Latin America
Latin America
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:40:00 GMTColombia asks Washington to suspend 12.5% tariffs over the earthquake emergency
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday asked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods, arguing this would give exporters relief as the country faces the economic cons...
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:08:00 GMTColombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira “apocalyptic” after touring the city
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday described the situation in Pereira, capital of Risaralda department and one of the places worst hit by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west and center of the count...
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:34:00 GMTPeru rehearses its response to a magnitude 8.8 quake off Lima and Callao
Peru held the year's second national multi-hazard drill on Friday, an exercise testing evacuation protocols and the response capacity of the public and the authorities to a possible magnitude 8.8 earthquake centered off the cen...
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:31:00 GMTColombia faces reconstruction with 96% of the year's debt quota already used
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella declared an economic emergency on Wednesday to address the consequences of Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west of the country, against a backdrop of fiscal constraints that...
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:55:00 GMTThe main land crossing between Argentina and Chile passes its winter closure record
The Cristo Redentor international crossing, which links the Argentine province of Mendoza with Chile's Valparaíso Region through the Andes, has now been closed for close to a month because of a snow and wind storm, surpassing ...