Latin America

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 00:53 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori soars in Peruvian presidential election polls

  

  The latest Peruvian presidential election opinion polls showed the gap between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the conservative Keiko Fujimori is rapidly shrinking ahead of June 6 presidential elections.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Human Rights Watch warns Colombian police uses high-tech projectile launcher against demonstrators

  

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) Executive Director for the Americas José Miguel Vivanco said his organization had never seen police officers use “horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers” as it happens in Colombia.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Duque militarizes Cali and neighbouring areas as situation worsens in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Sunday ordered a mass deployment of troops in the city of Cali and its surrounding area to lift the roadblocks which have kept that place under isolation and deprived of supplies of foods and medicines, it was announced.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  US investors withdrawing from Latin America's three largest economies as populist rulers spark concern

  

  According to a recent report from the Department of the Treasury, investors from the United States are rapidly fleeing the once most promising and three largest countries of Latin America (Brazil, Mexico and Argentina).

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Jiggers bring covid-19 infected crews including one dead seaman in Argentina’s Puerto Deseado

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard (Prefecura Naval) is guarding two fishing trawlers at Puerto Deseado in the Province of Santa Cruz as cases of covid-19 erupted among the crews, one sailor having already died of the disease.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Almagro condemns vandalism and police brutality in Colombia

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Friday condemned “the cases of torture and murders committed by the forces of order” in Colombia where unrest reigns supreme since April 28.

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Colombia still shattered by unrest and demonstrations

  

  Colombia's National Unemployment Committee, an opposition group which brings together some 40 organizations, Wednesday staged another row of demonstrations nationwide against policies carried out by President Iván Duque, who insisted on regarding these actions as “extreme vandalism and urban terrorism”

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  LATAM Airlines goes environment conscious for the years to come

  

  LATAM Airlines Group has launched Wednesday in Santiago, Chile, an environmentally conscious plan for the coming years named LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy, to offset 50% of emissions from its domestic operations by 2030.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Does Colombian President Duque grasp the seriousness of the situation?

  

  In a country where 24 people have died in clashes with police and some 800 have been injured, Colombian President Iván Duque woke up Wednesday and gave a radio interview during which he addressed this year's Copa America football competition, which his country is to co-host with Argentina, and guaranteed everything will go on as planned.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  IATA: Air cargo down in Latin America but grew elsewhere; passenger travel still far behind

  

  The airlines of Latin America suffered a 23.6% slump in their cargo operations in March, against the same month of 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported Tuesday.