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Montevideo, October 23rd 2025 - 07:57 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, September 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Colombia summons Celac FMs to discuss US Caribbean deployment

    Colombia reaffirmed that Latin America and the Caribbean have been formally recognized as a Zone of Peace

    Colombia, holding the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), has called an urgent virtual meeting of the organization's foreign ministers to address recent US military movements in the Caribbean.

  • Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Ecuador announces new transit visa requirements

    The measure includes Venezuelan passports

    The Ecuadorian Government of President Daniel Noboa announced that, starting Monday, the South American country would require transit visas for holders of passports from 45 nationalities that already require consular approval for longer stays.

  • Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:51 UTC

    Researchers find wreck of former Uruguayan Navy's ROU 01

    The mission will explore the seabed off the Uruguayan coast until September 10

    The “Uruguay Sub200” scientific expedition, aboard the research vessel Falkor, has discovered the shipwreck of the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay - formerly the USS Baron - at a depth of 1,160 meters off the coast.

  • Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Peru: Scientists extracting skeleton of 20-million-year-old bird

    The fossil was found two years ago, but is to be removed from a thick rock in the coming days

    A team of Peruvian researchers has discovered the perfectly preserved fossil of a new, giant seabird species believed to be 20 million years old. The skeleton, found in the Ocucaje Desert in the department of Ica, is similar in size to a modern condor. In principle, the specimen is believed to belong to a species never before studied.

  • Friday, August 29th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Lula and Mulino advance Panama's accession to Mercosur

    Both presidents pledged to work together on several fronts

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Panamanian colleague José Raúl Mulino met in Brasilia to advance the Central American country's accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). In addition, the two leaders instructed their teams to begin negotiations aimed at addressing the existing trade imbalance, as Brazil's exports far outweigh Panama's exports.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

    Mexico redefines finished footwear imports

    “We are no longer going to bring in footwear that did not pay VAT,” Ebrard underscored

    The Mexican Government of President Claudia Sheinbaum suspended all finished footwear imports temporarily to boost the domestic industry. The measure, published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, also tackles smuggling, it was explained.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Colombia and Guyana sign aerial defense MoU

    El documento fue firmado en Georgetown por el brigadier guyanés Omar Khan y el general de la Fuerza Aérea colombiana Luis Carlos Córdoba Avendaño

    The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Colombian Ministry of National Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in aerial surveillance and regional security.

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Opposition blames Nicaraguan regime for death of religious freedom advocate

    The statement emphasized that Alonso had been a vocal advocate for religious freedom and was unjustly detained and held incommunicado until his death.

    Nicaraguan opposition groups are holding the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, responsible for the death of Mauricio Alonso, who was allegedly “abducted” more than a month ago, it was reported in Managua on Monday.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

    The promotion came alongside a voluntary enlistment drive

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Key guerrilla leader gunned down by Colombian forces

    Dumar was considered one of Mordisco's most trusted allies

    A military operation in El Retorno, Colombia, on Sunday resulted in the death of Willinton Vanegas Leyva, also known by his alias “Dumar” or “Chito.” According to Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez, Dumar was a senior leader of the “Martín Villa faction,” a part of the FARC dissident group known as the Central General Staff (EMC), led by Iván Mordisco.