Latin America
Thu, 26 May 2022 07:55:00 GMTBolsonaro/Biden meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month and plans to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Planalto Palace sources. The decision follows on a vis...
Wed, 25 May 2022 09:38:00 GMTBolivia diverts LNG to Argentina and leaves Brazil 7 million cm short per day
Bolivia is diverting natural gas to Argentina, and unexpectedly has reduced the supply to Petrobras by 30% this month, catching the state-owned company off guard. As a result, Petrobras experienced a loss of more or less than 7...
Wed, 25 May 2022 03:31:00 GMTBolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part ...
Tue, 24 May 2022 10:03:00 GMTDefense ministers to create “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group”
Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Monday welcomed his Bolivian counterpart Edmundo Novillo Aguilar in Buenos Aires. During the meeting, an agreement to create the so-called “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group” was signe...
Mon, 23 May 2022 22:37:00 GMTNearly 34,000 arrested under El Salvador's state of emergency
Around 34,000 people have been placed under arrest thanks to the state of emergency in force in El Salvador since March 27, it was reported Monday as Congress is set to agree on yet another extension of the measure. Human right...
Mon, 23 May 2022 10:54:00 GMTColombian candidates round up presidential campaign
Candidates in Colombia have rounded up their campaigns over the weekend, ahead of the May 29 Presidential elections in which leftwing hopeful Gustavo Petro is expected to win, according to most polls.
Mon, 23 May 2022 10:30:00 GMTComplicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff
Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current...
Mon, 23 May 2022 10:01:00 GMTNever-graduating student leader arrested in Bolivia for embezzlement
A 52-year-old Bolivian student leader who has spent the last 33 years of his life unsuccessfully pursuing a law degree has been arrested over fudgy dealings as president of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB).
Mon, 23 May 2022 09:20:00 GMTUruguay, Peru take preventive action against monkeypox
Uruguayan health authorities announced during the weekend they were monitoring the possible local appearance of suspected cases of monkeypox, based on "the symptomatology and travel history" of individuals.
Sat, 21 May 2022 23:03:00 GMTUS refineries purchasing more oil and fuel from Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
Complying with President Jose Biden's administration sanctions on Russia, United States refiners imported some 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of Latin American crude and fuel oil, the highest level in seven months, according...