Latin America
Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:00 GMTTrump threatens to take Cuba 'almost immediately' after tightening sanctions on the regime
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country would take Cuba “almost immediately,” in remarks made during a private event at the Forum Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours after signing an executive order su...
Fri, 01 May 2026 14:54:00 GMTBolivia's agro-environmental court judge shot dead amid wave of drug-related violence
Víctor Hugo Claure, dean of Bolivia's Agro-Environmental Court, was shot dead late Thursday in the eastern city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in what authorities describe as an attack carried out by hitmen and which falls within...
Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:36:00 GMTPoll projects dead heat between Fujimori and Sánchez in Peru runoff as count nears completion
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez would tie at 38% of the vote in the Peruvian presidential runoff scheduled for June 7, according to the first opinion poll published after the April 1...
Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:49:00 GMTKast–Paz rapprochement opens door to potential restoration of Bolivia–Chile relations
The foreign ministers of Bolivia, Fernando Aramayo, and Chile, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, agreed on Friday to deepen bilateral ties and advance a joint economic agenda, amid a decisive diplomatic rapprochement between the two c...
Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:31:00 GMTPetro travels to Caracas to meet Delcy Rodríguez following failed Cúcuta summit
Colombian President Gustavo Petro will meet at midday on Friday in Caracas with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, in what marks the first official meeting between a head of state and the Venezuelan leader since she...
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:58:00 GMTLATAM and Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft collide on the ground at Santiago airport with no injuries reported
Two commercial aircraft collided on the ground at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport on Wednesday evening in an incident that left no injuries but forced the rescheduling of both affected flights. The colli...
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:28:00 GMTLatin America's largest investment bank targets Uruguay as regional hub after acquiring local HSBC unit
Brazilian group BTG Pactual, Latin America's largest investment bank, is awaiting authorisation from Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) to begin operating in the local financial market following its $175 million acquisition of HSBC U...
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:18:00 GMTPeru's electoral authority chief resigns as runoff still undecided ten days after first round
Piero Corvetto resigned as head of Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Tuesday, ten days after the April 12 first-round presidential vote, amid judicial investigations and an institutional credibility crisis...
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:57:00 GMTChile closes ranks on Strait of Magellan sovereignty a week after Argentine admiral's remarks
A week after remarks by Argentine Rear Admiral Hernán Montero on the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan went viral, the Chilean government has consolidated a unified stance in defense of its sovereignty, while internal de...
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:59:00 GMTMilei drops to 14th among Latin American Presidents, ranks among region's five worst-rated
Argentine President Javier Milei fell to 14th place out of 18 leaders in the regional approval ranking for April 2026, consolidating his entry into the group of six worst-rated heads of state in Latin America. The survey, carri...