Latin America

Latin America

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:26:00 GMT
Petro says he asked Trump to lift his OFAC sanctions in a phone call
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he held a phone conversation on Friday with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in which he asked for support in removing the sanctions on him and his family under the Office of Foreign Asse...

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:32:00 GMT
A multinational rescue frees Hernán, trapped eight days under Venezuela's quake rubble
A 43-year-old Venezuelan security guard, Hernán Gil, was rescued alive on Thursday after eight days trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in Catia La Mar, in La Guaira state, during the twin earthquake that str...

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:19:00 GMT
Cepeda threatens 'civil disobedience' unless Colombia's president-elect renounces US citizenship
Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, who lost Colombia's presidential runoff, announced on Tuesday that he will resort to "peaceful civil disobedience" against the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella if the president-ele...

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:39:00 GMT
Keiko Fujimori wins Peru's presidency as the full count confirms her by 49,641 votes
Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Monday closed the count of the presidential runoff at 100% of the tally sheets and confirmed the victory of right-wing Keiko Fujimori over left-wing Roberto Sánchez, 22 d...

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:32:00 GMT
A regional shift to the right frames the wave of congratulations to Fujimori
The confirmation of right-wing Keiko Fujimori's victory in Peru's presidential runoff drew a wave of congratulations from leaders across the region, who framed the result within the shift to the right underway in several Latin ...

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