Latin America

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

  Bolivian Customs is going to die, says President Paz

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira announced Wednesday that his administration would eliminate tariffs on all technological products not manufactured domestically to lower consumer costs, fighting smuggling, and boosting national production.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 07:13 UTC

  Another massive blackout in Cuba: on average, the grid can supply 50/70% of demand

  

  Cuba suffered another massive power outage after a partial collapse of the electrical grid early on Wednesday. Havana and many of the western provinces are without power, according to a state media reporter who spoke with Reuters.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 11:16 UTC

  Brazil clinches export clearances with Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

  

  Brazilian authorities have completed negotiations with the Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to expand agricultural exports to these countries after reaching an understanding on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  Vote count flips in Honduras after interruption

  

  Honduras' presidential race saw a lead change Tuesday as election officials resumed counting votes following accusations of US interference and the highly controversial pardon of a former Honduran president by Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Only 10 of Boliviana de Aviación’s 20 aircraft operational

  

  Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) General Manager Juan José Galvarro confirmed Tuesday that the state-owned airline is operating with only half of its fleet, leading to severe disruptions across its domestic and international network.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:27 UTC

  Peru: Presidential candidate Belaúnde survives armed attack

  

  Peruvian Presidential candidate Rafael Belaúnde of the Popular Freedom party survived an armed attack on Tuesday in Cerro Azul, a town 147 kilometers south of Lima, sustaining only minor scratches from broken glass.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC

  Colombian prosecutors want President's son arrested

  

  Colombian prosecutors formally requested on Tuesday that Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, be placed in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

  

  Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:46 UTC

  Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia

  

  The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 21:01 UTC

  Uruguay leads Latin America in electric car sales

  

  Uruguay has cemented its position as the undisputed leader in Latin American electric vehicle (EV) adoption, achieving a remarkable market penetration of 27.97% in the third quarter of 2025, the Latin American Zero Emissions Observatory (ZEMO) reported. The South American country is way ahead of its nearest competitor (Costa Rica, with 16.26%).