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Montevideo, December 20th 2025 - 13:07 UTC

Latin America

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

    US Defense Secretary wants Brazilian military to respect democracy

    “The more we deepen our democracies, the more we deepen our security,” Austin said.

    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

    During her time in Washington DC this week, Argentine Economy Minister Silvina Batakis had no contact with any IDB official

    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

    He “expressed his love for Colombia and his desire to support us in achieving peace and the well-being of the Colombian people,” Márquez wrote about Lula on Twitter.

    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

    The President also admitted that Uruguayan exports needed improvements in air connectivity and navigability

    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”

    “False positives” were peasants or poor people passed off as guerrillas allegedly gunned down in combat through with which the military officers “proved” they were worthy of a promotion

    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.

  • Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

    Former Peruvian Presidential Secretary turns himself in

    Pacheco said he was willing “to collaborate with justice and tell the truth in all cases that are linked to me”

    Bruno Pacheco, the former Peruvian Presidential Secretary and one of the most wanted men in the country turned himself in Tuesday. He is under investigation in a series of corruption scandals for which the head of state Pedro Castillo Terrones has already been summoned to testify. He had been at large for over 100 days.

  • Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

    Daunting challenges for the reformed Colombia Petro pledged

    Colombia is battling with the highest public debt in its history at 65% of GDP, while annual inflation has risen to 9.6%

    President-elect Gustavo Petro won on the promise to bring deep social, economic and political change in Colombia, but challenges are daunting. Currently the country's GDP is estimated by OECD to grow 6,1% as a result of a post-pandemic consumption boost and international demand for fossil fuels because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    ELN interested in peace deal with future Colombian gov't

    “The war on drug trafficking must end because it is a policy that did not produce any positive results,” the ELN leader said

    Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) leader Eliécer Erlinto Chamorro, alias Antonio García, has said on his Twitter account that the guerrilla militias under his command were interested in reaching peace deal with future President Gustavo Petro after he takes office on August 7.

  • Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:31 UTC

    Latin America up for increasingly worsening weather

    Food and water supplies will be affected, the UN agency's report warned

    The consequences of climate change will continue to worsen in Latin America and the Caribbean, affecting health, development, and food supplies, according to a report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Friday.

  • Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:28 UTC

    Peru: Case against Castillo reopened despite immunity

    Castillo insisted no evidence had been found against him, although many of his aides and relatives were proven to be involved in illegal activities

    Peruvian judiciary authorities have launched the fifth active inquest into President Pedro Castillo Terrones' alleged involvement in acts of corruption, it was announced Friday in Lima, after Prosecutor Patricia Benavides reopened the case once opened by Zoraida Ávalos on the purchase of biodiesel from Heaven Petroleum.