Latin America

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Landslide crashes into hotel wedding celebration killing 15 in Peru

  

  ”A landslide crashed into a hotel during a wedding celebration in southeastern Peru, killing at least 15 people, authorities said on Sunday.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 20:02 UTC

  USA at the UN: Countries should support transition in Venezuela; Russia denounces interventionist acts

  

  The Security Council convened by the United States this Saturday to discuss the institutional and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing has been lifted this afternoon. With a strongly polarized participation, the bloc that supports the transitional government of Juan Guaidó with the US at the head, faced the block that recognizes as legitimate the regime of Nicolás Maduro, headed by Russia and China. Latin American countries also expressed their positions, describing the case as a crisis that directly affects the region.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Guaidó rejects dialogue offer from Maduro; UN Security Council to address the Venezuela situation on Saturday

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has rejected an offer of talks from President Nicolás Maduro amid an ongoing power struggle between the two. Guaidó declared himself “acting president” on Wednesday, a position that has been recognized by several countries, including the US, Canada, the Lima Group and some EU members, but not the EU as a block..

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 15:53 UTC

  Venezuela: Russia offers to mediate between Maduro and the transition government

  

  Russia joined on Friday to countries that offered to safeguard peaceful mediation between the government of President Nicolás Maduro and the President of the National Assembly, proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. The government of Vladimir Putin said that they are prepared to cooperate with all global forces acting responsibly, RIA news agency reported.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Premier Oil shares up on appraisal of its Zama deposit appraisal in Mexico

  

  Premier Oil shares were up on Thursday after the company updates the market on the successful completion of part of its Zama well appraisal program in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the update, the appraisal revealed 152 metres of net pay encountered above the oil water contact.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Guaido recognized as interim president by Lima Group and US; Uruguay and Mexico call for negotiations

  

  Most Latin American nations recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president on Wednesday, leaving Nicolas Maduro ever more isolated as he faces unrest at home and threats from the United States.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Pope Francis arrives in Panama for the World Youth Day; immigration high in the agenda

  

  Pope Francis wasted no time wading in on the standoff over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall on Wednesday as he started his trip to Panama, saying on the plane from Rome that hostility to immigrants was driven by irrational fear. In a brief conversation between the pope and journalists on the flight, one reporter described the barrier that juts out into the Pacific Ocean between the two countries in San Diego, California, as a “folly”.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 06:04 UTC

  Who is Juan Guaido?, proclaimed by the opposition as Venezuelan acting president

  

  Juan Guaido has declared himself president of Venezuela — a move quickly endorsed by several Latin American countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Just two months ago, many people around the world, and even inside Venezuela, may not have known Guaido's name.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Mexican fuel pipeline explosion death toll climbs to 91, and could increase

  

  The death toll from a fuel pipeline explosion in central Mexico last week rose to 91 as Pemex defended its response to one of the deadliest incidents to hit the state-run oil company in years.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Venezuela foils uprising by National Guardsmen; massive protest march announced for Wednesday

  

  Venezuela plunged deeper into turmoil Monday as security forces put down a pre-dawn uprising by National Guardsmen that triggered violent street protests, and the Supreme Court moved to undercut the opposition-controlled congress' defiant new leadership. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello said 27 guardsmen were arrested and more could be detained as the investigation unfolds.