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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:04 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    US seizes aircraft belonging to Maduro's fleet

    Maduro's Dassault Falcon 900EX can seat up to 16 people

    Venezuela's Chavista Government Tuesday argued that the seizing in the Dominican Republic by US authorities of an aircraft occasionally used by President Nicolás Maduro constituted a “criminal” act of “piracy.”

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Two Colombian soldiers arrested in Russia after return from Ukraine during stopover in Caracas

    Medina shared his geolocation from the Venezuelan capital's airport during a stopover from Madrid. That was the last time their families had any contact with them.

    Two Colombian soldiers who fought alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia have been captured in Moscow after a mysterious disappearance during their journey home. José Arón Medina Aranda and Alexander Ante, who were last seen in Caracas on July 18 after landing from Madrid, have surfaced in a video showing them under arrest in Russia, where they are accused of being mercenaries.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

    Noboa extends state of emergency and curfews in parts of Ecuador

    Through Presidential Decree 377, Noboa extended the extraordinary measures for another 30 days

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday extended for another 30 days the state of emergency in six provinces and one canton given the “serious internal commotion” due to criminal violence. Noboa's decree provided for the extension of the measure in force since July 2 in Los Rios, Guayas, Santa Elena, Manabi, and El Oro, as well as in the Amazonian province of Orellana and the canton (municipality) Camilo Ponce Enríquez, in the province of Azuay.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 14:03 UTC

    Arrest of Telegram's CEO has direct impact on Latin American developments

    Elon Musk and Nicolás Maduro agreed that Durov's detention posed a threat to uncensored communications worldwide

    Last weekend's arrest in France of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov had repercussions in Latin America. The move was first regarded as an attack on freedom of speech despite the magistrates issuing the arrest warrant claiming that Durov was suspected of being involved in a series of illegal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and child pornography distribution.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Football player Juan Izquierdo dies at age 27 after collapsing during Copa Libertadores game

    Nacional confirmed Tuesday the tragic news of Juan Manuel Izquierdo's death

    The Uruguayan football community is in mourning after the confirmation of the death of Nacional defender Juan Manuel Izquierdo at the age of 27. Izquierdo, who collapsed in the final minutes of the second leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 match against São Paulo, did not recover after spending five days in intensive care.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 22:06 UTC

    Venezuelan gov't offered Sandinista fighters in case of civil war

    Lula's “was not a very clean government,” Ortega claimed. “I could say a dozen more things,” he went on.

    Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega offered his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro the help of his “Sandinista fighters” in case of civil war in the South American country, where the opposition insists on not admitting the National Electoral Council's (CNE) announcement that the incumbent had been reelected on July 28.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 15:39 UTC

    HRW against repeating Venezuelan elections

    Goebertus also urged these three “governments to insist on independent verification of the results”

    The governments of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia were sent letters by Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointing out that repeating the elections In Venezuela would serve no purpose. The New York-headquartered non-governmental organization known for advocating in favor of political prisoners and other victims of injustice added that the proposal put forward by these three Latin American countries would be a “mockery,” while granting President Nicolás Maduro's regime an amnesty “would violate international law and affect the rights of victims of atrocities.”

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

    Latin America on alert over oropuche spread

    Before the July 25, 2024, report from Brazilian authorities, there was no record of oropouche being deadly

    With two confirmed deaths caused by oropouche, health authorities in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia are concerned about the recent outbreak of the malady in the region. Other countries do not even keep track of the number of patients who might have contracted the disease and are therefore doing little to nothing to prevent it from spreading, not even after the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) alert last month.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Jet fuel shortage grounds numerous flights in Colombia

    Carriers able to fly as scheduled have upped the price of their tickets by 50%

    Jet fuel shortages have led airlines operating in Colombia to reschedule their services. The problem was reportedly caused by an electrical failure at the Cartagena refinery on Aug. 16.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lacalle to speak before the UN about Venezuela's electoral fraud

    If Venezuela's electoral fraud loses centrality, Maduro gets to stay in power, Lacalle argued

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou plans to address the issue of the Venezuelan crisis during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it was reported this weekend in Montevideo. The National Party leader is convinced that “there is no will [in Caracas] to count the votes.”