Latin America

Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Peru highlights OAS' role defending democracy in the region

Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Wednesday signed bilateral agreements at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday reported having detected the first two local cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which are also the first two infections of this kind in the entire South American continent.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Famine takes a grip of Latin America and the Caribbean

A United Nations official from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Tuesday announced famine in Latin America and the Caribbean had increased at a higher rate compared to other regions in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Argentine 2022 diplomatic strategy: promoting “Malvinas Support Groups” world wide

Argentina's Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Affairs Secretary, Guillermo Carmona was recently in Peru to prop support for the campaign planned to reinstate the Falklands/Malvinas dispute top of the country's international agenda, in coincidence with the 40th anniversary of the 1982 conflict that followed Argentina's invasion of the Islands.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 19:18 UTC
LATAM Airlines plunges at Santiago stock exchange

Latam Airlines stock plunges over 80% at the Santiago market after a reshaping plan was announced, one which evaporated the value of current shares. The proposal is yet to be voted on by creditors between January and February 2022.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 12:22 UTC
Honduras about to have first woman president; LatAm takes turn to the left

Chavist candidate Xiomara Castro seemed on track Monday morning to become the first female president of Honduras after 38.94% of the votes had been counted. Castro, a former first lady whose husband Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a coup in 2009, had obtained 53.44% of the votes, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), after Sunday's elections.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine Health Pass coming up, mandatory vaccination not compulsory “for now”

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted a Health Pass was coming up effective Dec. 1 as new strains of the coronavirus were being detected in other continents. The new pass would be mandatory for higher risk activities, events involving large crowds and indoor gatherings for people aged 13 and over.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Scores of Peruvians demonstrate against President Castillo and call for his removal from office

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been under heavy criticism over the past few days as people are still trying to understand who the head of state's allies is.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
LATAM presents reorganization plan, rejects Brazilian group offer, and has to wait until January 27

LATAM Airlines Group said on Friday it had filed a reorganization plan, proposing a US$8.2 billion injection of capital in a bid to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and at the same time announced it had rejected the Brazilian airline Azul acquisition proposal as “incomplete” and “insufficient”.