Latin America
Latin America
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:50:00 GMTLa Paz endures a month of blockades as food and fuel shortages deepen
La Paz has spent a month under blockade. The main roads into Bolivia's administrative capital have been cut for four weeks, and shortages of food and fuel worsen by the day. Frustration is mounting among residents: some demand ...
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:07:00 GMTColombia: far-right De la Espriella advances first to runoff as Petro disowns results
Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took first place in the first round of the Colombian presidential elections held on Sunday, in a result that contradicted all previous polls and immediately opened an institutional cris...
Sun, 31 May 2026 19:30:00 GMTLeftist Iván Cepeda leads in early bulletins of Colombia's presidential first round
Leftist senator Iván Cepeda, candidate of the ruling Pacto Histórico coalition, was leading on Sunday in the early bulletins of the count in the first round of Colombia's presidential elections, in which the electorate was to...
Fri, 29 May 2026 23:09:00 GMTColombia votes for new president with healthcare system on verge of collapse as main concern
Colombia will hold on Sunday 31 May the first round of the presidential elections that will determine the succession of President Gustavo Petro for the 2026-2030 term, with an electoral roll of 41,287,084 voters and healthcare ...
Fri, 29 May 2026 06:42:00 GMTArgentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru sign joint agreement to combat transnational crime
The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru on Thursday signed in Santiago a joint cooperation agreement against transnational organized crime, in a meeting convened by the Chilean government of President Jo...