Latin America

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Orion Campaign in Colombia seized more than 90 tons of cocaine

  

  The 29-country anti-drug trafficking Orion Campaign seized more than 90 tons of cocaine over about six weeks earlier this year, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  China competes in the dredging of Paraguay/Parana Waterway which handles 90 million tons of grains

  

  A Chinese company entered the competition to manage a section of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, joining four European companies seeking to win the concession to deepen the draft and provide maintenance on approximately 1,238 kilometers of the river course beginning in 2021.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Royal Navy in relief support operations for hurricane devastated Honduras

  

  Royal Navy helicopters have flown vital reconnaissance missions over devastated Honduras as relief operations continue in the wake of Hurricane Eta and Iota. Severe flooding and landslides following the two catastrophic storms have left millions of Hondurans displaced and isolated without food and clean water.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Peru placed a US$ 1 billion 100-year bond at a coupon rate of 3,23%

  

  Peru said on Monday an eager market had soaked up its offer of US$ 4 billion worth of debt, including a rare century bond, as the world´s No. 2 copper miner scrambles to raise funds to soften the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 18:29 UTC

  Guatemalans set congress on fire furious over corruption and lack of funds to combat coronavirus

  

  Hundreds of Guatemalans partly burned the Congress building on Saturday in a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Pfizer wants emergency distribution of its vaccine simultaneously in US, Europe and Latin America

  

  US drugmaker Pfizer Inc is hoping to rapidly roll out its experimental COVID-19 vaccine around Latin America soon after it gets emergency authorization in the United States, a senior executive said, which could be as early as next month.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  New Peruvian government silent about a second withdrawal of funds from the pension system

  

  The Peruvian government enacted a law that allows citizens a second withdrawal of funds from the private pension system in order to ease the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the official newspaper El Peruano.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine president visits his Uruguayan peer for barbecue and a “relaxed meeting”

  

  The Argentine president Alberto Fernández made a surprise visit to Uruguay on Thursday to meet his peer Luis Lacalle Pou, with whom they shared a barbecue and according to both leaders addressed bilateral and regional affairs with special emphasis on trade prospects such as the Mercosur/EU trade agreement.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia's main cities

  

  Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, despite restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Mexico passed the 100,000 coronavirus deaths mark

  

  Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India — to do so.