Latin America

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  China building a new port and industrial hub in Peru, US$ 3bn investment, 55kms north of Lima

  

  Global chain transport challenges, the war in Ukraine, and following two years of lockouts caused by the Covid 19 pandemic have caused many disruptions to normal trade and China has thus embarked in a major project building a new port along the Peruvian coast to help boost trade along the Pacific rim.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutors to seek extradition of oil spill case tanker captain

  

  Peruvian authorities are seeking the extradition of the captain of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum oil tanker, whom Repsol accuses of being responsible for the maneuvers that resulted in the oil spill at the La Pampilla refinery, 4 kilometers from the Ventanilla district.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  Brazil: Lula ties the knot for the third time in his life

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday married sociologist Rosángela da Silva in Sao Paulo, under strict security measures. The celebration was attended by politicians and artists who were not allowed to bring their cell phones with them.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Guatemala joins list of countries to skip Summit of the Americas

  

  Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Tuesday announced he would join the ranks of leaders of the Americas who have chosen not to attend next month's regional Summit in Los Angeles, California, following the reluctance of US President Joseph Biden to invite Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguay braces for a “cyclone with unusual characteristics”, meteorologists forecast

  

  Although cyclones are rare in the area, Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) has issued a yellow warning regarding the possible arrival of a subtropical cyclone to the southern part of the country sometime Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Cuba's new penal code keeps death penalty as an option

  

  Cuba's one-party legislature Sunday passed a new Penal Code, which was considered to be “modern” and adjusted to the country's socialist “reality,” it was announced in Havana.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Colombians “undecided” are the third strongest 'party' for 29 May presidential election

  

  With less than two weeks to the first round, 29 May, of the Colombian presidency election, the undecided voters have become decisive for the outcome according to the latest opinion poll by T&SE, Technology and Electoral Services, with data collected between 23 April and 8 May, interviewing 8,000 people across the country.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  ELN announces ceasefire so that Colombians may vote in peace

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Monday announced they would enforce a ceasefire during the upcoming presidential elections, in what has been perceived as a step towards peace talks with the future administration.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest

  

  Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.