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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 01:32 UTC

Latin America

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 18:36 UTC

    Emergency declared in Colombia as yellow fever cases soar

    “The strategy is focused on mass vaccination,” Alfonso explained

    Colombia has declared a state of emergency due to a yellow fever outbreak, with 74 cases and 34 deaths reported. The virus, transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, has spread beyond typical risk areas like the Amazon, Catatumbo, and Chocó, affecting regions such as Tolima, where cases rose from 4 to 22 since September 2024.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 18:22 UTC

    Humala's wife arrives in Brazil, where she was granted asylum

    Brazil has a tradition of granting asylum to high-profile political leaders facing jail time in their countries

    Former Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia arrived in Brazil on Wednesday after seeking asylum to avoid serving a 15-year prison sentence handed down on her and her husband Ollanta Humala, who has already been transferred to the Barbadilo prison already housing former heads of State Alejandro Toledo and Pedro Castillo Terrones.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Milei takes heavy flak in Bolivia for remarks alongside Bessent

    Milei forgot to mention “the deep social crises, the growing inequality, and the institutional violence that exist in their own territories,” Bolivia's Foreign Ministry stressed

    The Bolivian Government of President Luis Arce Catacora criticized Argentine ruler Javier Milei for his verbal attack on Latin American and Caribbean regional integration. During a press conference on Monday in Casa Rosada alongside US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, the Libertarian leader criticized Bolivia's socialist economic model under the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Dominican Republic: Jet Set owners to be sued for incident that killed 231

    The tragedy has prompted calls for accountability, including a separate lawsuit from Rubby Pérez’s daughter, Zulinka, citing negligence

    Relatives of the victims of the April 8 roof collapse at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, killing 231 people on site and 10 others after hospitalization, insisted Tuesday that they intended to file lawsuits against the facilities' owners.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

    Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sentenced to 15 years in jail

    Humala's ex-wife, Nadine Heredia, sought asylum at Brazil's Embassy in Lima

    Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his ex-wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated money laundering related to illicit funds used during the 2011 campaign. In both cases, their pretrial detention counts as time served. The couple denied all charges. Prosecutors had requested 20-year sentences.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 18:53 UTC

    PAHO insists on the importance of universal access to care

    Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) can significantly improve health systems' response to achieve more equitable outcomes,” Barbosa said

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released a report Tuesday warning about the need to bolster public health capacities to ensure universal health access, equity, and resilience against challenges like Covid-19. The “Implementation of the Essential Public Health Functions in the Americas: Evaluation and Strengthening of Capacities” study was based on evaluations in 14 countries between 2021 and 2023.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Maduro says Ecuadorean elections “a horrendous fraud”

    Maduro said the Venezuelan opposition was behind the events in Ecuador

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, who remained in power following controversial elections that the opposition claims to have won, said Sunday's polls in Ecuador, where Daniel Noboa was reelected with 55.64% of the vote, were a “horrendous fraud.” The Chavista leader urged Ecuadorians to resist and defend their sovereignty.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Orsi reviews fraud allegations and congratulates Noboa on his win

    Vargas Llosa was a “genius” regardless of his ideology, Orsi also pointed out

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Daniel Noboa on his reelection in Ecuador after discussing the fraud allegations with Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin, it was reported in Montevideo. The Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) leader also mourned the passing of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and reviewed the Arazatí Water Project as well as the country's situation regarding soup kitchens and homelessness.

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 18:56 UTC

    Bukele becomes first LatAm leader Trump welcomes at White House

    Bukele insisted he does not have the authority to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States

    Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Nayib Bukele of El Salvador got together Monday morning at the White House, marking the Central American visitor the first Latin American leader to he hosted by the Republican head of State since his return to office. It was also the first visit by a Salvadoran president since 2014, when Barack Obama welcomed Salvador Sánchez Cerén.

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Peruvian Nobel Prize winner Vargas Llosa dies aged 89

    A Communist in his younger years, he became a free-trade advocate

    Peruvian writer and former Presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa passed away Sunday in Lima at the age of 89, his son Álvaro announced. He wrote over 20 novels, the first one appearing in 1959. In 2010, he was awarded the Literature Nobel Prize in Literature. Vargas Llosa was also a journalist, essayist, and university professor.