Latin America

Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:49 UTC
Castillo embraces Conservative values, Bolsonaro says after meeting

Despite mounting opposition against each one of them in their own countries, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and his Peruvian colleague Pedro Castillo Terrones met last week (Thursday) at the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondonia, after which both leaders said their differences were a thing of the past.
Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:32 UTC
Cuban official says ok to withhold surplus earnings of foreign company workers

Cuba's Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca has said in an interview with local current news magazine Bohemia last week that he saw a contradiction in workers of global companies earning more than those who did the same job for the local State.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 04:53 UTC
Cuban prosecutors liken protests to sedition against July 11/12 demonstrators

Cuba's regime Friday ratified charges were being filed against participants in the July 11 and 12 nationwide demonstrations. Prosecutors also made it clear that in the country's legal system protests and sedition were considered to be the same offense.
Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Killing of human rights defenders and reporters on the rise in LatAm, AI says

Amnesty International (AI) has released a report this week regarding the killing of several human rights defenders and many journalists in the region during the first month of the year 2022.
Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Ecuadorian authorities speak of “major disaster” following oil spill last week

An oil spill in Ecuador in late January has been spreading over the past few days throughout the Yasuní area reaching unforeseen proportions, it was reported Wednesday.
Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
China reportedly reaches deal with Bachelet on release on human rights report

While the Winter Olympic Games are set to commence Friday in Beijing, the Government of China has reportedly reached an unwritten understanding with the Office of the United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights to postpone the release of a document detailing the findings regarding abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the northwest region of Xinjiang.
Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Peru's leftist President sways to Conservatives amid major Cabinet reshuffle

Peru's President Pedro Castillo has announced his new cabinet reshuffle while opposition lawmakers get ready to file for a new motion of censure against the head of state, it was reported in Lima Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 23:38 UTC
Thousands of Venezuelan migrant fans were present in the stands at Montevideo’s Centenario stadium in a football match

The Uruguayan national won on Tuesday afternoon against Venezuela for the 16th date of the South American qualifiers in search of a qualifying place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Venezuelan national team, although away and with no chance of qualifying, played this match with significant support from fans at the stadium that started to live it since the team arrived in the country last Monday.
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:14 UTC
PAHO says 255 babies do not make it past their first month in the region every day

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Tuesday said 255 babies under a month old died in Latin America and the Caribbean every day, while 7 out of every 1,000 newborns do not even reach that age.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Peru's President once again needs to reshuffle cabinet following resignations

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been dealt a new blow less than a year after being sworn in following the resignation Monday of Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez citing high levels of corruption within the national government.