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Montevideo, June 20th 2026 - 11:18 UTC

Latin America

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 21:13 UTC

    President of Uruguay criticizes Prosur for “generating another integration with ideological purpose”

    “We are the most integrationist region in the world, We have an enormous vocation for integration, but it is the most inefficient: we superpose one process to another and another, until when?” Vazquez

    Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez questioned on Thursday the Colombian-Chilean initiative to create a new integration bloc to replace the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and argued that the region has a number of integration processes that collide and they become inefficient.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 17:13 UTC

    Renew political commitment at the South-South Cooperation summit in Buenos Aires

    Guterres believes that the ambitious and transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can not be achieved without the ideas, energy and tremendous ingenuity of the countries of the South

    The member states of the South-South Cooperation Plan will meet in Buenos Aires from March 20 to 23 to launch a new strategy with a view to implementing the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 within the framework of the Second High-Level Conference of United Nations on South-South Cooperation, PABA +40. The event will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the approval of the Buenos Aires Action Plan and awaits a “renewed political commitment” from participating States.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

    Bolivia will host the World Travel Awards Latin American ceremony in June

    A fast emerging tourism destination, Bolivia is a country of incredible beauty, from luxury resorts on the shore of Lake Titicaca to the amazing salt flats of Uyuni (in Pic)

    World Travel Awards (WTA) has revealed that its Latin American Ceremony 2019 will be hosted in La Paz, Bolivia on 13th July 2019. The leading figureheads, decision-makers and influencers of Latin America’s travel and tourism industry are scheduled to attend the ceremony, which will mark WTA’s first visit to Bolivia.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 06:57 UTC

    Ex Peruvian president spends a night in California jail for drunkenness

    Toledo is wanted in Peru over allegations he received US$20 million in bribes from Brazilian construction Odebrecht

    Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who is facing extradition from the United States over corruption charges, was briefly jailed for public intoxication after getting drunk in a California restaurant, local police said on Monday.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

    Argentina and Colombia will host the 2020 Copa America; US proposal rejected

    The next edition of the tournament, usually played by all 10 South American nations and at least two invited guests, is due to be held in Brazil in June.

    The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has rejected a proposal from the United States and awarded the 2020 Copa America tournament to Argentina and Colombia. CONMEBOL officials meeting in Miami on Wednesday said the joint bid was accepted as a way of “bringing South American football to the fans” and would be subject to a more detailed presentation by both countries.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 20:09 UTC

    The best and the worst city to live in Latin America

    The Uruguayan capital is positioned above cities such as Buenos Aires or Santiago de Chile because of its relatively relaxed political and social environment (Photo: Nicolás Pereyra)

    Caracas, in the last place, and Montevideo ranks as the two opposite poles of the list of cities ordered by quality of life in Latin America in 2019, according to Mercer. The capital of Austria, Vienna, ranked for the tenth consecutive year as the best in the world.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

    Peru cabinet reshuffle: new prime minister but Finance and Mines remain

    Salvador Del Solar (right), 48, served as culture minister for about a year under former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who resigned in a graft scandal a year ago.

    Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra swore in actor and former Culture Minister Salvador del Solar as his new prime minister in a cabinet shuffle that may help shore up his slipping approval ratings.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

    Shell agrees offshore oil exploration contracts in Colombia

    Shell will explore blocks COL 3 and GUA OFF 3, which cover about ​​880,000 hectares.

    Colombia’s government announced it had signed two exploration and production contracts with Shell in offshore areas of the Caribbean Sea that will require the company to make initial investments of US$ 100 million.

  • Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

    Nicaragua negotiations stalled until Ortega releases all political prisoners

    The opposition said it would “return to the negotiating table only when the government provides convincing signs they want to find solutions to the crisis”.

    Negotiations aimed at resolving a months-long crisis in Nicaragua stalled Sunday when the opposition called on President Daniel Ortega's government to release all political prisoners before any new talks. The opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy said it would “return to the negotiating table only when the government of Nicaragua provides the country with convincing signs they want to find solutions to the crisis,” which began in April 2018.

  • Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 19:16 UTC

    Colombia: Plane crash leaves a dozen dead

    12 people would have died after the disaster

    A DC-3 model aircraft with registration number HK2494 that had been declared in emergency fell on Saturday to land in the center-east of Colombia after not finding where to land, local media reported.