Latin America
Latin America
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...
Fri, 29 May 2026 06:31:00 GMTCapricorn Bioceanic Corridor advances to final stretch to connect Atlantic with Pacific
The Capricorn Bioceanic Corridor, one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects underway in South America, is moving through its final stretch on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, with just twenty-one metres remaining...