Latin America

Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Dry weather threatens southern Brazil and eastern Argentina

Dry weather across some of the major producing regions in South America is putting upward pressure on corn and soybean prices at the start the new year. Dryness is expected to continue through the short term across southern Brazil and especially in the main-producing states in Argentina.
Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Qatar Airways and LATAM expand South America networks

Qatar Airways is pleased to announce it has increased São Paulo services to 10 weekly flights and expanded codeshare cooperation with LATAM Airlines Brasil optimizing connectivity for both airline’s passengers to and from destinations in Asia, the Middle East and South America. The new codeshare agreement will further strengthen the two airlines’ strategic partnership, first initiated in 2016 and recently expanded in June 2019.
Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:41 UTC
South Atlantic area of global contention? US Coast Guard off to South America to patrol for IUU fishing

The following piece by Gidget Fuentes in USNI News offers an account of the mission of USCGC (WMSL/758) Stone, fresh from Shipyard and Quarantine, and which departed Mississippi on 22 December for Southern Atlantic Patrol:
Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Mexican president plays a “Fools' Day” prank on the “conservative media”

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday played a trick on the media, pretending he was going to end the daily news conferences that he has used to pillory critics and dominate the national news cycle.
Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:41 UTC
Colombia to begin mass vaccination in February, announces president Duque

Colombia plans to launch a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus in February, President Ivan Duque announced. In an interview with a local radio station, Duque said a trial vaccination run could begin between this week and the first week of January.
Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Peruvian agriculture export companies workers take to highways to renew protests

Workers from agricultural export companies in Peru renewed protests this week after Congress failed to reach an agreement to reform the sector and address their complaints about poor pay.
Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Argentina and Chile suspend flights from UK as of midnight Tuesday

Argentina and Chile announced late Sunday that they are suspending flights from the UK after health officials in Britain confirmed that a new variant of the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in the country.
Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Biden and Lopez Obrador agree to work on regional migration from Central America and Mexico

United States president-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ¬Obrador, AMLO, over the weekend made a commitment to work on a humane strategy to regional migration by addressing its root causes in Central America and southern Mexico.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
A quarter of Mexicans, 31 million, have been exposed to Covid-19

A quarter of Mexico's population, or 31 million people, has been exposed to COVID-19, according to preliminary results of an official survey, with 70% never showing symptoms.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Marshall Islands' record haul of drugs that drifted across the Pacific from Latin America

Police in the Marshall Islands have discovered a record haul of drugs thought to have drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Latin America. About 649kg of cocaine was found hidden inside a vessel that had run ashore.