Latin America

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:50 UTC

  Removal of Peruvian president depends on his greatest adversary and head of opposition, Keiko Fujimori

  

  The Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, the greatest adversary of President Martín Vizcarra, rejected this Sunday the motion to remove the president and urged Congress to act with “prudence”.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  US bankruptcy judge rejects Latam Airlines financing proposal

  

  A U.S. bankruptcy judge rejected a US$ 2.4 billion financing plan for struggling LATAM Airlines on the grounds that a convertible loan included as part of the package would amount to “improper” treatment of other shareholders.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:14 UTC

  Deaths and rioting: Colombian defense minister apologizes for police brutality that triggered Bogotá protests

  

  Colombia's defense minister apologized on Friday on behalf of the national police for an incident of police brutality that sparked two nights of protests that rocked parts of the capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha, leaving 11 dead and hundreds injured.

• Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Peruvian opposition want to sack the economy minister in the midst of the country's worst plunge

  

  Peruvian opposition lawmakers filed a censure motion to oust the government’s economy minister, underscoring political tensions as the country rides out its deepest economic plunge in decades due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Trump's candidate will be the next president of the Inter-American Development bank

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to run Latin America’s main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekend’s election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S. citizen run the bank for the first time in 61 years.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Latin America passed 300,000 confirmed deaths of coronavirus and 8 million contagion cases

  

  The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Latin America passed 300,000 on Wednesday, according to several independent tallies, with the virus showing no signs of abating in the world's worst-hit region.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  More cruise companies cancelling sailings including circling South America

  

  Princess Cruises announced on Tuesday that it is cancelling sailings in early 2021 “due to limitations with border and port access.” The company also cited the “uncertainty of airline travel” as a reason for the cancellations, which will impact 29 sailings on two ships.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Colombia opened South America's longest road tunnel, 8,5 kilometers

  

  Colombia opened South America’s longest road tunnel, the Tunel de la Linea, on Friday after more than a decade of construction work. The tunnel, which is 8.65 km long, aims to reduce the time and cost of moving goods from the Pacific port city of Buenaventura to the centre of the country.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Fantastic prehistoric cemetery of extinct giants found at construction site of future Mexican airport

  

  The remains of dozens of the extinct mammoth giants and other prehistoric creatures skeletons have been found in Zumpango on the northern edge of Mexico City, which sits on an ancient lake bed and where a new airport was to be built.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Costa Cruises cancels all South America 2020/21 cruises, but accepts booking for 2021/22 season

  

  Costa Cruises resumed sailing in Italy but also took the step of canceling its 2020-21 season in South America. All South America cruises from November 2020 to April 2021 were canceled by the Costa Fascinosa, Costa Luminosa, and Costa Pacifica.