Latin America

Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:47 UTC
Deportation flights to Havana resumed

The United States has resumed its deportation flights to Cuba of the so-called undesirable migrants after the procedures were halted during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 16:53 UTC
ECLAC downgrades growth estimates to 1,2% this year for Latin America and the Caribbean

New projections released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, estimate all sub-regions will experience lower growth this year compared with 2022.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
AMLO down with Covid-19 again

Mexico's 69-year-old President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 for the third time in his life and was therefore returning to the Federal District (DF) to remain in isolation. All his engagements have been canceled until further notice.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Toledo taken to Barbadillo prison in Lima

Alejandro Toledo is already sharing the Barbadillo Prison facilities with fellow former Peruvian Presidents Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo after his extradition from the United States was completed Sunday. He is to stand trial for allegedly receiving bribes worth US$ 35 million from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Peru: Boluarte undergoes cabinet reshuffle

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Sunday took the oath of office from four new ministers. Particularly striking was the appointment of Daniel Maurate to replace José Tello on the same day that former President Alejandro Toledo was brought in from the United States to stand trial for influence peddling and money laundering in a spinoff of the Odebrecht scandal. Tello had dubbed Toledo a “criminal.”
Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Former President Toledo due in Lima Sunday to stand trial

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo turned himself in to US authorities Friday and is to remain in custody pending his extradition to the South American country, which is scheduled for Sunday on a commercial flight to Lima, where he will be housed at the Barbadillo prison alongside his former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Petro meets Biden at the White House and asks for help fighting drug trafficking

During a meeting Thursday at the White House, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked his US colleague Joseph Biden for more boats, drones, and ships to stop drug traffickers in the South American country because so far such a war has “failed.”
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:08 UTC
Except for Argentina, the ECLAC study highlights that in the region “inflationary pressures have slowed down”

According to an ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: an organization of the United Nations that supports trade and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean) study released Thursday, Latin America's growth for the year 20023 was forecast to be averaging 1.2%.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Lavrov strengthens Moscow's ties with Havanna

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Moscow continued to reject the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Havanna. The Russian diplomat also met with former President Raúl Castro and with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla during the last stop of his Latin America and Caribbean tour which included Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
First Quarter sees over a million tourists flocking to Uruguay

The Ministry of Tourism of Uruguay announced that in the first quarter of the year, more than one million tourists visited the South American country, generating revenues of 741 million US dollars. This was presented on Wednesday, indicating an increase in the sector.