Latin America

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:31 UTC

  Poverty in Latin America affects 32% of the total population; 28% don't study or have paid jobs, ECLAC report

  

  In Latin America and the Caribbean some 200 million people live in poverty, with 82 million in extreme poverty, points out a report from the UN Economic Commission for the region, ECLAC. The numbers are equivalent to 32,1% and 13,1% of the total population and need to be urgently addressed to avert the risk of a lost generation.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Colombia: Mexico agrees to join as guarantor of peace talks with ELN

  

  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Friday told his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro that Mexico had accepted the invitation to join as guarantor of the peace talks between the South American country's administration and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Women take to the streets in a new November 25 against sexual and gender-based violence

  

  Dozens of cities in Latin America and around the world were the scene where thousands of women marched on a new International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, better known as 25N.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Castillo appoints new Peruvian Prime Minister

  

  Culture Minister Betssy Chávez Chino was chosen by Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones to become the country's new Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) following Aíbal Torres' resignation Thursday after Congress “refused” to approve a motion of confidence.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Guarantors of Colombia-ELN peace talks ratified

  

  Negotiators in the Colombian peace process involving the government of President Gustavo Petro and remnants of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Friday agreed in Caracas to ratify Cuba, Norway, and Venezuela as guarantor countries in the talks.

• Friday, November 25th 2022 - 08:43 UTC

  Mexican fans pull Falklands card to mock Argentina supporters in Qatar

  

  Argentine and Mexican fans did not get along very well in Qatar, particularly after provocative chants underlining that ”in the Malvinas (Falklands) they speak English.”

• Friday, November 25th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Peru's Prime Minister Torres resigns

  

  Anibal Torres submitted his letter of resignation late Thursday as president of the Council of Ministers (also referred to as Prime Minister) after eight months on the post following Congress' decision not to support him in a motion of confidence voting.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Mexico, Chile agree to boost bilateral cooperation

  

  Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in education, economic and environmental matters.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  Colombian gov't, ELN resume peace talks in Caracas

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that “time for peace has arrived” as dignitaries from the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas started their ceasefire talks in Caracas Monday.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Mexico: Tourist climbs Chichen Itza Castle without permission and locals call for sacrifice

  

  An angry mob almost lynched a tourist who climbed without permission the steps of the Castillo de Kukulcán, one of the new seven wonders of the modern world located in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá, in southeastern Mexico.