Latin America

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina and Cuba to join forces against the coronavirus pandemic

  

  Health authorities of Cuba and Argentina Friday ratified their mutual commitment to strengthening cooperative relations in biotechnology to improve the quality of life of people in both countries, it was announced.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Three more die in day marking first month of unrest in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Friday ordered the deployment of military forces in the city of Cali to support the local police in preserving peace amid growing unrest and violence, which left three more people dead.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Minister Guedes says Brazil favors the modernizing of Mercosur

  

  “We are liberal but not stupid,” said Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Thursday during a virtual event where he explained that his country has no intention of leaving Mercosur, but it does want to modernize it.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  IACHR still waiting for full green light to land in violence-torn Colombia

  

  As protests and violence remain part of Colombia's “normal” landscape, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) continues to wait for an official response from the Government to visit the country.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Peru's government extends state of emergency for yet another month as presidential runoff looms over

  

  The government of Peru Thursday decided to extend the current state of emergency, which has been in force since March 2020, for yet another month to bring down the number of covid-19 infections, it was announced. Current restrictions were to end on May 31.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Family Planning in Latin America threatened as women and pregnant mothers prove most vulnerable to Covid

  

  The coronavirus pandemic is affecting women more than men in Latin America and pregnant mothers above all, threatening to roll back 20 years of advances in access to family planning, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Demonstrators back to the streets in Colombia

  

  Demonstrators showed up yet again Wednesday in the streets of most Colombian cities to protest against the government of President Iván Duque.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Covid-19 deals 10-year setback to Latin America income levels, IMF top official says

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Director of the Western Hemisphere Department Alejandro Werner has said that the current coronavirus pandemic will result in a 10-year setback to the income levels of the region.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolivia's economy grows 5.3% in between January and April 2021

  

  Economic activity in Bolivia has grown 5.3% from January to April 2021, according to The Global Index of Economic Activity (IGAE), Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Moscow reacts to claims by Colombian Minister that Russia was behind the ongoing political unrest

  

  Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned Colombian ambassador Alfonso Lopez Caballero following remarks by Bogotá's Defense Minister Diego Molano, who claimed that Moscow was behind ”cyberattacks” linked to the political unrest the South Amerian country is going through.