Latin America

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries

  

  On the eve of Thursday's Mercosur summit, Uruguay informed its partners that it will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  IACHR makes 40 observations to the Colombian Government regarding social protests

  

  The Government of Colombia Wednesday received 40 recommendations from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) following a visit to the country by an observation group.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 19:35 UTC

  Haitian President Moïse shot dead by “foreigners who spoke Spanish and English”

  

  Unidentified gunmen have shot Haitian President Jovenel Moïse dead at his private residence in Port-au-Prince overnight on Wednesday, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Peru's middle class shrinks from 43% to 24% during 2020

  

  A new study released Tuesday by the Institute of Economics and Business Development (Iedep) of the Lima Chamber of Commerce showed that some 6.3 million Peruvians fell from the country's middle-class social group during 2020.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Nicaraguan government continues to arrest opposition politicians

  

  Nicaragua's regime headed for Daniel Ortega has ordered the arrest of opposition presidential hopeful Medardo Mairena late Monday.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Lower House passes resolution condemning actions by Nicaraguan regime

  

  Uruguay's House of Deputies Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the anti-democratic practices of Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, who continues to place opposition politicians under arrest for allegedly planning to overthrow him.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Argentine authorities evaluating new cap to airborne arrivals after July 9

  

  The Government of Argentina is said to be considering a gradual reopening of its borders after the controversies erupted from its decision to impose a cap of 600 airborne passengers per day through the Ezeiza international airport.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Migrations Chief admits Argentine borders with neighboring countries may reopen soon, depending on vaccination rate

  

  Argentina's Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Monday said reopening borders with neighbouring countries was under consideration for when vaccination has reached a larger number of people.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexico to raffle assets belonging to drug lord “El Chapo” Guzmán

  

  Mexico's government announced that it will raffle a house belonging to drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, “El Chapo” and where he was arrested in 2014. “El Chapo” head of the Sinaloa cartel is now serving a life sentence in a US high-security prison.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Violence present in fact and thought all across Colombia over the weekend

  

  Violence was present over the weekend all across Colombia either as a factor as a subject of debate.