Latin America

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 12:41 UTC

  Alberto Fernández on tour, meets with Evo in Bolivia

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Argentina's presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández met Thursday evening in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to discuss Latin American region and possible future joint actions.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 12:24 UTC

  United States expels two members of Cuba's diplomatic mission to the UN

  

  The government of the United States has expelled two members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations due to their alleged involvement in “activities harmful to US national security,” according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus' posting Thursday on Twitter.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Probable cause for strange symptoms among US, Canadian diplomats in Cuba found

  

  Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority scientists Thursday claimed to have discovered the cause of strange symptoms found in recent years among US and Canadian diplomats in Havana, it was reported Thursday.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Child migrants could be held in detention for even longer under new rules 

  

  The Trump administration’s approach to border control has long been contentious, but now it looks set to become even more controversial following the introduction of new rules which could replace the current 1997 agreement.  

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  UK biggest foreign investor in Peru, underlines Ambassador Harrisson

  

  Britain's Ambassador to Peru Kate Harrisson Thursday highlighted that the United Kingdom is currently the biggest foreign investor in the Andean country, thanks to the sizeable mining projects currently under way.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:49 UTC

  Argentine firefighter hospitalised in Bolivia for smoke poisoning

  

  Argentine forest firefighter Jhonatan Villalva had to be ferried Wednesday to a medical facility after suffering from poisoning by smoke as a result of his deployment to the fire-plagued Chiquitanía area in Bolivia.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Major leak of information exposes personal data on line of almost the entire population of Ecuador

  

  Almost the entire population of Ecuador had their personal data leaked online, security experts said on Monday, a massive breach that the government called a “very delicate” issue.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Vatican will have a Permanent Observer at OAS

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, will have a new Permanent Observer, from the Vatican, Monsignor Mark Gerald Miles, who on Monday presented his credentials to Secretary-General Luis Almagro.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Nicaragua bars entry of OAS commission sent to broker end to the political crisis

  

  A commission from the Organization of American States seeking to help broker an end to a political crisis in Nicaragua said on Sunday the government of President Daniel Ortega had barred its entry into the Central American country.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 22:03 UTC

  Peru's highest court halved detention of Keiko Fujimori: she should be out in April

  

  Peru's Supreme Court halved the pre-trial detention of Keiko Fujimori, paving the way for the opposition leader to leave jail in April of next year. Fujimori, 44, was ordered held for 36 months last October in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.