Latin America

• Friday, September 25th 2015 - 05:15 UTC

  UN highest court agrees to take the Chile/Bolivia dispute over a sea outlet

  

  The UN's highest court on Thursday agreed to take up a century-old dispute between Chile and Bolivia, saying it could rule in the case as La Paz seeks to regain access to the Pacific. The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), which oversees disputes between countries, said it “has jurisdiction... to entertain the application filed by Bolivia.”

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 08:27 UTC

  Colombia and FARC put a date to end Latam's deadliest conflict, 23 March 2016

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the top FARC rebel commander pledged on Wednesday to end Latin America's longest war within six months and sealed their pact with a handshake likely to stand as a lasting image.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 08:11 UTC

  Venezuela admits military 'deployment exercise' along the border with Guyana

  

  Venezuela says the deployment of its troops near the border it shares with Guyana, which triggered serious concern in Georgetown, is “an operational deployment exercise”. This follows on months of diplomatic aggression and threats by the regime of Nicolas Maduro claiming two thirds of Guyana's territory.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 09:03 UTC

  Guyana claims Venezuela is making “abnormal military deployments” near the border

  

  Guyana President David Granger is claiming that Venezuela is making “abnormal and extraordinary military deployments” near the border between the two countries. He made the accusation on Tuesday, saying that he had received reports about the movement in eastern Venezuela/western Guyana.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 10:14 UTC

  With mediation of Uruguay and Ecuador border Colombia / Venezuela reopens

  

  Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic dialogue and oversee “progressive normalization” of their border, after a meeting between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Pope will celebrate last mass in Cuba on Tuesday before flying to the US

  

  Pope Francis has celebrated mass in front of thousands of people in the eastern Cuban city of Holguin. During his homily, he paid tribute to the “efforts” and “sacrifices” the Roman Catholic Church has made in Cuba.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Which lawmakers from the Pacific Alliance are paid the most?

  

  Of all four Pacific Alliance countries, Colombia spends most on its congressional representatives, despite the South American country’s low wages. According to a report published on Monday by economic newspaper La Republica, the state pays Colombia’s congressmen a total of nearly $2.1 million per month in salaries, almost double the total of Chile, whose congressmen have the highest individual salaries, but in total cost the state $1.2 million per month.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Francis meets Fidel Castro and warns Cubans of the dangers of ideology

  

  Pope Francis met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as the island enters a new era of closer ties with the United States. Latin America's first pope and Castro, the region's last surviving revolutionary icon of the 20th century, discussed religion and world affairs at the home of the 89-year-old retired president for about 40 minutes.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Dissidents arrested in Havana as they tried to approach Pope Francis

  

  Dissidents opposed to Cuba’s regime were arrested when they tried approaching Pope Francis in Havana on Sunday, an activist group reported. The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba identified the dissidents as Patriotic Union of Cuba members Zaqueo Baéz, Boris Reni, Aymara Nieto Muñoz and Maria Josefa Acon Sardiña, who is also a member of the Ladies in White, a peaceful protest group founded by female relatives of Cuban political prisoners.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Che's daughter refuses to attend Pope Francis mass at Revolution Square

  

  The Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara’s daughter, Aleida Guevara refused to go to a mass Pope Francis conducted on Sunday during his historic Cuban trip, saying it would be “hypocritical” of her to be present.