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Montevideo, December 15th 2025 - 05:47 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Three-month state of emergency declared in parts of Haiti

    Over 1,000 people have been killed and 620 kidnapped between October 2024 and the end of June 2025

    Haiti's government has declared a three-month state of emergency in the West, Artibonite, and Centre departments to address a surge in gang violence and the resulting food crisis. This measure is intended to mobilize state resources more effectively to restore order and security.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Armed attack leaves 8 dead in Ecuador

    One of the victims was the brother of the town's mayor

    An armed attack outside a nightclub in Santa Lucía on Sunday morning, a town in Ecuador's Guayas province, left eight people (seven men and one woman) dead and several others injured. The victims included nightclub owner Jorge Urquizo, the brother of the town's mayor, Ubaldo Urquizo.

  • Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Haiti's Presidential Transition Council has new president

    Saint-Cyr is expected to be the last CPT president before the elections scheduled for February 7, 2026

    Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr has been appointed as the new rotating president of Haiti's Presidential Transition Council (CPT), a body formed after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Saint-Cyr is tasked with restoring security, leading the country toward new elections, and reviving the economy.

  • Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Boliviana de Aviación launches Washington route

    BoA's ambitious expansion has included unprofitable routes such as Cuba and Venezuela

    Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) launched this week a new international route from Santa Cruz to Washington DC with round-trip tickets priced at US$880. The new service will operate twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Petro escalates border dispute with Peru over Amazon island: “The treaty was violated”

    The dispute revives a long-standing territorial disagreement between the two countries, whose borders were formally established by treaties in 1922 and 1929

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro escalated a diplomatic conflict with Peru on Thursday by accusing Lima of violating border treaties over the disputed sovereignty of Santa Rosa Island, located in the Amazon River. “Colombia does not recognize Peru’s sovereignty over the so-called Santa Rosa Island and does not recognize the de facto authorities,” Petro declared from Leticia, a Colombian border city that, for the first time, hosted the country’s Independence Day celebrations.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguay not outside terrorism's radar, Montevideo reckons

    Some activities are shifting from the Triple Frontier Paraguay-Argentine-Brazil to the Rivera crossing between Uruguay and Brazil

    Uruguayan authorities admitted Thursday that terrorist organizations could use their country to either stage or plan certain attacks in the region. While the risk is considered low, according to the National Strategy for the Fight against Money Laundering, the government has not ruled out the possibility.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    Ecuador: Noboa declares new state of emergency and plans another referendum

    The current state of things could further erode Ecuador's fragile democracy, Noboa argues

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has declared a new state of emergency for 60 days in four coastal provinces: El Oro, Guayas, Los Ríos, and Manabí. The decree, citing “serious internal unrest,” suspends the rights to inviolability of domicile and correspondence, allowing the Armed Forces and National Police to conduct joint operations

  • Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Panama opens up to Paraguayan beef exports

    Paraguay will be able to export boneless beef to Panama

    Panama has officially opened its market to beef from Paraguay, a decision announced by the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) in Asunción. This authorization allows Paraguay to begin exporting boneless beef products to the Central American country. “This authorization is another significant step in the expansion of national livestock products into Central American markets,” Senacsa said in a statement.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 21:46 UTC

    Ecuador's Constitutional Court blocks Noboa's initiatives

    The ruling is temporary, pending a final decision on the matter, so Noboa still stands a chance of applying them at a later time

    Ecuador's Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended several articles from three laws championed by President Daniel Noboa: the Organic Intelligence Law, the National Solidarity Law, and the Organic Law on Public Integrity. These norms had faced constitutional challenges from various organizations and opposition groups who argued that they violated fundamental rights.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 00:31 UTC

    Honduran President lands in Bolivia for Bicentennial Celebrations

    Castro (L) was welcomed by FM Sosa

    Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrived Monday in Sucre to participate in Bolivia's Bicentennial celebrations, making her the first head of state to arrive for the events. She was welcomed by Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa.