Latin America

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Public school teachers strike in Colombia: seven million children without classes

  

  Public school teachers in Colombia launched a two-day strike on Thursday to protest violence against the profession and killings of activists and other community leaders, leaving more than 7 million children without classes.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 18:24 UTC

  Brazilian delegation in Mexico trying to lobby rice exports

  

  A delegation of Brazilian rice producers is on a mission to Mexico this week to lobby for a cut in the 20% tariff their exports face in the lucrative Mexican market, a reduction they say could enable them to compete with U.S. rivals.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 13:23 UTC

  LATAM sued for the alleged rape of a child flying unaccompanied

  

  A man in Florida is suing one of Latin America's largest airlines, saying his 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted by an airline employee while traveling as an unaccompanied minor from Brazil to the U.S.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:45 UTC

  Colombia orders Facebook to strengthen security measures to protect users personal data

  

  Colombia issued an ultimatum to Facebook, telling the Silicon Valley-based tech giant it must strengthen its security measures to better protect users' personal data in the Andean country.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  Cuba short of oil forced to burn old tyres to power factories

  

  The Cuban government has ordered a cement factory to burn old tyres to power its operations and save on oil, amid a worsening fuel shortage brought on by US sanctions on the Communist island.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:24 UTC

  Mexican government accused of failing to protect a murdered seven year old girl despite family pleas

  

  Relatives of a seven-year-old girl murdered in Mexico said on Monday the government had failed to protect her despite their pleas, while President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appeared to blame the crime on neo-liberal economics.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists in a good relation with Argentina, and insists in meeting with Alberto Fernandez

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he wants a “good relationship” with Argentina and it is up to the foreign ministers of both countries to agree on a meeting with his peer Alberto Fernandez, since the announced summit scheduled for March first in Montevideo, had fallen through.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:16 UTC

  OAS Electoral Mission in the Dominican Republic asked to remain until 15 March

  

  The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) is considering extending its stay in the Dominican Republic for the elections of March 15, due to the requests it has received from all political sectors of the country.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Venezuela urgently shipping oil to fuel-short Cuba and its crippled its sugar and tourism industries

  

  Venezuela's state energy firm PDVSA has been shipping more oil this month to close ally Cuba, as tighter U.S. sanctions have worsened fuel shortages on the Caribbean island, according to sources.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Women hound Mexican president following the horrific murder of Ingrid and pictures or her dismembered body

  

  Demonstrators in Mexico City, outraged by the horrific murder of a 25-year-old woman, sprayed graffiti on the presidential palace and disrupted President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily press conference.