Latin America

• Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:55 UTC

  Fernández thanks Ibero-American Summit support on Malvinas

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday thanked att attendees at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit for their unanimous support in a joint declaration urging the United Kingdom to resume talks regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue.

• Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:32 UTC

  Borrell warns lithium can make Latin America the “new Persian Gulf”

  

  The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell said during an interview in Santo Domingo where he is attending the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit that Latin America is underestimated when it has the potential of becoming the “new Persian Gulf.”

• Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:27 UTC

  Maduro finally skips Ibero-American Summit despite announcements otherwise

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros canceled his trip to the Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, thus joining Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, and El Salvador's Nayib Bukele as those leaders missing the regional event.

• Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:24 UTC

  Lula cancels trip to China due to health problems

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Saturday that he was canceling his trip to China due to health reasons. The South American leader, who skipped the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo to visit the Asian country instead, was to leave on Saturday and then on Sunday after a rescheduling that failed to meet Lula's recovery.

• Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:14 UTC

  Presidents Boric and Lacalle hold talks in Santo Domingo

  

  Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay held a bilateral on the sides of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among the topics discussed was a joint interest in hosting the 2030 football World Cup. In addition to Boric, Lacalle also held a meeting with Spain's King Felipe VI.

• Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  XXVIII Ibero-American Summit focused on economic recovery

  

  Heads of State and Government convened in Santo Domingo for the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit which is focused on post Covid-19 pandemic economic recovery in a world hit by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

  IMF explores possible political scenarios with Uruguayan presidential candidates

  

  The annual monitoring mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently concluded its nearly two-week visit to Montevideo, providing a positive assessment of Uruguay's economy and the government's reform efforts. However, the mission also gauged the pulse of Uruguay's political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections, weekly newspaper Búsqueda informed.

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Latin America and Caribbean: 37 million people lack drinking water

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) denounced this week that some 37 million people in the region lacked drinking water and cited climate change as a possible cause.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  New team of prosecutors to investigate former Paraguayan President Cartes

  

  A new team of prosecutors created this week by Attorney General Emiliano Rolón will investigate former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes for alleged false statements in the Pandora Papers inquiry and for his involvement in the operations of the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter and its 18 crew members.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Puebla Group supports CFK at Buenos Aires gathering

  

  The Puebla Group Tuesday expressed its support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) during a convention at Buenos Aires' Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK).