Latin America

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 02:48 UTC

  Mexican President against invasions, censorship, and black lists

  

  As a country that has been invaded in the past, by the United States in 1914, “we cannot accept” any more invasions, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 02:41 UTC

  Bolivian gov't and Evo do not see Ukraine crisis the same way

  

  Despite belonging to the same political party (Movement Towards Socialism - MAS), the current government of Bolivia and former President Evo Morales have dissenting views regarding the Ukraine crisis.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Lula tells Mexico Bolsonaro meant a setback for Brazilians

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Tuesday in Mexico that his country was going backward under the leadership of Jair Bolsonaro, whom he is expected to remove from office through this year's elections.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:48 UTC

  Bolivia's carnival makes headlines for the number of people killed

  

  At least 14 people have been killed in various car accidents and other incidents across Bolivia during Carnival weekend, including a hit-and-run case Sunday in Cochabamba, which alone resulted in nine deaths.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Interannual sales of motor vehicles fall in Argentina and Brazil

  

  Vehicle sales slumped the most in Argentina and Brazil of all Latin American countries during January, according to a report with data for ten nations in the region.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Prosecutors behind plot to overthrow Peru’s President?

  

  Peru’s President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday hinted the Prosecutor's Office might hold some sort of grudge on him and insisted it carried on with the ongoing investigations at the earliest.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Colombia records 33rd murder of a social leader so far in 2022

  

  Less than two months into the year 2022 and 33 social leaders have been murdered so far in Colombia after the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) Sunday denounced the killing of Gustavo Antonio Torres, this time in Tibú, Norte de Santander.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Oruro carnival parade goes on like before, albeit with face masks

  

  Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other parts of South America are returning to their traditional celebrations following a ban during 2021 as a result of COVID-19 measures.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Paraguayans rush to bordering city to buy fuel smuggled in from Argentina

  

  Hundreds of Paraguayans rushed over the weekend to the coastal town of Nanawa – formerly Puerto Elsa – in the Presidente Hayes province to buy cheaper fuel smuggled from Clorinda, Argentina, it was reported.

• Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Peru's vaccination chief resigns

  

  Peru's Director of Immunizations Friday turned in her resignation to the Health Ministry citing declining efforts in the area to carry out its duties.