Latin America

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Colombian town brewing the largest cup of coffee, waiting for Guinness Records

  

  A Colombian town is hoping to brew up to two world records: one for the world's largest cup of coffee and the second for the largest coffee tasting.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelans rush into Peru ahead of tougher migration laws

  

  Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to cross into Peru in a bid to beat the introduction of tougher migration laws. From midnight local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, Venezuelans will need to have a valid passport and visa to enter Peru.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  US/Mexico migration deal made public: “safe third country” principle

  

  Mexico published the document on Friday that US President Donald Trump fleetingly showed the press this week as evidence he had extracted tough new concessions on migration from the neighboring country.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:16 UTC

  Colombian high court strips ex guerrilla leader of his congressional seat

  

  A Colombian high court on Friday withdrew the parliament seat for a former left-wing guerrilla leader who never assumed office after negotiating the country's historic peace deal. Ivan Marquez renounced his seat 11 months ago and went into hiding, claiming the 2016 peace deal that ended more than a half-century of conflict was being “disfigured”.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Mexico presidency sells its fleet of planes to help finance curbing migration in the south of the country

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the sale of the former presidential jet and other aircraft from the last government would help fund efforts to curb migration under a deal struck last week with Washington.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  World physician leaders call for an end to government violence in Honduras

  

  The World Medical Association has called on the President of Honduras to bring to an immediate end the use of violence against protesters striking against the government’s health and education reforms.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Ecuador highest court approves same sex-marriage

  

  Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic and conservative South American country. The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Pichetto pledges a “democratic, capitalist, intelligent, productive” Argentina

  

  Miguel Angel Pichetto was born in Buenos Aires and moved to the Patagonian province of Río Negro early in his career. He was first elected in 1983 as a Councilor of Sierra Grande, then mayor (85/87) and later a provincial lawmaker.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  China’s growing influence in Latin America is a threat to our way of life

  

  Last month I traveled to Panama, Colombia and Argentina. The purpose of my trip was to get an update on the fight for freedom and liberty in Venezuela, to highlight the important economic relationships between Latin America and my state of Florida and to continue building on the progress made to stop narco-trafficking.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 07:54 UTC

  Argentina grain exporters ready to replace the US as main supplier of Mexico

  

  If trade strife continues between the United States and Mexico despite a deal struck on Friday, Argentine grain exporters are ready to step in to meet Mexican food demand, the head of an Argentine industry chamber said.