Latin America

Friday, May 21st 2021 - 08:51 UTC
Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela

US President Joseph Biden's candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has said sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro regime must continue.
Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Duque picks Colombia's Vice President Ramírez for the Foreign Ministry

After Foreign Minister Claudia Blum handed in her resignation last week due to the social and political unrest Colombia is going through, President Iván Duque chose to appoint Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez as her successor.
Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 08:39 UTC
Astra-Zeneca vaccines produced jointly by Mexico and Argentina almost ready for delivery

The first batch of Oxford-Astra Zeneca anticoronavirus vaccines produced jointly by Mexico and Argentina are almost ready to start shipping, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 21:57 UTC
Colombians march against hosting Copa America amid social unrest

Dozens of Colombian fans gathered Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the Colombian Football Federation to demand that the Copa America is not held in the conflict-ridden country, where over 40 deaths have been recorded over the last three weeks.
Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 21:27 UTC
Argentina can take on Copa America by itself if protocols are observed, says Fernández

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday insisted his country is capable of hosting singlehandedly the Copa America football competition despite 35,543 new cases of Covid-19 and 745 deaths in one day for a record total of 71,771 casualties since the beginning of the pandemic.
Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 17:12 UTC
US lawmaker unveils list of corrupt Central American officials; another list expected in June

Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), the sole Central American serving in Congress and Co-Chair of the Central Americans Caucus, today praised a list prepared and released at her request by the U.S. State Department identifying corrupt officials in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Ecuador: Darwin Arch off Galapagos falls down due to erosion

The Darwin Arch, a natural rock in the Ecuadorean Province of Galapagos, has collapsed due to “natural erosion,” the Ministry of the Environment and Water reported late on Monday.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
General strike still on for Wednesday as Colombia's government reluctant to demilitarize country

Colombia's President Iván Duque Monday ordered a mass deployment of the public force to clear the roads of peaceful demonstrations he considers to be “an act of sabotage.”
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivian Minister lashes out at Chilean senator for comments regarding railroad test

Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, Monday rated Chilean senator José Miguel Insulza's comments urging to resume the test of the La Paz-Arica railroad as “irresponsible.”
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
OAS says Hamas is a terrorist group

The Organization of American States (OAS) Monday added the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas -founded in 1987- to the list of terrorist groups, following its recent rocket attacks against Israel, it was announced in Washington DC.