Latin America
Mon, 02 May 2022 09:23:00 GMTTurkey entices Latin American leaders to get Putin, Zelensky to discuss end to war
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu insisted over the weekend that the Government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was conducting a series of efforts to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
Mon, 02 May 2022 07:48:00 GMTFormer Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84
Former Cuban Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón died Saturday night in Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Sunday. Alarcón was 84. He was a widower and is survived by a da...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:54:00 GMTTurkish FM signs bilateral agreements on his Caracas visit
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Friday signed in Caracas a series of agreements between his country and Venezuela in areas such as financial economy, agriculture and fishing, tourism, sports, health and medicine, ...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:54:00 GMTSlowdown deepens in Latin America with regional growth forecasted at 1,8% this year, ECLAC report
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean face a complex situation in 2022 because of the Russia/Ukraine war with its shadow of uncertainty for the world economy. This is negatively affecting global growth, and at region...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:50:00 GMTState of emergency declared in violence-torn Ecuadorian provinces
President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency for two months in three of Ecuador's provinces where the crime rate has reached historic levels, it was announced.
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:45:00 GMTPresidents Biden, López Obrador discuss migration over the phone
US President Joseph Biden and his Mexican colleague Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) were reported Friday to have had a "very constructive and cordial" telephone conversation, according to White House sources.
Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:06:00 GMTUruguayan President was invited by Boris Johnson and will travel to the UK
The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, was invited by the government of the United Kingdom to meet with the Prime Minister of that country, Boris Johnson. He will travel to that country at the end of May or the beginning o...
Fri, 29 Apr 2022 22:26:00 GMTBuenos Aires' Aeroparque opens up to Colombian routes
Argentina's National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) announced earlier this week that it was allowing flights to and from Colombia could operate at Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport (AEP / SABE).
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:56:00 GMTMerely 7% of Peruvians believe new constitution a priority
According to a survey published Wednesday by Lima's El Comercio, only 7% of Peruvians believed a new Constitution was among the people's priorities.
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:50:00 GMTLatin America in a “pre-explosive” situation, democracy is not delivering, Latin Barometer
Latin America is going through a critical “pre-explosive” moment with traditional democracy in decadence, “one out of two Latin Americans want someone to solve their problems, even ignoring the law”