Latin America

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Colombia: Five arrested in Pecci's murder probe

  

  Colombian authorities have arrested five people in the city of Medellín, presumably linked to the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning at an exclusive Caribbean beach resort in Cartagena de Indias, Attorney General Francisco Barbosa announced Friday.

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Peru: audio of Congress Speaker Alva planning Castillo's sacking goes viral

  

  Peruvian Congress Speaker Maria del Carmen Alva has been recorded last year granting President Pedro Castillo was going to be impeached out of office. These audios went viral Friday on social media.

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Uruguay's inflation above target but exports hit new records

  

  Year-on-year inflation in Uruguay in the month of May of 2022 has been reported to still be nearly 35% above the target range set by the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou, while exports amounted to US$ 1.5 billion, which set a record high.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  4th dose of covid-19 vax will be the last until next year, Buenos Aires Minister forecasts

  

  Buenos Aires City Health Minister Fernán Quirós said he believed it was “very likely” that the fourth dose of covid-19 vaccine would be the last this year and that the next immunization campaign will be ahead of the 2023 fall.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Mercosur nationals will need a visa to enter Schengen area

  

  Nationals of 15 Latin American countries -including all members of Mercosur- and of 60 countries worldwide will need to apply for a European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) visa to travel to or through the 26 territories within the so-called Schengen area, effective in 2023.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  US lifts restrictions on air services to and from Cuba

  

  The US Government of President Joseph Biden Wednesday lifted a series of restrictions on flights to and from Cuba stemming from the Donald Trump era, the Transportation Department announced.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Former Cali Cartel capo dies in US prison

  

  Wednesday's death at a US prison of former Cali Cartel capo Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, aka El Ajedrecista (The Chessman), who used to wage his own war against rival trafficker Pablo Escobar of the Medellín Cartel, has revived stories of the 1980s and 1990s which have been romanticized through the entertainment industry.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 07:25 UTC

  Agatha leaves at least 11 dead at Mexican Pacific resorts

  

  After entering history books as the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in Mexico's Pacific coasts during May, Wednesday's reports from the area mention at least 11 fatalities and at least 33 others missing, according to Oaxaca Gov. Alejandro Murat.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Colombia: Survey shows Hernández two points ahead of Petro

  

  Colombia's surprising runner-up in last Sunday's elections Rodolfo Hernández is poised to become the country's next president, according to a survey conducted by the Centro Nacional de Consultoría.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Colombia: Coal miner dies, other 14 trapped inside after explosion

  

  Miner Fabio Cáceres García died Tuesday as a result of “an explosion of methane and coal dust” in El Zulia in eastern Colombia, while 14 other workers remained trapped, it was reported.