United States president Joe Biden appointed former Venezuelan congress member Leopoldo Martinez Nucete as US permanent representative in the Inter American Development bank, IDB.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  IACH rules presidential reelection not a human right, Bolivia's Constitutional Court had found otherwise

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) Thursday ruled that indefinite presidential re-election is not protected by the American Convention, thus shattering the rationale behind Evo Morales' candidacy despite a negative referendum.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  New round of negotiations between Venezuelan gov't opposition to kick off in Mexico

  

  Venezuelan Government officials and dignitaries of the opposition will convene Friday in Mexico City to kick off another round of negotiations under the mediation of Norway, with the endorsement of the United States and the European Union to seek a peaceful solution to the worst economic, social and political crisis in the country.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  PAHO set out to reverse low vaccination rates against COVID-19

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday reported that less than 20% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully immunized against COVID-19 and announced actions will be taken to reverse that situation.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina apologizes to Chile for saying Magellan Strait and Drake Passage are shared spaces with joint control

  

  Argentina had to back step and apologize to Chile following on statements that the Magellan Strait and the Drake Passage, were “shared spaces”, and which “both countries jointly explored, studied and controlled”.