Latin America

Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms

Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpose of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Castillo to be Peru's next president after all

Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador

The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from power in 2019.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Forgotten Latin America; EU can ill afford to ignore its strategic importance

By Ana Palacio (*) – The EU well knows that when it comes to expanding its influence within a country or region, China plays the long game. But China is also adept at identifying opportunities to make rapid progress, and Latin America’s escalating crises represent a golden one.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Chile leads the region on its way to sustainable energy-powered cars

As the leading country in the region on the road to new sources of energy for vehicles, Chile last week added a new charging point for battery-powered engines next to the Nueva Angostura tollbooth and is the first of a total of 5 to be implemented on Ruta 5 Sur between Santiago and Talca.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Argentina and Bolivia have bills in Parliament to boost transitioning to e-cars

Just as the European Commission sent a bill last week to the European Parliament regarding electric vehicles, the Governments of Argentina and Bolivia are also taking similar paths.
Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Charges filed against former Argentine President Macri for helping overthrow Evo in Bolivia

Argentine prosecutors have agreed to file charges against former President Mauricio Macri and several senior officials for allegedly supporting the overthrowing of Evo Morales in November 2019.
Friday, July 16th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Colombian court hears new charges against Army staff allegedly involved in human rights violations

Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has filed charges Thursday against 15 members of the national army of “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” it was announced.
Friday, July 16th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Paraná river reaches historic lows; worst part far from over

The Paraná River had descended yet another three centimeters over the last 24 hours in front of the former capital of Argentina named after it (1853-1860) for a total of 17 centimeters below sea level.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
State of exception decreed in Ecuador due to covid-19 Delta variant and Delta Plus subvariant

Upon confirmation of the presence of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Sars-Cov-2, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Wednesday decreed a state of exception focused exclusively on the areas where those detections have taken place.