Latin America

Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:59 UTC
Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card

Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed on Monday in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses. More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled an economic and political crisis in their home country that has caused widespread shortages of food and medicine.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Argentine court rejects request to throw out a corruption case against ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

An Argentine court rejected on Monday a request from lawyers to throw out a corruption case against former president and current vice-presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:18 UTC
Morales suspends re-election campaigning and calls for aid to fight blazes in the Bolivian Amazon

Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he is open to international aid to fight the blazes that have engulfed rural villages and doubled in size since Thursday. Morales is also suspending his campaign for re-election for at least a week, just two months from election day, to focus on the wildfires.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 17:56 UTC
New fires raging in the Amazon; agriculture sector warns Bolsonaro: “nationalistic bravado will not win the game”

Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed, as thousands of troops were made available to help fight the worst blazes in years following a global outcry. Multiple fires billowing huge plumes of smoke into the air were seen across a vast area of the northwestern state of Rondonia.
Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Forest fires in Bolivia: half a million hectares, 1.700 fighters and a Super tanker

Bolivian authorities warned this week that 70% of the department of Santa Cruz — where more than a quarter of the country's population lives — is under “extreme risk” from forest fires. According to the government, nearly 500,000 hectares of forest have now been turned into ashes.
Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Bolsonaro suggests green groups started the blaze in the Amazon to blame him

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a firestorm on social media, with President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday suggesting green groups started the blazes. Images of fires purportedly devouring sections of the world's largest rainforest have gone viral on Twitter.
Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Tougher rules at US borders: no limit for migrant children's detention and an end to birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump's administration announced on Wednesday that it would remove tough legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained as part of its broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Ecuador combats pollution: recyclable plastic bottles exchanged for money to buy local transport tickets

Looking after the environment is paying off in Ecuador, at least for public transport users in the business hub of Guayaquil. A new scheme aimed at combating garbage and pollution allows people to exchange recyclable plastic bottles for money to buy bus tickets.
Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Argentine presidential candidate Fernandez favors the Mexico/Uruguay position in the Venezuela conflict

Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday that if he wins the October election he would join Mexico and Uruguay in promoting dialogue with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Stabilizing the Peso, priority of the new Argentina finance minister; markets still unconvinced

Argentina's new finance minister made stabilizing the country's battered currency his top priority on Tuesday, while still pledging to meet commitments made to the International Monetary Fund, which is sending a team to Buenos Aires.