Latin America

Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC
Uruguay secures CAF loan for dam construction

Uruguay's state-owned water company, OSE, has secured a US$130 million loan from the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean to finance the construction of the Casupá dam, a strategic project to guarantee the supply of drinking water for Montevideo's metropolitan area until 2045.
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 09:38 UTC
Argentine finalists of Regional Student Competition to visit “my neighbors in the Falkland Islands”

The British Embassy in Argentina announces the 10 finalists from Argentina to the Regional Student Competition 2025/2026. The applicants answered the question “Why would I like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?” in a video.
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 09:31 UTC
Massive blackout hits eastern Cuba

A massive blackout hit eastern Cuba Sunday, affecting millions of people across five provinces: Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo.
Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:55 UTC
World Cup South American playoffs: 4 teams score 3-0 wins

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia all scored 3-0 wins on Thursday in the penultimate round of the South American Football Confederation's (Conmebol) 2026 World Cup qualifying round.
Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:52 UTC
Violence-halted football match: U de Chile advances

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) decided on Thursday at its headquarters in Asunción that the Copa Sudamericana match in Avellaneda between Argentina's Independiente and Universidad de Chile, which was suspended amid hooligan violence, was to be declared as finished, with the Chilean squad advancing to the next round.
Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC
Peru: Vizcarra released from prison

Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was released on Wednesday from his preventive detention as he was deemed to pose a flight risk regarding the charges against him of accepting bribes while he was governor of the Moquegua region (2011-2014).
Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:39 UTC
Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). with 242,498 votes after winning eight of the country's ten regions.
Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:30 UTC
US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean, killing 11

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “kinetic strike” on a vessel from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. The attack, the first of its kind since the US deployed warships to the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 people.
Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:12 UTC
Bolivia: Arce not wanted back to his teaching position

Leaders of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB), grouping college students, formally requested that President Luis Arce Catacora not return to his teaching position in the Economics Department at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA).
Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Colombia summons Celac FMs to discuss US Caribbean deployment

Colombia, holding the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), has called an urgent virtual meeting of the organization's foreign ministers to address recent US military movements in the Caribbean.