Latin America

Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
International Contact Group reject Venezuelan election, but Argentina did not sign the statement

The International Contact Group issued a statement on Tuesday to reject the parliamentary elections organized by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro last Sunday in Venezuela. The block indicated that the electoral process did not comply “with the conditions accepted internationally, nor with the Venezuelan laws.”
Monday, December 7th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Uruguay's twice president Tabare Vazquez dies: kilometers of vehicles followed the funeral procession

Two times former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died early morning Sunday in Montevideo at the age of 80 after suffering from lung cancer and pancreatic metastasis. By early afternoon and following on the family's wishes Vazquez was buried in a private ceremony at the La Teja cemetery, the working neighborhood where he grew up.
Monday, December 7th 2020 - 08:54 UTC
The Havana syndrome: US diplomatic staff in Cuba and China “bombarded” with microwaves radiation

The most probable cause of a series of mysterious afflictions that have sickened American spies and diplomats abroad in the past several years was radio-frequency energy, a type of radiation that includes microwaves, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has concluded in a report.
Monday, December 7th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
Despite political turmoil, Peru joins the group of countries issuing debt maturing in 100 years

Peru has joined a select group of countries issuing debt that matures in 100 years, as investors looked beyond the acute political crisis that has engulfed the country in recent weeks.
Friday, December 4th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
Uruguay/Google Tannat cable system links with Brazil and Argentina

The Tannat cable system connecting Uruguay and Brazil by sea has now been officially extended to Argentina. The cable is co-owned by Uruguay’s state-run telco Antel and by Google. Active since 2018, the 2,000km system links Maldonado, near Montevideo in Uruguay, to Praia Grande/Santos in Brazil’s São Paulo state.
Friday, December 4th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Peru farm workers protest for the fourth day derailing harvests and blocking roadways

Protests by farmworkers demanding better wages in Peru raged on for a fourth day on Thursday, spreading north into key agricultural areas of the Andean nation, derailing harvests of some crops, snarling transport of produce and leaving at least one dead.
Friday, December 4th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
LATAM expects to function at 38% normal capacity during December

LATAM Airlines expects to function at 38% normal capacity during the month of December according to a press release from the company. This includes the resumption of some international routes that remained suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, December 4th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
An eight mile wall of prehistoric art discovered in the Colombian Amazon

Prehistoric rock art discovered in Colombia is being hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients”. The eight-mile wall of art was created by the first humans of the Amazon some 12,500 years ago and now a wildlife filmmaker is sharing images and videos of the monumental artwork in a new documentary.
Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Ecuador expects the economy to grow 3,1% next year following an 8,9% contraction

Ecuador’s central bank said it expected the country’s economy to expand by 3.1% in 2021, following an 8.9% contraction in 2020 due to a plunge in crude prices and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Murder of a French businessman and his colleague shock Mexico City

A few hundred people marched in central Mexico City on Monday to protest the killing of a French businessman and his Mexican colleague over the weekend, the latest violent crime to inflame concerns about security in the country.