Latin America

Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Peru's Parliament falls short of declaring Evo Morales persona non grata

Peruvian Congress turns down motion to declare Evo Morales “persona non grata”
Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
PAHO reports only one out of five Latin Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Delta variant sneaks in

A report released Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) showed that only one out of five Latin Americans had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:51 UTC
IACHR reports summary executions in Bolivia 2019 uprising

A report released Tuesday by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) investigation group showed “summary executions” were carried out in Bolivia during the 2019 uprising which resulted in President Evo Morales' resignation.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Peru's FM resigns over comments regarding Navy's involvement in bomb attacks in the 1970s

Peru's Foreign Minister Héctor Béjar Tuesday handed in his resignation to President Pedro Castillo, which was accepted. “I am free again!” posted the departing official on social media.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation

Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 07:21 UTC
Peruvian foreign minister, three weeks in the job, resigns

The Peruvian foreign minister Hector Bejar resigned on Tuesday following some controversial statements about the origins of terrorism in his country, thus becoming the first loss in the cabinet of president Pedro Castillo who took office in July.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 20:45 UTC
Brazil tempted by the success of the Suriname and Guyana oil basin developments

Exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the ex Dutch colony of Suriname, now an independent country, was the main point of the agenda addressed by Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca and his Surinamese peer Albert Randim, during a meeting held in Brasilia.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:07 UTC
Aeroméxico announces strategic improvements in South American services

Aeroméxico has announced a new seasonal route between Cancún and São Paulo in addition to their new services to Madrid from Guadalajara and Monterrey.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:04 UTC
Bolivia no longer needs Sputnik V and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

Bolivian authorities Monday announced that with the last purchase of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines, the country was fully supplied with immunizers and would no longer need to import any more doses of Sputnik V and AstraZeneca despite contracts already signed.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Polls and proposed prime minister bloat disapproval for Peruvian president

No rest for Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, not only opinion polls show that he is the newly inaugurated president with the lowest approval and highest disapproval since 1980, but his candidate for prime minister is again in trouble this time for alleged money laundering and illegal financing of his political campaign as a member of congress.