Latin America

Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Venezuelan aircraft banned in the US carries Evo Morales to Buenos Aires

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales landed in Buenos Aires aboard a Venezuela-registered aircraft blacklisted by the United States Treasury Department.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Bolivia sacks ambassador to Paraguay over controversial video

Bolivia had to sack its Ambassador in Asunción Mario Cronenbold over a controversial TikTok video which resulted in the diplomat being declared “persona non grata” by the Paraguayan Lower House for what was described as a “pseudo xenophobic joke”
Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Cuban regime preparing to counter the 15N march questions opposition leader

A leading member of the Cuban opposition was set free, with restrictions, on Tuesday following his detention by the Castro dynasty regime in the city of Santa Clara where he lives.
Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:02 UTC
Peru's President open to more European, Chinese cooperation

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones told a European Union envoy Tuesday that his administration was offering right conditions for responsible investments in the country.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 19:03 UTC
Glasgow's COP26: Argentine President insists on issues already outlined in Rome

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday appeared before the Glasgow Climate Change COP26 Summit with the same proposal he made days earlier in Rome during the G20 Summit.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Uruguay reopens borders to fully immunized foreigners

Around 3,000 foreign tourists arrived in Uruguay before sunset Monday after borders were fully reopened to vaccinated travellers following nearly two years of closure to fight COVID-19.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Peru's largest copper mine halts operations due to peasants' strike

Peru's Antamina copper mine had to halt operations Sunday due to a strike by a rural community that decided to block one of the roads through which output is carried.
Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC
French President says he discussed crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua with Alberto Fernández

French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday admitted on Twitter that he had spoken with his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández about the crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome. The issue had not been mentioned by the Argentine government.
Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:36 UTC
President Fernández says Argentina's debt a clear example of what is wrong

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday underlined before the G20 Summit plenary in Rome that his country's debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “a clear example of what is wrong” in the international financial system.
Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:27 UTC
Bolsonaro keeps domestic agenda in mind while in Rome for G20 Summit

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was harshly critical Saturday of the recent Brazilian Stock Exchange movements and said he had a Plan B in case the Lower House does not agree on budget proposals recently put forward by the Executive.