Latin America

Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 11:20 UTC
Bolivian police colonel sacked over controversial statements regarding feminicides

Bolivian Police Chief Rómulo Delgado Friday ordered the “immediate” dismissal of the director of the Special Force for the Fight against Violence (Felcv) of La Paz, Colonel Víctor Hugo Soria, who sparked controversy for having allegedly said that the consumption of alcohol and the “double life” of women caused feminicides.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Yet another witness in Odebrecht case found dead in Colombia

Colombian former Secretary of Transparency Rafael Merchán, who had been slated to testify in the local version of the Odebrecht corruption scandal, was found dead, it was reported.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 21:59 UTC
Peru's GDP forecast to go up in 2019 thanks to private investment, domestic consumption

Peru's gross domestic product (GDP) is set to expand 3.7% this year and the next, boosted by the good performance of private investment and consumption, according to The Economist.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 04:58 UTC
Venezuela calls US “interventionist” for backing Guyana's offshore oil exploration

Venezuela’s foreign ministry on Tuesday described as “interventionist and disrespectful” U.S. comments on a weekend incident in which the country’s navy stopped two ships exploring for oil for Exxon Mobil off Guyana’s coast.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Argentine woman freed after being abducted 32 years ago

An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo, south Bolivia.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Managua acknowledges 340 political prisoners, NGOs speak of almost twice as many

A total 340 people have been reported Tuesday to be incarcerated in Nicaragua for their involvement in anti-givernment actions, according to the National Prison System, as the administration of President Daniel Ortega has been going through a socio-political crisis since April that has left hundreds dead and thousands either under arrest or injured. Human rights NGOs estimate the number of detainees to be almost twice as many.
Tuesday, December 25th 2018 - 22:49 UTC
Mexican Congress passes AMLO's first budget

The Mexican House of Deputies Monday gave its final green light to the spending law bill - that is one week before the legal deadline - with funds relocated from autonomous bodies to sensitive areas such as agriculture, environment and public universities, it was announced.
Monday, December 24th 2018 - 13:18 UTC
Bolsonaro adds Nicaraguans to the list of unwanted guests for his inauguration

Brazil's Presdient-elect Jair Bolsonaro will not welcome any Nicaraguan delegation at the inauguration ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, his future Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo announced on Twitter.
Monday, December 24th 2018 - 09:50 UTC
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Monday, December 24th 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Colombia announces that a guerrilla leader has been found and killed

Walter Arízala, known better under his alias Guacho, was wanted for the murder of two Ecuadorean journalists and their driver earlier this year. On Friday, Colombian President Ivan Duque said he was killed in an operation near the Ecuadorean border.