Latin America

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Colombian president and FARC leaders agreed to speed integration process of ex guerrillas

  

  Colombia's President Ivan Duque held talks with former FARC guerrilla leaders on Friday, pledging to speed up the integration of ex-combatants following the 2016 peace agreement, a top advisor said. Duque's commitment came during an unprecedented meeting between the hard line president and leaders of the former leftist guerrilla movement in Bogota.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivia's miracle architect now faces the challenge of scarce funds and managing austerity

  

  Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the political spectrum as a young teenager in La Paz, when he picked up the writings of philosopher Karl Marx.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru join forces to combat illegal fishing

  

  Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and jointly confront” illegal fishing near their exclusive economic zones in the Pacific.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Conservatives in Bolivia protest against the inauguration of president elect Arce

  

  Conservative opponents of Bolivia's center-left president-elect Luis Arce have announced a two-day strike from Thursday protesting alleged electoral fraud. The strike is taking place across the eastern department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic hub as well as home to its biggest city.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  E-commerce firm Mercado Libre benefits from a surge of online shopping in Latam

  

  Mercado Libre Inc, Latin America's top e-commerce firm, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, helped by a surge in online shopping and digital payment transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru with Canadian funds joins the South American lithium rush

  

  Canada’s Plateau Energy Metals has raised nearly US$ 600 million to develop Peru’s sole lithium project and expects to start mining in 2023, a year later than planned, as the country lags its neighbors in developing the battery mineral, a company official said.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Peru's congress approves motion for an impeachment to remove president Vizcarra

  

  Peru’s Congress approved on Monday a motion to initiate a process to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office over corruption allegations, a month and a half after he survived a prior impeachment trial.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Colombian demobilized ex guerrillas demand an end to killings of members

  

  Hundreds of demobilized former members of the FARC rebel group marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand more security, implementation of a 2016 peace deal, and an end to the killings of former combatants.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 17:25 UTC

  “Day of the Dead” at Frida Kahlo's iconic home in Mexico City

  

  A traditional Day of the Dead “offering” in Frida Kahlo's iconic home in Mexico City has taken on a wider artistic homage, with an exhibition helped by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier also remembering artists who have died in past pandemics.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 16:07 UTC

  Colombia's central bank pauses interest rate cuts as it gauges recovery strength

  

  Colombia became the latest emerging market to end a series of interest rate cuts, joining peers from Brazil to South Africa as it recovers from the pandemic. After the decision, the central bank said that Governor Juan Jose Echavarria will retire early next year.