Latin America
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:39:00 GMTEU eyes CELAC for food; Mercosur “a more complicated issue”
Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, has said Latin America would host a CELAC meeting sometime next year, but admitted that ratifying the 2019 trade agreement with Mercosur was “a more complicated issue.”
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:43:00 GMTCubans to keep enduring power cuts in blazing summer
The electricity supply in Cuba's capital city is showing increasingly recurrent cuts as the aging power plants seem to be reaching their point of technical exhaustion.
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:07:00 GMTArgentines dump their currency in northern provinces and trade with Bolivian money
With the Argentine economy in shambles, inflation out of control heading for hyper inflation, daily increases of prices, and new clamps to have access to some strong currency, --such as the US dollar, which Argentines love--, a...
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:19:00 GMTPetro wants FTA with US repenned
Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro and US Ambassador to Bogotá Francisco Palmieri met Monday to discuss common goals with the incoming administration which might include renegotiating the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signe...
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:15:00 GMTPepe Mujica favors legalizing drugs to hurt traffickers
Former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica has retired from active politics but his witty statements keep making headlines, even at a time when his wife is about to undergo surgery following a domestic accident.
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:05:00 GMTSomber future ahead for Argentina's economy
Foreign Analysts do not see a bright future ahead for Argentina's economy. While some place it among the countries most likely to default its debt, others fear it might not survive a new adjustment to the basic interest rates b...
Sat, 16 Jul 2022 10:30:00 GMTColombia: Industrial output shows sharp increase
Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) Friday issued a report showing that the country's industrial output during the month of May of 2022 had grown 29.9% compared to the same month of 2021.
Sat, 16 Jul 2022 10:22:00 GMTPeruvian Congress prevents the OAS General Assembly from being held for rejecting non-binary bathrooms
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) scheduled for October is at risk, as the Peruvian Congress insists on rejecting the installation of a "neutral" or non-binary restroom during the meeting, to be ...
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:13:00 GMTFormer Peruvian ruler Morales dies aged 100
Former Peruvian de-facto President Francisco Morales died Thursday at the age of 100, his family told reporters in Lima. The retired general had been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Italian Court for human rights violation...
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:03:00 GMTDe Roux delivers final report on Colombia's civil war to UN Security Council
Colombian Jesuit priest Francisco de Roux, who chairs the country's Truth Committee stemming from the peace agreement with former guerrilla fighters, Thursday appeared before the United Nations Security Council to deliver his t...