Latin America

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Peruvian presidential candidates exchange heavy verbal fire one week before runoff

  

  While socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party insisted he would renegotiate the contracts of large companies that are taking away the country's mining wealth, the conservative Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular accused him of trying to impose a government that will not respect private initiative.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  No Copa America for Argentina either due to growing number of covid-19 cases

  

  The South American Football Confederation Sunday announced the Copa America tournament was not going to be played in Argentina. The tournament due to begin June 13 was to be co-hosted by Colombia and Argentina.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Caricom-Mercosur Chamber to attend WHO forum on post covid-19 trade

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) has invited the Inter-Regional CARICOM–MERCOSUR Trade Council (CCICaMe) to take part in the 2021 Public Forum “Trade after covid-19: Building Resilience,” to be held at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, it was announced.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Mexico targets global fashion houses for using indigenous patterns

  

  Mexico has targeted leading international fashion brands Zara, Anthropologie, and Patowl claiming they have taken advantage of the indigenous textile heritage of the country. In effect according to official complaints, these designers used patterns from indigenous Mexican groups in their designs without any benefit to the communities.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Colombians dressed in white take to the streets of Bogotá to demand an end to protests

  

  Thousands took to the streets on Sunday in Bogotá to demand an end to protests and roadblocks and to express support for security forces. The demonstrators dressed in white and waving Colombian flags seem to be the response to almost a month of rioting and clashes bloody clashes between protestors and the forces.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Case of covid-related “black fungus” concerns Uruguayan doctors

  

  Uruguayan scientists have reported the appearance of a case of mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a rare infection that began to be reported in India as a disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina and Cuba to join forces against the coronavirus pandemic

  

  Health authorities of Cuba and Argentina Friday ratified their mutual commitment to strengthening cooperative relations in biotechnology to improve the quality of life of people in both countries, it was announced.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Three more die in day marking first month of unrest in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Friday ordered the deployment of military forces in the city of Cali to support the local police in preserving peace amid growing unrest and violence, which left three more people dead.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Minister Guedes says Brazil favors the modernizing of Mercosur

  

  “We are liberal but not stupid,” said Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Thursday during a virtual event where he explained that his country has no intention of leaving Mercosur, but it does want to modernize it.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  IACHR still waiting for full green light to land in violence-torn Colombia

  

  As protests and violence remain part of Colombia's “normal” landscape, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) continues to wait for an official response from the Government to visit the country.