Latin America

Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Former FARC leader arrested upon arriving in Mexico

Former Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) leader Rodrigo Granda has been arrested upon landing in Mexico by Interpol.
Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Bolivia: Medical reports say Áñez would be better if hospitalized

Former Bolivian Interim President Jeanine Áñez, under preventive arrest for her alleged involvement in the repressions during the 2019 revolt that led to Evo Morales' resignation and her subsequent accession to power, has been subject to a psychiatric evaluation which recommended she be hospitalized.
Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
IACHR finds Colombia guilty for what happened to a reporter

Colombia's President Iván Duque has announced he would abide by the IACHR ruling against his country in the Jineth Bedoya case in which the Court also ordered the creation of a centre for women victims of sexual violence.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 23:59 UTC
Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar

Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common External Tariffs among Mercosur members.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:05 UTC
Buenos Aires key to the region's future, says Pepe Mujica

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said this weekend in a newspaper interview that the future of the River Plate area was at stake and it hinged on whatever happens in the Argentine capital.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
PAHO/ECLAC report on Covid-19 exposes the fragility of Latin America's health systems

In n a new joint report released the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urge the governments of the region to accelerate vaccination processes and improve health systems.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Bolivia's ruling party sets up headquarters in Peru

Just a couple of days after Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones lost support from his Marxist Peru Libre party, which decided not to support his new cabinet, press reports have come out indicating former Bolivian President Evo Morales's Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has set foot into the country and even has established its headquarters in Cusco.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 00:10 UTC
Maduro associate extradited from Cape Verde to face criminal charges in Miami; Venezuela claims “kidnapping”

The Venezuelan government walked out of negotiations with the opposition following on the extradition of Colombian businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde to the United States where he faces trial on money laundering and corruption.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:16 UTC
Bolivia's Constitutional Court rules Áñez presidency was illegal

The swearing-in of Jeanine Áñez as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional. © AFP Jeanine Áñez's swearing-in as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional.
Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Peru's ruling party diverts from proposed cabinet

The leader of Peru's ruling party Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, Friday said he believed the proposed cabinet had changed course from the movement's original guidelines in an “undeniable political turn towards the centre-right, where the 'caviar' representatives increased.”