Latin America

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Cases of monkeypox soar in Peru

  

  Peru has the highest monkeypox infection rate per million inhabitants and it also ranks third in the world behind the United States and Canada, the latest Oxford University global monkeypox surveillance study released Wednesday showed.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentine unions, social groups demand favorable gov't actions

  

  Argentine unionist groups and social organizations took over the streets of Buenos Aires Wednesday causing traffic jams during office hours as they protested against rising inflation and unemployment and the deterioration of living conditions in general under the administration of President Alberto Fernández.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazilian presidential campaign takes off: Lula and Fernando Cardoso have joined forces to oust Bolsonaro

  

  The most polarized Brazilian presidential campaign in recent years was officially launched on Tuesday with ex-president Lula da Silva leading comfortably incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in opinion polls. But opinion polls in Brazil have not been very precise in recent elections and the Brazilian government still has too many resources at hand.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 07:27 UTC

  Uruguay's Lacalle gets highest approval ratings in LatAm

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou tops the list of most-approved Latin American heads of state, according to an Ipsos survey released Monday.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Ecuador: Terrorist act leaves 5 dead and many others in critical condition

  

  A bombing in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has left at least five people dead and some 20 others injured, in what the government believes to be the doings of organized crime groups.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Petro shakes-up Colombia's military brass

  

  Just one week after his inauguration, Colombian President Gustavo Petro sent 52 generals into retirement. The biggest sweep in Colombia's history is aimed at putting together a corruption-free brass.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  HRW concerned as 2 journalists indicted in Bolivia

  

  Human Rights Watch Friday posted messages on Twitter admitting to the organization's concern over the charges filed in Bolivia by Prosecutor Junior Flores against journalists Andrés Rojas and Adriana G., whose arrest was requested.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Colombia: ELN rebels release hostages while returning to peace talks

  

  As peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) kick off in Cuba, the guerrilla movement has released nine people who were being held hostage since last month in the department of Arauca.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 13:51 UTC

  Petro: Pecci murder by Uruguayan drug trafficker “shows that drug trafficking has long ceased to be a US-Colombian bilateral problem”

  

  Colombian new president Gustavo Petro has referred to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was killed in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean. This crime has been linked this week to Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, fugitive of Uruguay’s and Paraguay’s justice, and accused of ordering Pecci’s execution.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguayan drug trafficker involved in several crimes, accused of ordering murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci

  

  Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset has been accused of ordering the death of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean, reported Colombian newspaper El Tiempo on Tuesday.