Latin America

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Peruvian President launches Second Agrarian Reform from Cusco

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday announced the country's Second Agrarian Reform, which seeks to promote the social inclusion of more than 2 million agricultural producers, according to the government's plan.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Former Nicaraguan VP calls on international community not to validate Ortega's electoral stunt with all rivals jailed

  

  Former Vice President Sergio Ramírez has launched an appeal to the international community not to recognize the outcome of November's presidential elections in Nicaragua.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Eurnekian confirmed a US$ 2,300 million contract to build a dam in Neuquen

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that the Heliport and Panedile associated partners have been awarded the contract to build the Chihuido hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian province of Neuquen. The first company belongs to Eduardo Eurnekian and the second to the Dragonetti family.

• Sunday, October 3rd 2021 - 16:26 UTC

  Fire destroys half a small Honduran island

  

  At least 90 houses in the small Honduran island of Guanaja, a most coveted beach resort in the Caribbean Sea, have been brought down to its ashes Saturday when a fire broke out, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombian guerrillas warn there will be consequences for Fabián's killing

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest remaining armed group in the country, Friday warned the government that the killing of one of their leaders earlier this week would not go unpunished.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Ecuador eyes some 2,000 pardons after deadly prison riot

  

  The Government of Ecuador is considering the possibility of granting over 2,000 pardons to cut down on the country's jail population after this week's riot in a Guayaquil detention facility which resulted in 118 deaths.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Irregular migration and drug trafficking alongside Bolivia-Chile border keeps drawing concern

  

  While Chile's presidential delegate at Tarapacá, Miguel Ángel Quezada, accused Bolivia on Thursday of “not making any effort” to prevent the crossing of irregular migrants through the common border, authorities from both countries have formed four working groups to coordinate the fight against drug trafficking.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  At least 118 dead in Ecuadorian prison riot involving Mexican drug cartels

  

  Ecuador's police was still fighting to control a jailhouse in Guayaquil after a riot by inmates led to clashes that have so far resulted in 118 deaths in what turned out to be one of Latin America's worst prison massacres.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 20:57 UTC

  LATAM obtains financing to reorganize the group and begin exiting bankruptcy

  

  On Wednesday, LATAM airlines announced it had obtained committed financing of US$ 750 million as part of the Chapter 11 proceedings, allowing the company to improve its financing conditions and to start exiting the bankruptcy process

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian President Duque replies to criticism from his predecessor regarding FARC peace deal

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Wednesday told his predecessor Juan Manuel Santos he did not “engage in arguments with former presidents.”