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Montevideo, May 27th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

Latin America

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 20:26 UTC

    Bolivian Environment Minister sacked amid corruption probe

    Lisperguer owned nine properties when he had declared just one in his affidavit

    Alan Lisperguer was sacked Wednesday as Bolivia's Minister of Environment and Water after the Institutional Transparency and Fight against Corruption Vice Ministry detected his involvement in illicit enrichment plus a submission of a false affidavit. The investigation had been triggered by suspicious bank deposits, irregular movements, and a disproportionate increase in Lisperguer's assets. The case was now brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Azul and Gol announce merger to create aviation giant

    The new company would serve more than 200 destinations in Brazil and abroad but the process is at least one year away

    Brazilian airlines Azul and Gol announced Wednesday after trading closed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) that they had signed a memorandum of intent to finalize a merger whereby one of the largest airlines in Latin America would be created. If the plan goes through, the resulting airline would have a 60% share in Latin America's largest country, thus challenging Latam's hegemony.

  • Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Paraguayans flock to yellow fever vaccination centers

    Vaccination is mandatory for Paraguayans traveling to Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, and Peru

    Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel to Brazil for the summer season.

  • Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Peruvian court sends case against Keiko Fujimori back to square one

    The case against Keiko Fujimori goes back now to the indictment phase

    Peru's Third Criminal Court Monday annulled Keiko Fujimori's trial for the irregular financing of her 2011 and 2016 electoral campaigns, citing a previous sentence from the Constitutional Court (TC). As per this split ruling, the case moves back to the indictment phase for Fujimori and the other more than 30 defendants.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:00 UTC

    Boliviana de Aviación riddled with complaints for delays and cancellations

    BoA's main problems stem from the Janine Áñez years, Montaño argued

    Bolivian flag carrier Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) faces substantial fines worth up to 1,472,416 bolivianos (US$ 211,864) for its 2024 noncompliances while five incidents have already been recorded this year for constant delays, flight cancellations, and poor handling of passenger complaints, Bolivia's Telecommunications and Transport Regulation and Supervision Authority (ATT) explained.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay advises against traveling to Venezuela

    Montevideo insisted that this was just a recommendation and that travelers may go anywhere at their own risk

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a statement this week advising against traveling to Venezuela, where “arbitrary detentions and kidnappings” by authorities and paramilitary groups are known to have been occurring. There is even a Uruguayan national among those missing, Montevideo insisted.

  • Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Former Chilean guerrilla set free by Bolivian authorities

    Muñoz Hoffman was convicted in Chile for the murder of Senator Jaime Guzmán, among other crimes

    Former Chilean guerrilla Pablo Muñoz Hoffman of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), who was captured in Bolivia on Monday after 29 years at large, was set free on Tuesday instead of being extradited to his country as previously announced. He had escaped from prison in 1996 in a movie-style flight after which he vanished into thin air until this week.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 09:45 UTC

    Fugitive Chilean guerrilla captured in Bolivia

    Muñoz Hoffman was the last fugitive of the four guerrillas who staged the legendary “Flight of Justice” in 1996

    Former Chilean guerrilla fighter Pablo Muñoz Hoffman was arrested Monday in La Paz, Bolivia, after 29 years at large following a movie-style jailbreak using a helicopter. Together with Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, Ricardo Palma Salamanca, and Patricio Ortiz Montenegro, all members of the now-defunct Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), they staged the so-called “Flight of Justice.”

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 22:00 UTC

    Paraguay recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as President-elect and breaks diplomatic ties with Caracas

    Paraguay gave Venezuela's diplomatic mission 48 hours to leave the country

    The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Monday announced it was recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections in Venezuela, which prompted a diplomatic breakup with Nicolás Maduro's regime.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:02 UTC

    Bolivian inflation soars amid political unrest and poor weather

    Road blockades promoted by former President Evo Morales in US$ 3 billion worth of losses

    According to a report released Sunday by Bolivia's National Statistics Institute (INE), the South American country's inflation last year stood at 9.97% amid poor weather, social conflicts, and road blockades that deteriorated the economy considerably. INE Director Humberto Arandia also pointed out that the 2024 figure was the highest in the last 16 years.