Latin America
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 20:00:00 GMTPuerto Rico formally out of bankruptcy
The Government of Puerto Rico Tuesday announced the largest public debt restructuring in US history, thanks to which the island has formally managed to avoid bankruptcy after a debt of US$ 70 billion seven years ago was beyond ...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:50:00 GMTMercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list
Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Cost...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:38:00 GMTEcuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency
Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:32:00 GMTPeru's Parliament to debate impeaching President Castillo, yet again
Peru's Congress Monday passed by 76 voted in favor, 41 against, and one abstention a motion to debate the impeachment of President Pedro Castillo Terrones for "permanent moral unfitness" to hold office.
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:29:00 GMTArrest warrant issued in Argentina against Diosdado Cabello
Argentine surrogate Judge Mariela Alejandra Giménez has issued an arrest warrant against Venezuela's Government leader Diosdado Cabello, number two of the ruling PSUV, should he try to enter the country. Authorities believe Ca...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:21:00 GMTMercociudades launches ambitious agenda in Montevideo
An international meeting in Montevideo of municipal authorities from cities all over Latin America has come up last week with a large list of conclusions and recommendations for the times to come and an agenda with more than fi...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:15:00 GMTFormer Peruvian President back in jail after hospital discharge
Alberto Fujimori has been discharged Monday from the private Lima clinic where he had been taken to earlier this month due to a heart failure and was subsequently taken back to jail, his daughter and opposition leader Keiko Fuj...
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:27:00 GMTPuebla Group supports Argentina's agreement with the IMF
World leaders gathered under the Puebla Group have expressed their support to Argentine President Alberto Fernández for the deal reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and for its "overwhelming approval in Congress...
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:19:00 GMTBoric would like Chile to resume full ties with Bolivia
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday urged his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora to resume diplomatic ties, which were severed in the 1970s.
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:54:00 GMTColombia turns to the left in historic vote
Colombian voters have taken a turn for the left following Sunday's historic support for Senator Gustavo Petro, who has been singled out in recent polls as the favorite to win the May 29 presidential elections.