Latin America

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Duque wants Venezuela to be declared “promoter of terrorism” for harboring FARC dissidents

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Monday said several former guerrilla commanders were being granted shelter in Venezuela and asked the United States that Venezuela be added to the list of countries that promote terrorism.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Rosatom resumes construction of nuclear reactor in Bolivia

  

  Russia's atomic agency Rosatom Monday resumed construction of a nuclear reactor for the Center for Research and Development of Nuclear Technology (CIDTN) of Bolivia, a project which had been paralyzed in 2019, it was reported.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Lacalle the best, Maduro the worst - says survey of how LatAm Presidents have handled the covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou was Latin America's best president when it came down to handling the coronavirus pandemic, a study by the international consulting firm Ipsos released over the weekend has shown.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Mexico favors creation of new body to replace OAS

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has launched the idea to create a new body that would replace the current Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS).

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Dissident FARC group claims responsibility for attack against Colombian President Duque

  

  The June 25 attack against the helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Duque and some of his closest aides finally sees some light as the Magdalena Medio Bloc, a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for it over this weekend.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Nicaraguan gov't arrests yet another presidential candidate

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of former Sandinista guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega has placed right-wing presidential hopeful Noel José Vidaurre Arguello under house arrest for alleged treason.

• Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina's Security Minister says her predecessor's buying weapons sent to Bolivia is a “proven” fact

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Sabina Frederic Friday said there was proof corroborating that her predecessor Patricia Bullrich was behind the shipment of weapons and ammunition to Bolivia during the revolt that toppled Evo Morales.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Studies show third dose needed to fight Delta variant for those who have received a full Sinovac inoculation

  

  A study by Chile's Catholic University has shown that the Chinese-developed Sinovac anticoronavirus vaccine's effectiveness was down after six months and patients would then need a third dose of the immunizer.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Venezuela rejects accusations of “hosting” armed groups that attempt against Colombian institutions

  

  Venezuelan foreign minister Jorge Arreaza rejected accusations from the Colombian government regarding the recent attack on the helicopter of president Ivan Duque in the city of Cúcuta and claimed Bogotá is using his country to hide the tragedy of its neighbour.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  As in the Falklands, Colombian children in rural areas taught to identify mines and unexploded ordnance

  

  As happened during decades in the Falkland Islands, children in rural Colombia are being taught how to identify landmines and ordnance planted near their villages by the several guerrilla groups that ravaged the country during the half-century-long insurrection.