Latin America
Latin America
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:56:00 GMTFujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff
Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very clo...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMTUS sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change
The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his closest circle on Thursday, in a fresh escalation of Washington's pressure on the island with the stated goal of forcing a change of regime after 67 years ...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:49:00 GMTBolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Wo...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:15:00 GMTColombian judge orders De la Espriella to stop using national team jersey in campaign
A Bogotá court ordered presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella and his party, Defensores de la Patria, to refrain from using the Colombian national football jersey at campaign events and in advertising, while it studie...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:11:00 GMTPetro drops constituent assembly bid 17 days before Colombia's presidential runoff
The committee that had promoted a National Constituent Assembly championed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Thursday that it was halting the collection of signatures and withdrawing the project to reform the 19...