Latin America

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 17:15 UTC

  New Mexico set to overtake Mexico's crude oil production this month

  

  The state of New Mexico is expected to overtake Mexico’s crude oil production in the current month, according to commodity analysts projected report at Standard Chartered.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 17:14 UTC

  EU deforestation bill threatens Latin America and African countries

  

  European lawmakers and EU member states inked a deal on Tuesday, December 6, to ban the purchase of products such as cocoa, coffee, and soybeans that contribute to deforestation, increasing the pressure exerted on Brazilian exports. The list also encompasses palm oil, wood, beef, rubber, and derivate products like skins, chocolate, furniture, and paper.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecuador back to mandatory masks in indoor settings

  

  The wearing of facemasks in indoor settings has been reinstated in Ecuador due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases such as influenza, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Boluarte becomes Peru's first-ever female president

  

  Dina Boluarte Wednesday became the first woman ever to hold the position of President of Peru after she was sworn in following the impeachment and arrest of Pedro Castillo Terrones for trying to stage a coup d'état.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:40 UTC

  Castillo housed at same detention center as fellow former President Fujimori

  

  Peru's Prosecutor's Office Wednesday announced the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo Terrones for the “commission of an act in flagrancy” after his failed attempt to dissolve Parliament and his ensuing impeachment by Congress.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 20:26 UTC

  Peru's Congress impeaches Castillo; Boluarte to be sworn in

  

  Peru's Vice President Dina Boluarte is to be sworn in later Wednesday as the new President after the motion to vacate (impeach) Pedro Castillo Terrones was approved by 101 votes in favor, six against, and 10 abstentions, citing a “moral incapacity” following his coup attempt. Boluarte will be the first woman ever to hold that office

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  Peru: Pedro Castillo detained by police after coup attempt

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was arrested by the authorities after he dissolved the Congress of Peru on Wednesday. The accused as the leader of a “criminal organization” was approached in the street, in downtown Lima, by police officers when he was leaving the Government headquarters, it was reported by local media.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 18:44 UTC

  Castillo stages coup d'état in Peru, announces emergency gov't

  

  Hours before Congress was to vote on a new motion to depose Pedro Castillo Terrones as President of Peru, the incumbent head of state Wednesday dissolved Parliament and announced he was starting an “emergency government.” Hours later, the chief of the Government was arrested by the authorities in Lima.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  AMLO's Plan B triggered to reform Mexico's electoral system

  

  Mexico's opposition has given the thumbs down to the electoral reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) who sought to cut down the red tape and add transparency to the voting process.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina to take over Mercosur's pro-tempore presidency amid Uruguay's solo deals

  

  Argentina is to take over Tuesday the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur from Uruguay in Montevideo, where the hosts' unilateral search for other markets behind the regional bloc's back has stirred controversies.