Latin America
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:56:00 GMTFormer Peruvian Foreign Minister back in office
Peruvian former Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua has been appointed again for the job to replace Héctor Béjar, who resigned earlier this week after just 19 days in office.
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:52:00 GMTBolivian Prosecution files genocide charges against former President Áñez
Bolivia's Attorney General Juan Lanchipa announced Friday that his office had filed charges of “genocide” against former interim President Janine Áñez for the massacre of several opposition protesters in the 2019 events w...
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 18:30:00 GMTUS sanctions Cuban officers involved in repression against their own people
The United States sanctioned on Thursday three high ranking Cuban officials, the fourth round of punitive measures, in reply to the violent repression of anti-government protests that started on 11 July and shook the island's e...
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:25:00 GMTThe conquest of Mexico: civilizations that were doomed
By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the invaders after a long siege, and became Mexico City instead. It was a ...
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:03:00 GMTPeru's Parliament falls short of declaring Evo Morales persona non grata
Peruvian Congress turns down motion to declare Evo Morales "persona non grata"
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:05:00 GMTPAHO reports only one out of five Latin Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Delta variant sneaks in
A report released Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) showed that only one out of five Latin Americans had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:51:00 GMTIACHR reports summary executions in Bolivia 2019 uprising
A report released Tuesday by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) investigation group showed “summary executions” were carried out in Bolivia during the 2019 uprising which resulted in President Evo Morales'...
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:34:00 GMTPeru's FM resigns over comments regarding Navy's involvement in bomb attacks in the 1970s
Peru's Foreign Minister Héctor Béjar Tuesday handed in his resignation to President Pedro Castillo, which was accepted. “I am free again!” posted the departing official on social media.
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:45:00 GMTFugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation
Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:21:00 GMTPeruvian foreign minister, three weeks in the job, resigns
The Peruvian foreign minister Hector Bejar resigned on Tuesday following some controversial statements about the origins of terrorism in his country, thus becoming the first loss in the cabinet of president Pedro Castillo who t...