Latin America

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 18:23 UTC

  Former Honduran President extradited to New York

  

  Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez landed Thursday evening in New York in handcuffs and escorted by US law enforcement officers as he was being extradited to stand trial for drug trafficking.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Ortega's gov't celebrates ICJ ruling in favor of Nicaragua

  

  The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Thursday celebrated the International Court of Justice's ruling which found Colombia was in breach of international law when issuing Presidential Decree 1946 in 2013.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Colombian main presidential candidate signs document promising to protect private property

  

  The Colombian left-wing candidate, Gustavo Preto and with the most chances of becoming the next president on 29 May, has signed before a public notary a document saying that he will not expropriate private companies or assets.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:33 UTC

  Colombia dealt judiciary setback at The Hague

  

  The United Nations' International Court of Justice Thursday ruled by 10 votes to 5 in favor of Nicaragua in a case regarding Caribbean Sea waters Colombia claimed as its own.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolivia's judiciary under the spotlight following death of jailed indigenous leader

  

  Human Rights Watch has described Bolivia as one of the grossest examples of lack of judiciary independence following the death in jail of Marco Antonio Aramayo, a former administrator of a national indigenous fund.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 12:35 UTC

  Uruguay and Ecuador discuss possible bilateral trade agreement

  

  The Presidents of Ecuador and Uruguay, Guillermo Lasso and Luis Lacalle Pou, Tuesday discussed a possible bilateral agreement within the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi).

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Boric hopes relations with Bolivia will improve after Silala lawsuit

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday said he hoped his country's relations with Bolivia will improve once the trial over the use of the waters of the Silala river before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ends.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President says “time to help Venezuela”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday stressed all countries needed to resume full diplomatic ties with Venezuela, which cannot survive on its own.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguay/Brazil waterway project studies submitted for financial qualification

  

  Brazil's minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio, received last week the studies referred to the concession of the Lagoa Merim Waterway in the state of Rio Grande do Sul bordering with Uruguay.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Nicaragua to close down yet another 25 NGOs

  

  The Government of Nicaragua has once again mooted the closure of 25 NGOs, local authorities announced Monday. The National Assembly (Parliament) included the new initiative in the agenda for this Wednesday.