Pacific Alliance

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 07:02 UTC

  AMLO wants a five-nation anti-inflation regional alliance

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who insisted Monday on dubbing his Peruvian colleague Dina Boluarte “a puppet,” has launched an initiative to tackle inflation with other regional leftwing leaders, namely Argentina's Alberto Fernandez, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 12:05 UTC

  At least 13 killed in Chile’s wildfires

  

  Chilean authorities Friday reported at least 13 people lost their lives amid the raging wildfire that is hitting several parts of the South American country. Two people died when a firefighting helicopter crashed during a mission and 11 others in Santa Juana.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

  

  Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Pacific Alliance in havoc; the group's summit re scheduled for second half of 2023

  

  The Pacific Alliance, the trade group made up of Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico is in havoc following the political and social situation in Peru, where president Pedro Castillo has been arrested following his attempt to close down congress.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:31 UTC

  Pacific Alliance Summit called off after political crisis in Peru

  

  Due to Wednesday's events in Lima, the Pacific Alliance Summit scheduled to take place later this month at the Peruvian capital has been postponed yet again, Mexico's Foreign Ministry announced.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Fernández tells Lacalle going solo is not the solution

  

  “When in a society the rules are broken, someone is breaking them,” Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit to kick off in Montevideo with CPTPP issue topping the agenda

  

  The 61st Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is starting Monday in Montevideo. During the two-day event, Uruguay is to hand over the six-month pro tempore presidency of the group to Argentina.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 17:55 UTC

  Lacalle's bold diplomacy compromises future of Mercosur

  

  Mercosur is facing yet a new crisis stemming from Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's eagerness to join any foreign trade alliance no matter what.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 22:42 UTC

  New impeachment request filed against Peruvian President

  

  The Peruvian Congress presented on Tuesday a request to dismiss president Pedro Castillo Terrones, for his alleged “moral incapacity” to hold office for the third time since he arrived the office, 16 months ago.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru's President lands in Chile for bilateral talks

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones and his entourage landed in Santiago on an official tour during which he is to participate in the IV Peru-Chile Binational Cabinet, among other engagements.