Latin America

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  US ambassador warns of “consequences” if Brazil chooses China's Huawei 5G network

  

  The US ambassador in Brasilia warned of “consequences” if Brazil chooses Chinese telecoms company Huawei to develop its 5G network, in an interview published Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Ecuador fishery resources threatened by a fleet of 260 Chinese vessels

  

  Ecuador is on alert due to the appearance of a huge fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged fishing vessels off its Galapagos Islands. Patrols are trying to ensure the fleet - which is made up of around 260 vessels - does not enter the delicate eco-system from international waters.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed

  

  A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 10:28 UTC

  Latin America, the region most impacted with the coronavirus

  

  Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a tally showed on Sunday, amid a surge of infections in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October

  

  Bolivia's general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Mayor of Mexico City warns of a possible resurgence of coronavirus cases

  

  The mayor of Mexico City warned on Friday of a possible resurgence of coronavirus cases in the sprawling capital in the coming months, noting that hospitalizations have been on the rise in recent days.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Video of desperate mother begging to save her husband from Covid-19 goes viral in Peru

  

  A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral. “Mr. President, Don't go!” screams a tearful Celia Capira as she begs for a hospital bed for her husband in the video shot on Sunday in Peru's second-largest city, Arequipa.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Ecuador promotes mining but with stricter regulation for waste dams

  

  Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds at a Vale site in Brazil last year.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Luxury presidential 787 Dreamline back in Mexico, following a failed sale

  

  The luxury presidential jet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to sell returned on Wednesday to Mexico, more than a year and a half after he sent it to the United States in search of a buyer.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Health officials admit Ecuadorean public hospitals and ICUs situation is critical

  

  The situation in the Ecuadoran capital Quito is critical due to the coronavirus epidemic Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos warned. Between April and July, public hospitals in Quito - home to 2.78 million - expanded their intensive care units from 61 to 162, Zevallos said in a nightly interview with the Teleamazonas network.