Latin America
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:56:00 GMTArgentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms
Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpo...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:50:00 GMTCastillo to be Peru's next president after all
Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:40:00 GMTBolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador
The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from ...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:39:00 GMTForgotten Latin America; EU can ill afford to ignore its strategic importance
By Ana Palacio (*) – The EU well knows that when it comes to expanding its influence within a country or region, China plays the long game. But China is also adept at identifying opportunities to make rapid progress, and Lat...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:20:00 GMTChile leads the region on its way to sustainable energy-powered cars
As the leading country in the region on the road to new sources of energy for vehicles, Chile last week added a new charging point for battery-powered engines next to the Nueva Angostura tollbooth and is the first of a total of...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:05:00 GMTArgentina and Bolivia have bills in Parliament to boost transitioning to e-cars
Just as the European Commission sent a bill last week to the European Parliament regarding electric vehicles, the Governments of Argentina and Bolivia are also taking similar paths.
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:49:00 GMTCharges filed against former Argentine President Macri for helping overthrow Evo in Bolivia
Argentine prosecutors have agreed to file charges against former President Mauricio Macri and several senior officials for allegedly supporting the overthrowing of Evo Morales in November 2019.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:40:00 GMTColombian court hears new charges against Army staff allegedly involved in human rights violations
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has filed charges Thursday against 15 members of the national army of “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” it was announced.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:04:00 GMTParaná river reaches historic lows; worst part far from over
The Paraná River had descended yet another three centimeters over the last 24 hours in front of the former capital of Argentina named after it (1853-1860) for a total of 17 centimeters below sea level.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:38:00 GMTState of exception decreed in Ecuador due to covid-19 Delta variant and Delta Plus subvariant
Upon confirmation of the presence of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Sars-Cov-2, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Wednesday decreed a state of exception focused exclusively on the areas where those detections have ...