Latin America

Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Turkey entices Latin American leaders to get Putin, Zelensky to discuss end to war

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu insisted over the weekend that the Government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was conducting a series of efforts to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 07:48 UTC
Former Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84

Former Cuban Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón died Saturday night in Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Sunday. Alarcón was 84. He was a widower and is survived by a daughter and a grandson.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Turkish FM signs bilateral agreements on his Caracas visit

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Friday signed in Caracas a series of agreements between his country and Venezuela in areas such as financial economy, agriculture and fishing, tourism, sports, health and medicine, and education, it was announced.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Slowdown deepens in Latin America with regional growth forecasted at 1,8% this year, ECLAC report

The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean face a complex situation in 2022 because of the Russia/Ukraine war with its shadow of uncertainty for the world economy. This is negatively affecting global growth, and at regional level, lower expected growth will be accompanied by higher inflation and slower employment recovery.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
State of emergency declared in violence-torn Ecuadorian provinces

President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency for two months in three of Ecuador's provinces where the crime rate has reached historic levels, it was announced.
Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Presidents Biden, López Obrador discuss migration over the phone

US President Joseph Biden and his Mexican colleague Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) were reported Friday to have had a “very constructive and cordial” telephone conversation, according to White House sources.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 23:06 UTC
Uruguayan President was invited by Boris Johnson and will travel to the UK

The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, was invited by the government of the United Kingdom to meet with the Prime Minister of that country, Boris Johnson. He will travel to that country at the end of May or the beginning of June, as reported by Montevideo Portal and later confirmed by sources from the president's office.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 22:26 UTC
Buenos Aires' Aeroparque opens up to Colombian routes

Argentina's National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) announced earlier this week that it was allowing flights to and from Colombia could operate at Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport (AEP / SABE).
Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 20:56 UTC
Merely 7% of Peruvians believe new constitution a priority

According to a survey published Wednesday by Lima's El Comercio, only 7% of Peruvians believed a new Constitution was among the people's priorities.
Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Latin America in a “pre-explosive” situation, democracy is not delivering, Latin Barometer

Latin America is going through a critical “pre-explosive” moment with traditional democracy in decadence, “one out of two Latin Americans want someone to solve their problems, even ignoring the law”