Latin America

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Sputnik V vaccine cleared to land in Chile

  

  Chile's Public Security Institute (ISP) Wednesday authorized the emergency use of the Russian anticoronavirus Sputnik V vaccine by 5 votes in favour, two abstentions and one against, it was announced.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

  

  Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Peru's President-elect outlines plans which include people from every political background

  

  Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo Tuesday sought to calm down a shaken country just one day after being declared the winner.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Demonstrators back to the streets of Colombia on Independence Day to push for reforms

  

  Colombian demonstrators took once again Tuesday to the streets of the country's biggest cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Manizales to step up their demands against the Government of Iván Duque during the Independence Day holiday.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms

  

  Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpose of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Castillo to be Peru's next president after all

  

  Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador

  

  The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from power in 2019.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Forgotten Latin America; EU can ill afford to ignore its strategic importance

  

  By Ana Palacio (*) – The EU well knows that when it comes to expanding its influence within a country or region, China plays the long game. But China is also adept at identifying opportunities to make rapid progress, and Latin America’s escalating crises represent a golden one.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile leads the region on its way to sustainable energy-powered cars

  

  As the leading country in the region on the road to new sources of energy for vehicles, Chile last week added a new charging point for battery-powered engines next to the Nueva Angostura tollbooth and is the first of a total of 5 to be implemented on Ruta 5 Sur between Santiago and Talca.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Argentina and Bolivia have bills in Parliament to boost transitioning to e-cars

  

  Just as the European Commission sent a bill last week to the European Parliament regarding electric vehicles, the Governments of Argentina and Bolivia are also taking similar paths.