Latin America
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:18:00 GMTBukele offers Rubio to house US prison inmates for a fee
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Monday offered US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the opportunity to “outsource” its prison system to house the most controversial convicted criminals in the Central American country “for ...
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:28:00 GMTUS tariffs on Mexico on hold after deal between Trump and Sheinbaum
US President Doland Trump agreed Monday to put on hold for at least a month his decision to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican products after a conversation with his colleague Claudia Sheinbaum, during which new conditions were agre...
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMTRubio tells Mulino US to take necessary measures to end China's control over Panama Canal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Sunday with Panamian President José Raúl Mulino, whom he told about the increasingly worrying control “control by the Chinese Communist Party” of the waterway linking the Atlantic and...
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:22:00 GMTMask mandates decreed in Bolivia as school year starts amid Covid-19 fears
Bolivian authorities decreed schoolchildren should wear facemasks and adopt other sanitary measures such as alcohol gel and hand washing as they return to school Monday to prevent respiratory diseases (i.e. Covid-19) which have...
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:09:00 GMTTrump’s envoy delivers stern warning to Maduro in Caracas as US flag displayed in Miraflores
Richard Grenell, the special envoy appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, met with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Presidential Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Friday. During the meeting, Grenell conveyed a non-n...
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:40:00 GMTDengue epidemic reported in Ecuador
Ecuador's Health Ministry confirmed Thursday that the South American country was going through a dengue epidemic. Surveillance, Prevention, and Epidemiological Control Undersecretary Teresa Aumala made the announcement during a...
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:26:00 GMTLula and Boric discuss regional integration
Leftwing Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday discussed regional integration during a telephone conversation amid Donald Trump's return to the White House and his spree of de...
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:32:00 GMTCelac emergency summit called off
Given the mixed reactions from regional leaders, Honduras' Foreign Ministry announced that the "hybrid" Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) emergency Summit convened for Jan. 30 was being called off. Xiomar...
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:36:00 GMTTrump's gov't supports Guyana's case regarding Essequibo dispute
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Guyanese President Dr. Irfaan Ali held a telephone conversation earlier this week during which the new Republican administration of President Donald Trump ratified its steadfast support of ...
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:39:00 GMTSheinbaum not attending Celac Tegucigalpa Summit
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum admitted Tuesday that she would not be attending the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) "emergency" Jan. 30 summit called for by Honduras' Xiomara Castro to discuss the ...