Latin America

• Saturday, March 22nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

  OAS to observe Week for People of African Descent in the Americas

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) will observe the Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas from March 24-28, 2025, themed “I Have a Dream: Recognition. Justice. Development.” Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 speech, the theme honors the history and enduring legacy of slavery and aims to promote dignity, justice, and development for all.

• Friday, March 21st 2025 - 09:09 UTC

  Bolivia and China sign phytosanitary protocol for sorghum exports

  

  Bolivia’s Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Yamil Flores, and China’s Vice Minister of Customs, Wang Lingjun, Thursday signed in La Paz a Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for the export of sorghum from the South American country.

• Thursday, March 20th 2025 - 13:37 UTC

  Bolivia's oil supply from bad to worse

  

  A lorry carrying crude oil from Chile to Bolivia for refining overturned in Lauca National Park, Arica, Chile, spilling approximately 10,000 liters of oil, thus causing significant environmental contamination. Firefighters initially contained the spill, but damage to flora and fauna is still being assessed by Chile's National Forestry Corporation (Conaf).

• Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 19:53 UTC

  Peru: Pedro Castillo drops hunger strike at the request of his children

  

  Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones suspended temporarily his “dry hunger strike” but insisted he would not be appearing at his trial for his failed coup d'état in 2022 because it was all a masquerade with his conviction already announced by a biased court. “As a tactical decision, and at the request of my children, my parents, and our beloved Peruvian people, I have decided to temporarily suspend it,” he wrote on social media.

• Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Brazil condemns Conmebol chief statements

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday condemned South American Football Confederation President Alejandro Dominguez's remark comparing a Libertadores Cup without Brazilian teams to “Tarzan without Cheetah,” and criticized the sporting body for failing to combat racism effectively.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 19:01 UTC

  Nearly 500,000 people affected by oil spill in Ecuador

  

  Local communities in the Ecuadorean province of Esmeraldas were still protesting Tuesday after a major oil spill last week left some 500,000 residents with no access to drinking water, in addition to other environmental damages.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

  At least six killed in Honduran air crash

  

  A Jetstream 32 twin turboprop aircraft of Líneas Aéreas Nacionales de Honduras Sociedad Anónima (Lanhsa) Monday plunged into the Caribbean Sea shortly after takeoff from Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport in Roatán, Honduras, en route to La Ceiba. The aircraft, carrying 15 passengers and 2 crew members, including a Honduran-American singer-songwriter, Aurelio Martínez Suazo, a French woman, and two minors, failed to gain sufficient altitude due to a suspected mechanical failure. At least six people died, five were injured, and six remain missing.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 09:04 UTC

  Europol/Ecuador, large cocaine bust, 73 tons and coordination with major EU ports

  

  A large-scale drug trafficking investigation, supported by Europol, led to the dismantling of an Ecuadorian criminal cell involved in supplying wholesale cocaine to the EU via major ports. The international operation, led by the Ecuadorian National Police (Policía Nacional del Ecuador), also involved the German Criminal Police (LKA Baden-Württemberg), German Customs (ZFA Stuttgart) and the Spanish Guardia Civil.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 07:58 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte wants death penalty for hitmen

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Monday declared a 30-day state of emergency in Lima and Callao following Sunday's murder of popular cumbia singer Paul Flores by hitmen. The measure, effective from March 18, suspends constitutional rights such as assembly, home inviolability, free transit, and personal freedom, with the Armed Forces supporting the National Police to combat crime.

• Monday, March 17th 2025 - 20:54 UTC

  Haiti: Gangs make TV facilities their target of choice

  

  The criminal gang Viv Ansanm has intensified its attacks on media outlets in Port-au-Prince with the latest incident involving the vandalism and arson of Télé Pluriel's premises in Port-au-Prince's Delmas 19 district during the weekend.