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Montevideo, April 8th 2025 - 09:27 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, March 11th 2024 - 11:04 UTC

    Paraguay, the best place in the region for business, says FGV

    Paraguay topped the FGV report while Argentina climbed significantly with the first measures announced by President Milei

    The Latin American Economic Climate Index (ICE) released this weekend by Brazil's Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) highlighted Paraguay as the Mecca for business ventures in the region given the country's outstanding performance.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Haiti's PM in Puerto Rico, not resigning, for now

    The international community still recognizes Henry as Haiti's PM but gang leader “Barbecue” wants him out

    Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sought shelter in Puerto Rico after his aircraft was denied a landing clearance by the Dominican Republic, it was reported Wednesday. Henry is unable to return to Port-au-Prince where gang groups threaten that a bloodbath will occur should he refuse to resign.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:09 UTC

    Adrianzén Olaya sworn in as Peru's new Prime Minister

    Adrianzén Olaya resigned as Justice Minister in 2015 to avoid impeachment

    Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new Prime Minister (technically chairman of the Council of Ministers) following Alberto Otárola Peñaranda's resignation on Tuesday amid an influence-peddling scandal involving the hiring of a woman he called “my love” at the Defense Ministry.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 22:55 UTC

    María Corina Machado hits back at Lula da Silva's criticism: “Me crying, President Lula?”

    “Me crying, President Lula? Are you saying that because I'm a woman? You don't know me. I am fighting to assert the right of millions of Venezuelans who voted for me,” said Machado.

    María Corina Machado, the opposition candidate elected in Venezuela's October primary elections, has responded strongly to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's recent comments indirectly criticizing her candidacy.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Peru's Prime Minister resigns amid influence-peddling scandal

    Otárola thanked President Boluarte for her confidence during the 440 days he remained in office

    Alberto Otárola Peñaranda has turned in his resignation as chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position also referred to as that of the “Prime Minister,” after a scandal involving one irregular hiring went public, it was reported in Lima on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Second case of local dengue reported in Uruguay

    It was a different subtype of dengue from the one announced last Friday, Uruguay's Health Ministry explained

    Uruguayan health authorities confirmed Monday the second case of autochthonous dengue in the country, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 02:02 UTC

    Mexico displaced China in 2023 as the US main trading partner

    Mexico still imports most of the natural gas used in industrial settings from the US. S&P Global notes that those areas are already saturated and would need more infrastructure.

    During 2023 Mexico became the leading sources of goods imported by the United States, displacing China for the first time in more than twenty years. According to the US Department of Commerce Mexico's resurgence signals a significant shift in global commerce dynamics.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    Lula brings spotlight onto Gaza crisis during Celac speech

    Lula spoke of a “carnage” in the Middle East

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday brought before the United Nations a proposal from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to end “the genocide” in the Gaza Strip. During his speech at the 8th Celac Summit in Kingstown (St Vincent and the Grenadines), the South American leader also referred to the situation in the Middle East as a “carnage.”

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Strengthening Celac key to avoid return to colonial order, Bolivian president says

    Arce also met with his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss the expansion of trade and investment in infrastructure and natural gas exploration in Bolivian territory

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora said Friday in Kingstown (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), said that strengthening the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and every regional integration space was the only alternative to war to fend off any foreign interference seeking the return to the “already outlawed” colonial order. He made those remarks during his speech at the 8th Celac Summit.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    First case of autochthonous dengue reported in Uruguay

    The Montevideo resident was in Maldonado at the time of the detection but has been discharged from hospital

    Uruguay's Health Ministry confirmed Friday the first case of autochthonous dengue in the country. There are currently 32 confirmed cases of imported infections, according to Montevideo outlets. The last autochthonous case in Uruguay dates back to 2020 and only three detections were registered in the country in the past four years.