Latin America
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:53:00 GMTDecolonization C24 Pacific Regional Seminar opens in Saint Lucia
St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre, will this Wednesday 11th May, formally open a United Nations Seminar on Decolonization, which is to be held at the Sandals Grande Hotel until 13th May 2022.
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:35:00 GMTBachelet urges Ecuador to follow UNHCHR roadmap to end prison massacres
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso to take concrete measures to bring to an end the ongoing streak of prison massacres, following Monday's riot at ...
Tue, 10 May 2022 21:55:00 GMTParaguayan anti-drug prosecutor shot dead while honeymooning in Colombia
Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, whose area of expertise was the fight against drug trafficking, has been shot dead Tuesday while on a honeymoon trip on the Colombian island of Baru near the city of Cartagena, it was report...
Tue, 10 May 2022 10:23:00 GMTThree arrested in connection with grenade attack at Bolivian university
Bolivian authorities confirmed later Monday they had arrested three people in connection with the explosion of a gas grenade at the Tomás Frías University in Potosí, which resulted in the deaths of four students who were att...
Tue, 10 May 2022 10:19:00 GMTTwo more Ecuadorian prison inmates killed
The latest episode in the saga of Ecuadorian prison riots has left at least two inmates killed and five others injured at the penitentiary in Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas, it was reported Monday by the National Service of In...
Tue, 10 May 2022 09:54:00 GMTLATAM restructuring plan to be tested 17 May in New York; junior creditors dissent
LATAM Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in the United States in 2020 after being hit by the coronavirus-related travel downturn, said around 65% of its low-ranking creditors had backed the restructuring plan, which it said w...
Tue, 10 May 2022 09:34:00 GMTParaguayan FM, US Ambassdor to Asunción discuss security issues
Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Julio César Arriola and US Ambassador Marc Ostfield Monday held a meeting in Asunción to discuss strengthening the fight against corruption, the mutual quest for security, and “promoting mutual a...
Mon, 09 May 2022 19:48:00 GMTGrenade attack kills 4, injures dozens at Bolivian university
An attack with a gas grenade has left at least 4 people dead Monday and dozens injured at a University in the Bolivian city of Potosí, it was reported. The explosion caused a human avalanche while a student assembly was taking...
Mon, 09 May 2022 19:21:00 GMTPresidents of Cuba. Mexico sign joint statement in Havana
The Presidents of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known as AMLO) have signed a joint statement Sunday expressing both countries' will to strengthen bilateral ties.
Mon, 09 May 2022 10:36:00 GMTRodrigo Chaves sworn in as President of Costa Rica
Despite his dubious past at the World Bank, Rodrigo Chaves has been sworn in as the new President of Costa Rica during a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly, which was attended by Spain's King Felipe VI among other dignitaries...