Latin America

• Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:53 UTC

  Argentina starts pumping gas to Brazil through Bolivia

  

  Argentina began exporting natural gas to Brazil for the first time through the infrastructure of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Panama extends former President Martinelli's safe-conduct

  

  The Government of Panama has extended a safe-conduct for former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), currently sheltering in the Nicaraguan Embassy since Feb. 2024 after being sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined US$ 19.2 million for money laundering.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  Uruguay: Orsi's first tour as president will be to Panama and Honduras

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will embark on his first international trip as head of state on April 7, 2025, visiting Panama and Honduras, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed Monday.

• Monday, March 31st 2025 - 18:58 UTC

  Evo insists on running for President of Bolivia despite reelection limits

  

  Despite a ruling from Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) banning him due to reelection limits, former President Evo Morales (2006-19) is pushing forward with his bid for the Aug. 17 elections. He has yet to explain how he plans to overcome the legal barriers to his candidacy and has already admitted he does not have a Plan B.

• Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:25 UTC

  Gellibert appointed again as Ecuador's VP in charge

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa appointed Cynthia Gellibert as Vice President on Saturday, replacing Veronica Abad, who was disenfranchised for two years by the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE) in a 3-2 decision issued in a gender-based political violence counterclaim filed by Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld following Abad’s initial lawsuit against Noboa and others for alleged harassment.

• Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

  Slight drop in unemployment in Uruguay and Chile

  

  Uruguay's unemployment rate slightly decreased to 7.9% in February from 8.1% in January, according to a National Statistics Institute (INE) report released Friday. This represents a 0.2% drop month-over-month and a 0.4% decrease compared to February 2024, with approximately 150,900 people unemployed. The employment rate remained stable at 59.4%, while the activity rate saw a minor decline from 64.6% to 64.5%. It was President Luis Lacalle Pou's last month in office. Yamandú Orsi was sworn in on March 1.

• Friday, March 28th 2025 - 23:40 UTC

  Italy tightens citizenship rules to curb 'commercialization'

  

  Italy’s government has approved a reform to restrict automatic citizenship by descent, citing concerns over the growing number of requests—especially from Latin America—and what officials described as the “commercialization” of Italian nationality.

• Friday, March 28th 2025 - 19:26 UTC

  Ecuadorean President's family linked to cocaine shipments to Europe

  

  The banana producing and trading firm belonging to Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa's family has been linked to cocaine exporting to Europe, hidden in fruit shipments from the port of Guayaquil. Journalist Andrés Durán -known locally as “The Chochologist”- has fled the country due to death threats. He claims to have evidence against Noboa Trading.

• Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

  Measures announced to tackle racism in sports

  

  Brazil's Government Thursday launched a comprehensive plan to tackle racism in sports, focusing on awareness, monitoring, and education. Key actions include creating a seal and award for anti-racist sports entities, launching educational campaigns at events, and developing a digital platform to track racial discrimination data. The initiative, supported by Ministers Anielle Franco (Racial Equality) and André Fufuca (Sports), emphasizes collaboration with sports justice, media, and government programs to promote equality and inclusion.

• Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Emergency decreed in Bolivia due to heavy rains

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday declared a nationwide emergency due to severe natural disasters caused by unprecedented rainfall across all nine departments in the country. The move seeks to expedite aid, enable exceptional purchases, secure external funding, and mobilize resources to address the crisis.