Latin America

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Colombia joins the “select” club of countries with a million confirmed cases of Covid-19

  

  Colombia reached 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, becoming the second country in Latin America to report that number in less than a week. The nation of 50 million saw cases peak in August and has seen a decline since but still continues to register around 8,000 new infections a day.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

  

  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Colombian organizations take over the center of Bogotá to protest against government

  

  Protesters filled a historic square in Colombia’s capital on Wednesday to demonstrate against the government’s handling of a wide range of issues including the economic fallout of the pandemic and implementation of the peace accord.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina

  

  Bolivia's president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuelan tanker listing dangerously: fears of a catastrophic spill of 1,3 million barrels of crude

  

  Concerns are growing that an oil tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil could spill its load into the sea between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, causing an ecological catastrophe.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Mexico brings up the issue of liabilities from unexpected side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Mexico's government will pay to cover any liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a fund to do so, a top official said.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Morales planning to return to Bolivia following on Arce's 20-point margin victory

  

  Exiled former president Evo Morales on Monday signaled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce's sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday's election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph over centrist rival Carlos Mesa.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian archeologists uncover a 37 meter long cat in the Nazca Lines

  

  Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37-metre-long cat etching in a little-explored area of the country's celebrated Nazca Lines UNESCO heritage site which is home to hundreds of gigantic geoglyphs dating back more than 2,000 years.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Bolivians waiting anxiously for results in an election which hopefully can restore stability

  

  Hours after polling began to end on Sunday, Bolivians waited anxiously for results in an election that many hope can restore stability after a voided ballot last year plunged the nation into crisis and ended the long rule of Evo Morales.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Panama offers arriving travelers Covid-19 tests in an effort to resume economic activity

  

  Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic.