Latin America

Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 09:45 UTC
Fugitive Chilean guerrilla captured in Bolivia

Former Chilean guerrilla fighter Pablo Muñoz Hoffman was arrested Monday in La Paz, Bolivia, after 29 years at large following a movie-style jailbreak using a helicopter. Together with Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, Ricardo Palma Salamanca, and Patricio Ortiz Montenegro, all members of the now-defunct Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), they staged the so-called “Flight of Justice.”
Monday, January 6th 2025 - 22:00 UTC
Paraguay recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as President-elect and breaks diplomatic ties with Caracas

The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Monday announced it was recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections in Venezuela, which prompted a diplomatic breakup with Nicolás Maduro's regime.
Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:02 UTC
Bolivian inflation soars amid political unrest and poor weather

According to a report released Sunday by Bolivia's National Statistics Institute (INE), the South American country's inflation last year stood at 9.97% amid poor weather, social conflicts, and road blockades that deteriorated the economy considerably. INE Director Humberto Arandia also pointed out that the 2024 figure was the highest in the last 16 years.
Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 11:56 UTC
The challenge for Edmundo González, touring Argentina and Uruguay: can he avoid a new Guaidó scenario?

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia visits Montevideo this Saturday as part of a regional tour aimed at obtaining international backing to assume the Presidency of Venezuela next January 10, after declaring himself the winner of last July's elections, according to the voting tallies collected by the opposition. During his stay, he will meet with President Luis Lacalle Pou and Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, who reiterated Uruguay's support to the legitimacy of his electoral triumph.
Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Brazil's Ambassador to attend Maduro's inauguration

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sending Brazil's Ambassador in Caracas to Nicolás Maduro's Jan. 10 inauguration of another six-year term in office. Once regarded as close allies and friends, Maduro and Lula do not see eye to eye after the controversial July 28 elections where the Chavista leader was declared the winner despite fraud allegations by Edmundo González Urrutia's Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD).
Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:10 UTC
Covid-19 resurfaces abruptly in Bolivian Dept. of Santa Cruz

Health authorities in the Bolivian Department of Santa Cruz Thursday said that an “abrupt” increase in Covid-19 cases had been detected, due to which they encouraged residents to update their vaccination schemes and adopt all biosecurity protocols. A total of 290 infections were reported last week, 11 of which required hospitalization, including three under ventilation in intensive care units, and one death on Dec. 28. All 11 are unvaccinated patients, it was also explained.
Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:04 UTC
Barbados PM says 2025 will define “the legacy of our generation”

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley underlined Wednesday that 2025 would define “the legacy of our generation.” She said those words upon taking over the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) rotating presidency from her Grenada colleague Dickon Mitchell
Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 10:55 UTC
La Niña projected to take its toll in the Southern Cone

Meteorologists foresee that the La Niña weather phenomenon will not go unnoticed in the Southern Cone next year after the Brazilian agency Metsul reported signs of unusual activity in the Pacific Ocean. The main impact will be reflected in mercurial temperatures, MetSul's warning noted.
Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:43 UTC
WaPo says Paraná Waterway riddled with drug trafficking

The Paraguay-Paraná Waterway channeling myriads of tons of cargo every year is one of the leading passages of cocaine shipments bound for Hamburg and Antwerp, among other destinations, the Washington Post reported. It runs for more than 3,300 kilometers, connecting at least 150 ports in five countries. It is arguably the most important river trade route on the continent.
Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:50 UTC
Colombia and Mexico to be represented at Maduro's new inauguration

Authorities in Bogotá and Mexico City admitted this week that their governments will be represented in Caracas on Jan. 10 when President Nicolás Maduro takes his oath of office for a new six-year term (2025-2031)for which he was chosen in the controversial July 28 elections which the opposition also claims to have won.