Latin America

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Ecuador extends Galapagos reserve forming a string of protected areas along the Pacific to Central America

  

  Ecuador has created the marine reserve north of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific helping to form a ring of protected areas, along the South American north Pacific rim that will include Colombia's Malpeso island, Panama's Coiba islands and Costa Rica Cocos islands.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Peru's President has 60% disapproval rate

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who became head of state in a tight runoff against Conservative Keiko Fujimori about half a year ago, has a disapproval rate of 60%, according to a survey released Sunday.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Colombia, Peru advance bilateral issues after a 2-year impasse

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Thursday met with his Peruvian counterpart Pedro Castillo Terrones at Villa de Leyva (165 kilometers north of Bogotá) to discuss the economic reactivation of the mutual border, as well as environmental issues and security matters.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  FARC sentenced to pay US $ 36 million for Betancourt kidnapping

  

  A US court has sentenced the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and several of its leaders to pay US $ 36 million for the kidnapping of politician Ingrid Betancourt, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Latin America forecasted to grow a soft 2,6% in 2022 and 2,7% in 2023, World Bank

  

  Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) rebounded to an estimated 6.7% in 2021, driven by favorable external conditions and pandemic-related developments, according to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects. Region-wide new COVID-19 cases dropped sharply in the second half of the year, before surging in late December, even as the vaccination rollout progressed. Strong demand in key export destinations (the United States and China), high commodity prices, and continued high remittances to Central American and Caribbean countries were also supportive of growth in 2021.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  ECLAC foresees growth rate in 2022 around one third of that of 2021

  

  Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow down in 2022 to 2.1%, after a 6.2% increase on average last year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) forecast Wednesday in a study.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  American Airlines aircraft vandalized by single attacker at Honduran airport

  

  An unidentified man went berserk aboard an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 in Honduras causing havoc among travelers and crew members after breaking into the aircraft's cabin and damaging the flight controls.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 20:05 UTC

  Heat wave could raise temperatures to nearly 50ºC in South America

  

  An unprecedented heat wave is going through South America and some cities in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay have been forecast to be looking out for temperatures around 50ºC, it was reported, while 40ºC seems to have become the new normal.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Falklands and LATAM confirm there is no date for resumption of flights

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and LATAM Airlines Group have denied that a date for the resumption of passenger flights to South America has been agreed upon. Recently international media reports had suggested LATAM Brazil had requested regular flights connecting Mount Pleasant airport and São Paulo to resume by the start of February.