Latin America

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Peru reports first death of patient with monkeypox

  

  Peruvian health authorities Monday confirmed the first death of a patient with monkeypox in the continent's country second worst hit by the outbreak, while neighboring Bolivia confirmed the first infection.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 07:06 UTC

  Peru totals 282 cases of monkeypox

  

  Peruvian health authorities have reported the number of monkeypox cases in the country had reached 282 Sunday, 34 days after the first infection was confirmed.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  IDB changes mind, and is again prepared to extend development loans to Argentina

  

  Only last Monday Mauricio Claver-Carone, president of the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, published a letter in the Wall Street Journal blasting “Argentina's tumultuous financial record”, adding that IDB ”cannot rubber-stamp loan requests, without prudently ensuring it has a development impact.”

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Machu Picchu increases capacity to appease angry tourists

  

  Operators at the Machu Picchu Inca citadel in Peru have agreed to increase the site's capacity from 4,000 to slightly over 5,000 tourists after protests from would-be travelers, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  Boosted by Brazil and Mexico, Latin America's economy expected to expand 3% in 2022, IMF

  

  Given the improved performance of Latin America's largest economies, particularly Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile, the IMF has raised the 2022 growth projection for the Latam and the Caribbean.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  US Defense Secretary wants Brazilian military to respect democracy

  

  US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Tuesday underlined during his trip to Brasilia that the Armed Forces should respect democracy and remain under “firm” civilian control. His remarks came two days after incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro claimed upon launching his re-election bid that “the Army is on our side.”

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 08:57 UTC

  IDB keeps approving loans for Argentina amid frozen disbursements

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a credit line worth US$ 1140 million for energy investments and vowed to keep reviewing CEO Mauricio Claver-Carone's decision to halt a separate disbursement of over US$ 800 million to a country with such a credit record.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:19 UTC

  Future Colombian VP meets with Lula in Brazil

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) welcomed Colombia's Vice President-elect Francia Márquez, who is on a South American tour before taking office on Aug.7.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 07:34 UTC

  Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 23:11 UTC

  Colombian JEP to hear on yet another 303 “false positives”

  

  Criminal charges have been filed Monday against 22 Colombian military officers for the murder of 303 people who were initially reported as “false positives” (peasants said to be guerrillas gunned down in combat) between 2005 and 2008.