Latin America

• 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).

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  IDB loan for Uruguay to strengthen post-pandemic public policy and fiscal management

  

  The Inter American Development Bank, IDB, president Illan Goldfajn and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche signed a US$ 145 million loan agreement for the Program to Strengthen Public Policy and Fiscal Management in Response to the Health and Economic Crisis

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

  First shipment of Argentine beef to Mexico takes off

  

  The first shipment of Argentine beef took off from Ezeiza Airport Tuesday on an AeroMexico flight after more than 10 years of negotiations, the South American country's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) reported. Both countries had agreed on December 2 on the sanitary certificate requirements.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  UN Economic Commission for Latam and Caribbean celebrating 75th anniversary

  

  The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, is celebrating 75 years since its creation with a commitment to continue working for a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future for the region.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Enslaved Paraguayan workers freed in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Brazil's Federal Police Monday freed 19 Paraguayan nationals who were working at a Rio de Janeiro clandestine cigarette factory in slave-like conditions, Agencia Brasil reported. The workers arrived in Brazil blindfolded and did not even know they were in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense.