Latin America

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.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 13:16 UTC
Maduro wants Guaidó jailed for a photo with two members of a Colombian drug group

Venezuela's state prosecutor's office said on Friday it would open an investigation into Juan Guaido after the interior minister presented photos on state television showing the opposition leader in the company of two suspected members of a Colombian drug-trafficking group.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 13:03 UTC
Hard-time “Special period” creeping back in Cuba, diesel shortage and long queues

Havana awoke on Thursday to long lines at gas stations and public transportation stops after President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned fellow Cubans to expect fuel shortages and blackouts that he blamed on US sanctions.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:08 UTC
Cuban King censor exposed to some of his own medicine by Twitter

Twitter has restored some of the accounts of Cuban state-run media, journalists and government officials it had blocked on Wednesday, although others like that of Communist Party leader Raul Castro remain suspended.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:56 UTC
Following a US judge decision to keep a Peruvian ex president in jail, the former ex first lady is dragged out of the courtroom

A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 22:37 UTC
US unearths cold war inter-American defense treaty to warn Venezuela's military and political threats

The government of Venezuela has denounced the US invocation of a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty on behalf of the opposition in Caracas, a move which clears the way for military intervention in the Latin American country.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:34 UTC
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump's asylum policy for immigrants at US/Mexico border

The US Supreme Court granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:00 UTC
Mexico to apply sales tax on Netflix, Apple, Spotfy, Amazon Prime

A Mexican sales tax on foreign digital businesses providing audio or visual services could generate tax revenue of about 3.6 billion pesos (US$ 185 million) a year, a senior lawmaker in Mexico’s ruling party said on Tuesday.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 18:56 UTC
The Mexican Treasury to the rescue of debt-laden oil company Pemex

Mexico's US$5 billion rescue package to pay down debt at Pemex is a one-of-a-kind transaction that should give the struggling state oil company breathing space to focus on output and costs, Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio said.