Latin America

Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 18:17 UTC
Evo Morales and entourage in Buenos Aires to stay as a political refugees

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday landed at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport amid tight security and top secrecy to settle in the country where he has been granted political asylum, Foreign Minister Felipe Sola told reporters. “He feels better here than in Mexico,” Solá added. “He is here to stay,” he went on.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:25 UTC
Bolivia’s Interim Government rejects the IACHR report on violence after elections

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report that describes the violence that was generated in Bolivia after the general elections as a “massacre”. For the interim government in charge of Senator Jeanine Áñez, the report is “totally biased” and “does not reflect reality.”
Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 23:17 UTC
Argentina needs to get back on its feet first, says new President

Argentina's new president Alberto Fernández highlighted Tuesday in his opening speech that his country needs to get back on its feet before anything else after four years of inadequate management by his predecessor Mauricio Macri, as he launched a series of proposals to bounce back from recession and social fracture.
Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 11:32 UTC
Charges against Evo Morales filed before ICC, law firm announces

Charges for crimes against humanity against former Bolivian President Evo Morales have been filed by November 30 last before The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, a Paris-based law firm confirmed on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 13:52 UTC
Mexico pulls ambassador from Buenos Aires after being caught red handed

Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Monday ordered the prompt return of Ambassador Oscar Ricardo Valero Recio Becerra from his Argentina commission after surveillance footage caught the diplomat red-handed trying to shoplift a nine-US-dollar book from an iconic Buenos Aires bookstore.
Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazil will send no delegate to Argentine president Fernandez inauguration, media reports

Brazil’s government scrapped plans to send a delegate to Alberto Fernandez’s inauguration ceremony in Argentina, representing an escalation in tensions between South America’s top economies.
Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Guyana optimistic it will win the Esequibo dispute at the International Court of Justice

President David Granger is optimistic that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will dispense a ruling in Guyana’s favor in the border case with Venezuela. The Guyanese president expressed these sentiments while appearing on the popular radio program, Hot Seat.
Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Peru agrees to promote US investments in the country to counter Beijing influence

Lima and Washington are in the final stages of talks on a deal to promote American investments in Peru as part of a U.S. initiative to counter Chinese influence in the region, Peruvian diplomatic sources said.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro calls on Mercosur for a quick implementation of the trade agreement with the EU

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Mercosur trade block needs to hurry up and implement agreements the group has negotiated.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Paraguay takes the chair of a quarrelsome strained Mercosur

Brazil on Thursday handed over the six-month rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc (Southern Common Market) to Paraguay. During a ceremony at the bloc's 55th summit in Bento Goncalves, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro expressed confidence in his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez and his leadership skills.