Latin America

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  Ecuador voted to ban mining and oil drilling in an Amazon national park

  

  The Ecuadorian electorate voted on Sunday against oil drilling, according to results of an election-day referendum published early Monday. Voters were asked whether to ban mining in the highlands and further oil drilling in Yasuni National Park in the Amazon.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:30 UTC

  Elections in Ecuador: González and Noboa advance to runoff

  

  Luisa González of former President Rafel Correa's Revolucion Ciudadana (RC) was the most-voted candidate in Sunday's elections in Ecuador marred by last week's murder of Movimiento Construye's (MC) hopeful Fernando Villavicencio.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:25 UTC

  Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León wins Guatemalan elections

  

  Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center-left Semilla (Seed) Movement, a sociologist with a PhD in Philosophy and also the son of a former head of state, will become Guatemala's next president after Sunday's landslide at the runoff victory over former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova of the National Unity of Hope (UNE)

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Cuban leader reaffirms support for Angola

  

  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel ratified this weekend during an official trip to Luanda his country's support to the Angolan government, it was reported.

• Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Ecuador: 3 people arrested in Manta mayor murder probe

  

  Ecuadorian authorities Friday announced the arrest of three people suspected of being involved in the July 23 murder of Manta Mayor Agustín Intriago and a young woman when gunmen opened fire at a municipal construction site.

• Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

  Peru: Congress Speaker to be removed?

  

  The new Speaker of Peru's one-house Congress, first in line to succeed President Dina Booluarte in case of vacancy, has stepped under the spotlight following a barrage of allegations linking him to cases of corruption.

• Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Russia and Bolivia deepen nuclear alliance

  

  Following talks in Moscow involving local, Venezuelan, and Bolivian military chiefs this week, the first Russian nuclear reactor vessel has arrived in La Paz, it was reported. The Aug. 16 gathering took place after Bolivia signed a “preventive and corrective maintenance” agreement with Iran for the use of drones in border control activities.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Sunday presidential elections in two countries where entrenched violence and corruption prevail, Ecuador and Guatemala

  

  Next Sunday two Latin American countries suffering from extreme political turmoil will head to the polls in presidential elections, which hopefully can help both countries overcome situations of death, ongoing violence, and blatant corruption.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Lula and Pepe to help Cuba open up

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica is planning a trip to Havanna together with Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to persuade the Cuban government of Miguel Díaz-Canel to pursue the path of greater openness regarding foreign relations and economy, it was reported Thursday in Montevideo.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 09:32 UTC

  Ecuador: Presidential candidate unharmed after gunshots

  

  Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after a shooting took place in his campaign closing rally ahead of the Aug. elections, it was reported in Quito.