Latin America
Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:32:00 GMTHRW concerned as 2 journalists indicted in Bolivia
Human Rights Watch Friday posted messages on Twitter admitting to the organization's concern over the charges filed in Bolivia by Prosecutor Junior Flores against journalists Andrés Rojas and Adriana G., whose arrest was reque...
Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:27:00 GMTColombia: ELN rebels release hostages while returning to peace talks
As peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) kick off in Cuba, the guerrilla movement has released nine people who were being held hostage since last month in the department of A...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:51:00 GMTPetro: Pecci murder by Uruguayan drug trafficker "shows that drug trafficking has long ceased to be a US-Colombian bilateral problem"
Colombian new president Gustavo Petro has referred to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was killed in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean. This crime has been linked this week to Uruguaya...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:15:00 GMTUruguayan drug trafficker involved in several crimes, accused of ordering murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset has been accused of ordering the death of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean, reported Colombian newspaper...
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:24:00 GMTArgentine MSMEs reach record exports in first semester of 2022
Argentine Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) have reached peak export figures during the first semester of 2022.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:58:00 GMTMexico: AMLO announcement dubbed "a soft coup"
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Tuesday came under heavy criticism when he announced that he would transfer the National Guard to the scope of the Armed Forces, which was regarded as a "soft" coup d'état...
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:10:00 GMTBoric and Petro discuss region's leaning to the left
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday became the first foreign leader welcomed for a one-on-one meeting by Colombia's new head of state Gustavo Petro.
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:02:00 GMTPilcomayo river under environmental threat in northern Argentina
Authorities in the Argentine province of Salta have issued a recommendation not to bathe, fish, or drink water from the Pilcomayo river pending studies undertaken by the Secretariat of Water Resources after the collapse of a da...
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:55:00 GMTPetro sworn in as President of Colombia: times of change ahead
Gustavo Petro was sworn in Sunday as Colombia's first-ever leftwing president, thus succeeding the conservative and highly unpopular Iván Duque.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 11:23:00 GMTPuebla Group approaches Argentine President to funnel agenda
The forum bringing together leftwing leaders known as the Puebla Group is to bring Argentine President Alberto Fernández a proposal for the convergence of the different integration mechanisms existing in the region, former Col...