Latin America

Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Strong support message from US Congress for Guaidó, present at Trump's State of the Union speech

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó's appearance in the US Congress at the State of the Union — as well as the bipartisan ovation he received — was intended to send a strong message of U.S. support for his efforts to unseat Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Guaidó attended the address as a guest of the White House.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Conservationists protecting monarch butterflies killed in Mexico

A second Mexican conservationist active in protecting monarch butterflies has been found dead within days of each other, authorities said. The body of Raul Hernandez Romero was found on Saturday in the central-western state of Michoacan, where Homero Gomez Gonzalez was found at the bottom of a well last Wednesday, two weeks after going missing.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Peruvian jailed ex president Fujimori hospitalized with lung problems

Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized on Monday in Lima after suffering neurological and lung problems, his family doctor revealed. Fujimori, 81, is serving a 25-year jail sentence for ordering two massacres by death squads in 1991 and 1992.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:02 UTC
Russian foreign minister in a “support visit” to Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Venezuela on Friday in a show of support for President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist who Washington wants out of power. Russia has helped Maduro weather a political crisis as the United States has targeted Caracas with sanctions and, like dozens of other countries, recognizes opposition
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:49 UTC
US shale fields starting to plateau; investors looking to Guyana offshore fields

Shale pioneer John Hess said on Tuesday that key U.S. shale fields are starting to plateau, calling shale “important but not the next Saudi Arabia.”
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:15 UTC
Mexico targeting the “very closed” Brazilian economy expects to negotiate a trade deal

Mexico is negotiating with Brazil to expand economic cooperation and believes it can find areas of mutual benefit even though the Brazilian economy is “very closed,” Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Friday.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:12 UTC
LATAM leaves OneWorld and with Delta partnership has access to Skyteam

LATAM Airlines will leave the OneWorld alliance on May 1, 2020. The decision, announced on Friday, moves the airline’s departure from the alliance up by five months.
Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:59 UTC
Despite the rhetoric, Argentina close military collaboration with the US and Brazil

Last week the Argentine lower house of Congress, voted 214–2 to allow the “entry of foreign troops” and the participation of Argentine troops in exercises abroad. Several of the military exercises listed in the bill are being organized and financed by the Pentagon.
Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:21 UTC
Mexico supports Argentine candidate to lead the Inter American Development bank

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration plans to support Argentina in the race to lead the Inter American Bank, a key Washington-based multilateral lender, in another sign of political rapport between the region’s two most important left-wing governments.
Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Colombian peace accord rapidly failing as ex guerrillas are murdered

More than 100 Colombian former left-wing guerrillas and their family members have left an area designated for them following the murder of 12 fellow ex-rebels elsewhere in the country, the FARC said on Friday.