Latin America

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Colombian chief negotiator with protesters resigns

  

  The Colombian Government's High Commissioner for Peace in charge of recent negotiations with the opposition National Strike Committee (CNP) Miguel Ceballos has turned in his resignation to President Iván Duque, it was announced in Bogotá.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Scholar highlights differences between Uruguayans and Argentines

  

  Uruguayan-Canadian scientist Nicolás Saldías of the Intelligence Unit within the famed publication The Economist, has described that ”Argentina and Uruguay are two countries that could be defined as twin brothers raised by different families.”

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Conmebol delegation to visit Argentina regarding new Copa America venues

  

  Following its decision to reschedule the 15 Copa America matches which were due to be played in Colombia, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) will be inspecting two Argentine stadiums Monday to choose the new venues.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Colombian administration drafts protocol for police repression but protests remain on for next week

  

  Colombia's National Strike Committee Friday (CNP) decided that protests will continue in light of the negative response from the Government of President Iván Duque, although some progress regarding police repression is on the verge of being achieved.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro critical of Lula, Venezuela, Argentina, Communism and lockdowns

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has had words of anything but praise regarding former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Argentina, Venezuela and Communism.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Uruguay now a part of the Alliance for the Decarbonization of Transport

  

  Uruguay's entry into the Alliance for the Decarbonization of Transport was formalized Friday when Industry, Energy and Mining Minister Omar Paganini Friday took part in the virtual Transport Forum Summit 2021, an event organized by the OECD.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Latin America new covid-19 epicenter; labs vow to help but hold on to vaccine patents

  

  The total number of deaths due to covid-19 in Latin American countries has crossed for the first time the psychological barrier of one million people, it was reported Friday.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Last LATAM Argentina Airbus flies back home from Aeroparque which halts regional flights

  

  Operation of regional flights at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA)'s only airfield commonly known as Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport (AEP/SABE), which reopened recently following renovations, have been shifted to the Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini international airport (technically in the Province of Buenos Aires) due to lack of proper coronavirus detecting facilities.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  No Copa America for Colombia – where then?

  

  The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday decided to reschedule the Copa America matches which were going to be played in Colombia starting next month but has yet to confirm the new venues.

• 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.