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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 04:44 UTC

Latin America

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    US offers reward amid probe into Ecuadorian candidate's murder

    “The United States will continue to stand with the people of Ecuador,” Blinken said

    The US State Department Thursday made available US$ 5 million in rewards for information leading to the arrest of those who murdered Ecuador's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last month in Quito. The State Department also offered up to US$ 1 million for clues leading to the identification of high-ranking members of the criminal group.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:53 UTC

    Migration crisis; state of emergency in Costa Rica to deal with massive influx of people heading for US

    Since January, more than 386,000 migrants have passed through the border from Panama into Costa Rica.

    Costa Rica in Central America intends to declare a state of emergency due to an increased wave of migrants on their way to Mexico and later cross to the United States. “I have instructed the security ministry to take a firm stance with anyone who takes Costa Rica's kindness for weakness,” Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said at a media briefing, referring to recent riots by migrants crossing the nation.

  • Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 08:39 UTC

    China opens its market to Colombia beef; Brazil concerned as export meat prices have fallen considerably

    Likewise even when average prices of chicken are in line with those recorded in 2022, the trend is for further devaluations in the coming months.

    Brazilian meatpacker Minerva said on Monday it had received a notification from Colombia’s government saying that China has approved a sanitary protocol in order to open its market for Colombian beef exports.

  • Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

    Lula says Vietnam interested in a trade deal with Mercosur

    President Lula and Vietnam's prime minister Pham Minh Chinh currently visiting Brazil

    President Lula da Silva welcomed on Monday, in Brasilia, Vietnam prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and said the Asian country was interested in a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. Lula, who currently chairs the group, said he wants to bring Mercosur members closer to Asian countries and highlighted there is room for trade with Vietnam to grow..

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Uruguay's Ancap awards all offshore exploration licenses open for bids

    Ancap authorities also pointed out that US$ 127 million had been pledged by the bidders

    Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap has awarded all seven offshore oil and gas exploration licenses open for bids to four foreign companies: YPF (Argentina), APA Corp (United States), and Shell and Challenger Energy Group (CEG) (United Kingdom), it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Ecuador back to online schooling due to extreme violence

    Minister María Brown was asked last week by groups of parents to return to virtuality

    A practice that expanded worldwide during the Covid-19 lockdowns to avoid physical proximity, online schooling returns to Ecuador in a move to minimize the dangers of living in the crime-ridden coastal province of Guayas, particularly its capital, Guayaquil, where shootings and murders have become commonplace, it was announced Sunday.

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Nicaraguan court hands down prison sentences to two women opposing Ortega

    The two women have been detained since April for their involvement in protests against Daniel Ortega's regime

    Nicaraguan opposition leaders Olesia Muñoz Pavón and Anielka García have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years in prison, respectively, for spreading false news and conspiring to undermine national integrity, which amounts to “treason,” it was reported from Managua on Sunday.

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Bolivia: Evo announces 2025 presidential bid

    “We will never surrender,” said Morales

    Citing a “dirty” campaign against him, former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced during the weekend that he would run again in the 2025 elections. His Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, the same as current head of state Luis Arce Catacora claims Morales is the “king of cocaine” while the opposition regards him as a “drug trafficker,” according to local media.

  • Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:55 UTC

    Milei's ghost lingers over convention of rightwing leaders in BA

    Bullrich said Milei would not last long in office if he wins this year's elections

    The Libertad y Democracia Group of center-rightwing leaders gathered in Buenos Aires Friday to express its support to opposition candidate Patricia Bullrich of Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) of former President Mauricio Macri, who co-chaired the event “The ideas of freedom in the politics of the future” with Chile's Sebastián Piñera.

  • Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:09 UTC

    Latin America’s Growth Conundrum

    In some countries, Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela, there will be little to no sustained growth until they address serious outstanding fiscal, debt problems.

    By Arminio Fraga, Guillermo Oritz and Andrés Velasco (*) – Since 1960, only a few countries in Latin America have narrowed the gap between their per capita income and that of the United States, while most of the region has lagged far behind. Making up for lost ground will require a coordinated effort, involving both technocratic tinkering and bold political leadership