Latin America

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian currency plunges against US dollar following PM's nationalization threat against gas supplier

  

  The Peruvian sol fell sharply Monday against the US dollar in Lima markets following Sunday's statements from Prime Minister Guido Bellido, who threatened the new government might stabilize the cooking gas supplier Camisea.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  International community concerned over xenophobia in Chile

  

  The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Saturday asked the Chilean Government to guarantee and protect the rights of migrant children, following violent incidents involving foreign citizens in the city port Iquique, which has been flocked by undocumented migrants.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Piñera arrives in Uruguay, the second leg of a three South American countries tour

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera with a delegation of two ministers and members of congress will be arriving Monday morning in Montevideo for a meeting with president Luis Lacalle Pou, the second leg of a three countries tour of South America.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina assumes chairing of PAHO's Executive Committee

  

  Argentine Health Ministry Carla Vizzotti Friday assumed command of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the period 2021-2022 on behalf of her country.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolivian official who approved faulty Lamia 2933 flight plan arrested in Brazil

  

  Brazilian Police have arrested Bolivian aviation official Celia Castedo Monasterio who in 2016 approved the flight plan of Lamia flight 2933 which resulted in the killing of most members of the Chapecoense football team.

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 10:01 UTC

  Body of Peruvian guerrilla leader to be cremated and ashes scattered to avoid shrine of pilgrimage

  

  Peru's Office of the State Attorney has ordered that the body of the late Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán, who died in jail Sept. 11 while serving a life sentence, be cremated in the next 24 hours and his ashes be disposed of.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 23:14 UTC

  Foreign offenders expelled from Chile as deportation of irregular migrants set to resume

  

  Chilean migration authorities Thursday expelled 49 migrants who were found guilty of human trafficking in addition to carrying weapons illegally, the Department of Migration and International Police of Tarapacá reported.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil to expand development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

  

  While the World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the approval process of the Russian-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has chosen Argentina and Brazil to further manufacture mRNA immunizers.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina eases down on most COVID-19 restrictions, gradually reopens borders

  

  In what became Juan Manzur's first appearance as Cabinet Chief, the Government of Argentina Tuesday announced a gradual reopening of its borders as of October 1 as well as other measures lifting COVID-19 restrictions.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Killings of social leaders in Colombia total 124 so far in 2021

  

  Monday's killing of five social leaders in Colombia have increased this year's figures to 124, the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) has reported.