Latin America

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Demonstrators back to the streets in Colombia

  

  Demonstrators showed up yet again Wednesday in the streets of most Colombian cities to protest against the government of President Iván Duque.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Covid-19 deals 10-year setback to Latin America income levels, IMF top official says

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Director of the Western Hemisphere Department Alejandro Werner has said that the current coronavirus pandemic will result in a 10-year setback to the income levels of the region.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolivia's economy grows 5.3% in between January and April 2021

  

  Economic activity in Bolivia has grown 5.3% from January to April 2021, according to The Global Index of Economic Activity (IGAE), Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Moscow reacts to claims by Colombian Minister that Russia was behind the ongoing political unrest

  

  Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned Colombian ambassador Alfonso Lopez Caballero following remarks by Bogotá's Defense Minister Diego Molano, who claimed that Moscow was behind ”cyberattacks” linked to the political unrest the South Amerian country is going through.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:06 UTC

  Alleged Shining Path attack leaves 18 dead in Peru

  

  A terrorist attack allegedly perpetrated by a column of the Shining Path group has left at least 18 dead in the Peruvian province of Satipo, in the Junín region, in the jungle Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers, it was reported late Monday.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  Biden administration decided to keep Cuba in the “bad boys” list

  

  Cuba complained that the Biden administration has continued the policies of former U.S. President Donald Trump against Havana with a decision to maintain a Trump-era determination that it is not fully cooperating in the fight against terrorism.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile's “mobility pass” has an impact on stock exchange and possibly on hosting Copa America

  

  The Government of Chile is working on the development of a so-called “mobility pass” which would grant people already vaccinated against covid-19 greater levels of freedom and mobility within their communes and allow travel between regions for those who are in quarantine, it was announced.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Conservative Guillermo Lasso is sworn in as Ecuador's new president

  

  Businessman, banker and centre-right conservative politician Guillermo Lasso has been sworn in as Ecuador's new President Monday for the next four years, in a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Quito.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Chile and Bolivia go back to negotiating table in Ecuador

  

  The Governments of Chile and Bolivia and Chile held a new round of talks in Ecuador to advance in the normalization of their bilateral relations, it was reported Monday.

• 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.