Latin America

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Biden and Lopez Obrador agree to work on regional migration from Central America and Mexico

  

  United States president-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ¬Obrador, AMLO, over the weekend made a commitment to work on a humane strategy to regional migration by addressing its root causes in Central America and southern Mexico.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  A quarter of Mexicans, 31 million, have been exposed to Covid-19

  

  A quarter of Mexico's population, or 31 million people, has been exposed to COVID-19, according to preliminary results of an official survey, with 70% never showing symptoms.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Marshall Islands' record haul of drugs that drifted across the Pacific from Latin America

  

  Police in the Marshall Islands have discovered a record haul of drugs thought to have drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Latin America. About 649kg of cocaine was found hidden inside a vessel that had run ashore.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Putin, Bolsonaro and Lopez Obrador finally congratulate Joe Biden

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, more than a month after the Nov 3 election.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  UK and Mexico sign trade deal: savings of £59 million worth of duties

  

  The UK signed on Tuesday 15 December a trade deal with Mexico, locking in tariff-free trade and other benefits for British businesses and consumers. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement will particularly benefit the automotive, pharmaceutical, textiles, agriculture, food and drink industries and other manufacturing industries, the sectors where the UK has the highest amount of trade with Mexico.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 07:11 UTC

  FOX News Media streaming service available this week in Chile, Panama and Portugal

  FOX News Media’s international streaming service, will be made available in Chile, Panama and Portugal starting December 17th. The launch further expands the platform’s distribution to 30 countries worldwide, surpassing FOX News Media’s original goal of reaching 20 countries by year-end.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Machu Picchu closed again for security reasons and protests from local villages

  

  The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, closed its doors Monday for an indefinite period for security reasons amid protests by locals over train services, officials said.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Twenty Venezuelan “boat people” drown fleeing from the country

  

  The bodies of at least 20 migrants who were travelling by boat from Venezuela to the nearby Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago were found over the weekend, officials said.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Honduras claims two hurricanes caused damage equivalent to half its GDP

  

  Hurricanes Eta and Iota have caused about US$10 billion in damages in Honduras and affected more than 4 million people, the Central American country's foreign minister said on Monday as he called for international support.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Peru suspends trials with China's Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event”

  

  Peru suspended trials for China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event” that occurred with one of the volunteers for the study, the Peruvian government said in a statement on Saturday.