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Montevideo, January 26th 2026 - 18:33 UTC

Latin America

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

    Health alerts issued in Chile and Bolivia following superflu detections

    Health authorities in both countries insisted that current influenza vaccines remain the most effective defense against severe illness and death

    Health authorities in Chile and Bolivia have activated emergency epidemiological protocols following the confirmed arrival of a new, highly transmissible variant of Influenza A (H3N2), known as the K subclade (also referred to as “supereflu”).

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:18 UTC

    Peru purchasing South Korean tanks in major defense deal

    Deliveries are expected to begin in 2026, with local assembly of the vehicles projected to start in 2029

    Peru has signed a strategic framework agreement with South Korean defense firm Hyundai Rotem to purchase 54 K2 Black Panther battle tanks and 141 K808 armored personnel carriers, signaling a total modernization of the South American country's capabilities in this regard.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Ecuadorean football star killed by hitmen

    Pineida and his partner died in the attack, but his mother survived

    Barcelona Sporting Club defender Mario Pineida and his partner were slain by hitmen in Guayaquil on Wednesday afternoon. The footballer's mother, who had been shopping with the couple, was wounded in the attack but is out of danger.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:11 UTC

    Bolivian President ends fuel subsidies, raises minimum wage

    Paz has blamed the previous administrations of Evo Morales and Luis Arce Catacora for “20 years of looting and waste”

    Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of “economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency,” which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage to offset the resulting inflation.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 07:22 UTC

    Díaz-Granados reelected for second term at helm of CAF

    Díaz-Granados' re-election solidified CAF’s position as the multilateral bank with the greatest geographic presence in the region

    Colombian lawyer Sergio Díaz-Granados was re-elected on Tuesday as the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean's (CAF) Executive President for a second, consecutive five-year term after getting the nod from the entity's Board of Directors.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Peru confirms first 2 cases of H3N2 “variant K” flu

    Both cases have been discharged from their hospitals and reported to be out of danger

    Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) officially confirmed on Monday the detection of the first two cases of the Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant in the country, just one day after issuing a national epidemiological alert to monitor the potential entry of respiratory diseases during the holiday season.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

    “I will be the president of all Chileans, without exception,” Kast underlined in his victory message

    Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

    “Crime has no borders,” Saucedo insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:23 UTC

    Peru declares health alert over H3N2 and measles

    Travelers returning from Europe or the United States must be alert for respiratory symptoms, the Peruvian authorities highlighted

    Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) has declared a nationwide Epidemiological Alert (No. 008-2025) as a preventative measure against the potential entry and spread of infectious diseases, including the seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant and measles.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:08 UTC

    Peru grants US troops access next year

    Jerí met with a delegation from the FBI and US security experts in Lima

    Peruvian authorities have officially greenlighted the entry of United States military personnel for the entirety of 2026 to conduct joint training, support, and security assistance exercises with local armed and police forces, it was announced this weekend in Lima.