Latin America

Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:23 UTC
President's murder seems to be too big a case for Haiti's judiciary

The Haitian magistrate chosen to conduct the investigation regarding the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse Friday resigned from the case, citing reasons of a personal nature.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 15:38 UTC
Relief for Peruvian investors: orthodox central bank president remains in the post

Julio Velarde will remain as president of the Peruvian Central Bank for another five years, the same job he has held since 2006, and is acknowledged as the man who helped stabilize the country's markets, with low inflation. The news should come as a relief for investors and holders of Peruvian bonds.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 13:03 UTC
Ex Venezuelan congress members, US representative at the IDB

United States president Joe Biden appointed former Venezuelan congress member Leopoldo Martinez Nucete as US permanent representative in the Inter American Development bank, IDB.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
IACH rules presidential reelection not a human right, Bolivia's Constitutional Court had found otherwise

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) Thursday ruled that indefinite presidential re-election is not protected by the American Convention, thus shattering the rationale behind Evo Morales' candidacy despite a negative referendum.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
New round of negotiations between Venezuelan gov't opposition to kick off in Mexico

Venezuelan Government officials and dignitaries of the opposition will convene Friday in Mexico City to kick off another round of negotiations under the mediation of Norway, with the endorsement of the United States and the European Union to seek a peaceful solution to the worst economic, social and political crisis in the country.
Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
PAHO set out to reverse low vaccination rates against COVID-19

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday reported that less than 20% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully immunized against COVID-19 and announced actions will be taken to reverse that situation.
Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:28 UTC
Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS

Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”
Monday, August 9th 2021 - 07:49 UTC
Argentina apologizes to Chile for saying Magellan Strait and Drake Passage are shared spaces with joint control

Argentina had to back step and apologize to Chile following on statements that the Magellan Strait and the Drake Passage, were “shared spaces”, and which “both countries jointly explored, studied and controlled”.
Sunday, August 8th 2021 - 13:02 UTC
Migration crisis in Ecuadorian border town: Clandestine crossings and lack of government support

By Sebastián Astorga (*) – A border town divided between two countries, where before the Covid-19 pandemic people passed through without custom controls, is now divided by fences on the two bridges that cross from Ecuador to Peru in its vicinity, cutting off almost completely the only commercial activity on which it survived and further burdening the situation of the more than ten thousand migrants who are passing through, many of them on foot.
Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Nicaraguan electoral authorities ban opposition party altogether

After weeks of arresting individual politicians and candidates, Nicaraguan authorities Friday upped their ante and chose to fully outlaw an entire opposition party.