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Montevideo, May 17th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

    Petro calls Georgieva “a vampire”

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Bolivia and Chile boost diplomatic ties

    BoA will fly between Santa Cruz and Santiago twice a week with a stopover in Iquique

    Bolivia and Chile agreed during a ceremony Saturday at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz on mutual exemption of visas and residence permits for holders of diplomatic and official passports. The event took place as the first Boliviana de Aviación to Santiago -with a stopover in Iquique- was to depart.

  • Saturday, April 26th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Bolivian consul in La Quiaca found dead

    Coico Quispe was last seen leaving his home in La Paz, but his body was found on the Argentine side

    Vicente Esteban Coico Quispe, the 57-year-old Bolivian consul in the Argentine town of La Quiaca just across the border, was found dead after being reported missing since April 13, 2025. He had last been seen leaving his home in La Paz, Bolivia, and his body was discovered in La Quiaca, prompting a joint investigation by Bolivian and Argentine authorities.

  • Friday, April 25th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Bolivian VP nominated for UN top position

    Choquehuanca’s ancestral knowledge and qualifications were highlighted

    Bolivia’s Unity Pact, representing 36 indigenous-peasant nations, has nominated Vice President David Choquehuanca as an indigenous candidate for UN Secretary-General during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. The nomination aligns with the Latin American and Caribbean region’s turn for the position.

  • Friday, April 25th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Chubut Governor and Guatemalan Ambassador discuss possible joint initiatives

    Both Chubut and Guatemala have a wide natural wealth, Torres highlighted

    Governor Ignacio Torres of the Argentine province of Chubut met with Guatemala's Ambassador Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán on Thursday to discuss strengthening bilateral ties. “We received the Ambassador of Guatemala in Argentina, Héctor Espinoza Farfán, whom we declared Guest of Honor and with whom we started a joint work agenda, aimed at strengthening the commercial, business, and tourist exchange between both States,” Torres explained.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:48 UTC

    Peru's President denied Congressional clearance to attend Francis' funeral

    Unlike most countries to be represented at the highest level, Peru will send Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer

    Peru's Congress voted Wednesday by 45 to 40 and one abstention against allowing President Dina Boluarte to travel to the Vatican for Pope Francis' funeral. The decision came amid a domestic insecurity crisis, with opposition lawmakers criticizing the trip as unnecessary and extravagant. Instead, Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer will represent the South American country.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Former Colombian FM says Petro has a drug problem

    Petro replied that he was addicted to love

    Former Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva caused an international uproar when he published a letter saying President Gustavo Petro has a drug addiction problem. He insisted he noticed the matter during a joint official trip to France in 2023.

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil and Chile sign 13 agreements, including two key defense ones

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano and José Mucio Monteiro agreed to join forces to tackle common challenges

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano of Chile and José Mucio Monteiro of Brazil signed Tuesday two agreements: one for exchanging instructor officers between Chile’s Joint Peace Operations Training Center (Cecopac) and its Brazilian counterpart (Ccopab) to enhance peacekeeping training, and another for academic cooperation between Chile’s National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE) and the Brazilian Defense College (ESD) to advance research and training in security and defense.

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Boric lands in Brazil for 4-day State visit

    Boric and Lula are to discuss several strategic issues for the region

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed at the Brasilia Air Base Monday for a four-day state visit, during which he will meet President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to strengthen bilateral ties, among other engagements.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Argentina found to be Latin America's ”most hated” country

    China tops the list of most-hated countries worldwide

    According to a recent report by the website World Population Review, Argentina ranks 24th among the 30 “most hated” countries globally, making it the most negatively perceived country in Latin America. Mexico is second, at 28th. Argentina and Mexico are the only two Latin American nations on the list.