Latin America

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  No mandatory jab for Copa America players in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Monday announced players taking part in the upcoming Copa América shall not be required to be vaccinated, contrary to what had been announced last week.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Kamala Harris tackles migration on Guatemala, Mexico tour

  

  US Vice President Kamala Harris rounded up her first official foreign mission in Mexico City by underlining the need to tackle the “root causes” of migration as crowds at the southwestern border grow by the hour.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Chile continues with deportation of Venezuelan migrants

  

  The Government of Chile has deported on a plane to Caracas a total of 56 Venezuelan citizens who were allegedly involved in trafficking of minors, drugs, robberies or simply entered the country irregularly, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:15 UTC

  AMLO loses legislative majority in Mexican Lower House

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) centre-left ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) which lost the qualified majority in the Lower House after Sunday's elections.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru: Fujimori slightly ahead but too soon to celebrate – exit polls show otherwise

  

  Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori was slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo Monday dawn as provisional results of Peru's presidential runoff were being announced by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  US VP Harris on Latin America mission to deal with migrants' crisis

  

  Vice President Kamala Harris left Washington Sunday aboard on an official tour to Guatemala and Mexico to deal with the crisis involving migrants going through those countries as well as through Honduras and El Salvador on their way to an illegal entry into the United States.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass

  

  Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  CNP to go on protesting as dialogue with Colombian government yields no progress

  

  Colombia's National Strike Committee (CNP) Sunday decided to push through with marches and demonstrations as a dialogue with the administration of President Iván Duque was leading nowhere.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosur's rules.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Latin America unemployment in 2021 forecast at 11.1%, according to ILO

  

  The International Labor Organization (ILO) Friday issued a report according to which 28 million Latin Americans are in a situation of working poverty due to the pandemic, for an overall unemployment rate of 11.1% in the region for the year 2021.