Latin America

• Sunday, May 26th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

  Peru: magnitude of 8.0 struck the Amazon jungle

  

  LIMA, Peru (AP) — A large earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck the Amazon jungle in north-central Peru early Sunday, the U.S. Geological survey reported.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 16:51 UTC

  Opposition deems strike in Nicaragua a success

  

  The streets of Nicaragua's main cities were empty and almost every store remained unopened during Thursday's nationwide strike which was considered a success by opposition leaders, it was reported.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaragua national strike to pressure the Ortega regime to release political prisoners

  

  Nicaragua's opposition on Wednesday called a 24-hour general strike to increase pressure on the government of President Daniel Ortega to release prisoners as agreed in peace talks between the two sides.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 10:33 UTC

  “The first time a vice president candidate names her presidential candidate”

  

  “It's the first time I've seen an aspiring vice-presidential candidate name here choice to head the presidential ticket”, said rather ironically Jaime Durán Barba, the main political advisor of Argentine president Mauricio Macri in reference to the surprise announcement of the Alberto Fernandez-Cristina Fernandez ticket for the coming October election.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  Latam posts a US$ 60 million loss in the first quarter: weak Argentine and Brazilian currencies

  

  Chile’s LATAM Airlines, the largest airline in the region, posted a US$ 60 million loss in the first quarter, compared with a US$ 92 million profit in the same period last year, due to a strong U.S. dollar and weak demand from Argentina.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Morales launches his presidential campaign for a fourth five-year term

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales launched this weekend his campaign for a fourth term, rejecting opposition allegations that he leads a corrupt and dictatorial government. Morales, 59, is Bolivia's first indigenous president and is aiming to be reelected in October.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  New North American trade pact closer as US lifts tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

  

  The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:17 UTC

  Peru wants China to help finance a railway to the heart of South America

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told news agency Reuters on Friday that China could partner with Bolivia and Peru on a massive intercontinental railway project that Peru once dismissed as too costly when pitched by China nearly three years ago.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  Smog disaster in Mexico City, all residents “smoking” half a pack of cigarettes a day

  

  Scientists say breathing the heavily polluted air in Mexico City these days is like smoking somewhere between a quarter-and a half-pack of cigarettes a day.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Sargassum killing Mexico and Caribbean beaches and tourism industry

  

  Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum – a seaweed-like algae – piling up on beaches and turning turquoise waters brown, and experts are warning that it may be the new normal.