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Montevideo, July 7th 2025 - 18:10 UTC

Latin America

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Further international help arrives in Bolivia amid unstoppable fires

    We appreciate these important gestures of solidarity from friendly countries,” Arce wrote on social media

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday announced the arrival in the next few hours of firefighting teams from Venezuela, Uruguay, and Peru to combat the current crisis. “On behalf of the Bolivian people, we appreciate these important gestures of solidarity from friendly countries,” Arce wrote on social media.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Bolivian President explains the reasons behind the current crisis.

    Arce blamed Evo's government (in which he served as Economy Minister) for the crisis facing the current administration

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora explained during a TV appearance that lower oil and gas outputs have led the landlocked country to its current economic plight, resulting in the lack of fuel for domestic consumption and US dollars for foreign trade transactions. In his message on Bolivia TV, Arce also highlighted his Government's plan to reverse the ongoing crisis.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 13:27 UTC

    Heavy smoke from Bolivian fires threatens large parts of Argentina

    A cloud of thick smoke is expected to reach Buenos Aires between Monday and Tuesday

    A large cloud of smoke stemming from wildfires in Bolivia threatens to cover the skies of 15 Argentine provinces and even reach the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) between Monday and Tuesday, due to which “phenomena that may represent inconveniences or difficulties in the normal development in social life are expected,” according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Brazilian police and IDB sign cooperation agreement

    Rodrigues highlighted the importance of cooperation among police forces in the Americas

    Brazil's Federal Police Director General Andrei Rodrigues and the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) representative in South America's largest country Morgan Doyle Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces in the fight against organized crime as well as actions against the environment in the Amazon Basin. The ceremony took place during the XIV Ordinary Ameripol Summit in Foz do Iguaçu, bordering Paraguay and Argentina.

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 07:30 UTC

    Latin American Legacy in Olympics: A Torchbearer for the Region

    Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico have emerged as strongholds of regional olympism

    With performances full of passion, resilience, and athletic brilliance, Latin America has been inscribed in the Olympic history books. The region has maintained its status as a world sports powerhouse by being at the forefront of some of the most important sporting events, such as the 1968 Mexico City Games and the promise of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

  • Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    International community concerned about arrest warrant against González Urrutia

    Expecting Venezuelan authorities to do justice is “a legal absurdity,” according to the OAS

    Multiple voices from the international community expressed their concern Tuesday after Venezuela's Judiciary issued an arrest warrant against opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom many regard as the true winner of the July 28 presidential elections at which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claims to have prevailed but without submitting any evidence.

  • Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    Argentine man with monkeypox dies in Mexico

    Molina had also tested positive for HIV

    Santiago Molina, a 28-year-old man who contracted monkeypox and was hospitalized in Mexico, has died or a cardiac arrest, it was reported Tuesday. The patient passed away Sunday but the case only went public Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    US seizes aircraft belonging to Maduro's fleet

    Maduro's Dassault Falcon 900EX can seat up to 16 people

    Venezuela's Chavista Government Tuesday argued that the seizing in the Dominican Republic by US authorities of an aircraft occasionally used by President Nicolás Maduro constituted a “criminal” act of “piracy.”

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Two Colombian soldiers arrested in Russia after return from Ukraine during stopover in Caracas

    Medina shared his geolocation from the Venezuelan capital's airport during a stopover from Madrid. That was the last time their families had any contact with them.

    Two Colombian soldiers who fought alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia have been captured in Moscow after a mysterious disappearance during their journey home. José Arón Medina Aranda and Alexander Ante, who were last seen in Caracas on July 18 after landing from Madrid, have surfaced in a video showing them under arrest in Russia, where they are accused of being mercenaries.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

    Noboa extends state of emergency and curfews in parts of Ecuador

    Through Presidential Decree 377, Noboa extended the extraordinary measures for another 30 days

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday extended for another 30 days the state of emergency in six provinces and one canton given the “serious internal commotion” due to criminal violence. Noboa's decree provided for the extension of the measure in force since July 2 in Los Rios, Guayas, Santa Elena, Manabi, and El Oro, as well as in the Amazonian province of Orellana and the canton (municipality) Camilo Ponce Enríquez, in the province of Azuay.