Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez is a Chilean economist and journalist. He lives in South Florida and specializes in reporting on Latin America.
Bolivia announces world quinoa event to accelerate industrialization
Bolivian quinoa producers and President Luis Arce announced this Monday the VIII World Quinoa Congress 2023, intending to innovate in production and recover the...
Opinion: with 25 dead in a few days, some say Peru is on the brink of civil war
The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, announced on Sunday that she is dismissing her prime minister, Pedro Angulo, in the context of the political...
Argentina already takes for granted US$689 million from Brazilian development bank BNDES for gas pipeline
Even before Lula da Silva assumes the presidency, the Energy Secretary of Argentina, Flavia Royon, is already sure that US$689 million dollars from the...
Opinion: Brazil’s self-proclaimed censorship czar Moraes speaks of “eradicating” Bolsonaro’s party
(Opinion) During the trial of an appeal of the Liberal Party (PL, right), of President Jair Bolsonaro, against a fine arbitrarily imposed by himself...
Peru declares national state of emergency
Peru has declared a nationwide state of emergency amid a week of protests and political unrest following the ousting and arrest of former President...
Brazilian Spring: Indians threaten “bloodshed” if Bolsonaro does not order release of chief Cererê
Indians gathered at encampments in Brasilia have recorded a video message to President Jair Bolsonaro.
Calling himself a "spokesperson for the caciques", the indigenous threatens...
Death toll in protests against Peru’s new president rises to seven
The Peruvian Ombudsman confirmed on Monday, Dec. 12, that the number of deaths rose to seven in just over 24 hours of clashes between...
Castillo accuses through a letter the Prosecutor’s Office, the Congress and Boluarte of leading a “Machiavellian plan”
The former Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, spoke out this Saturday for the first time since he was arrested on Wednesday.
Through a letter published by...
Pedro Castillo “does not remember” to have dissolved the Peruvian Congress
The former Prime Minister of Peru, Guido Bellido, has assured this Friday that former President Pedro Castillo "does not remember" having pronounced the speech...
The president of the Electoral Institute of Mexico affirms that AMLO’s reform “puts at risk” the elections of 2023
The president of the Mexican National Electoral Institute, Lorenzo Córdova, has criticized this Saturday the electoral reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador...
Honduras will be under a state of emergency at least until Jan. 6
The Honduran government has decreed, as of Tuesday night, a state of emergency that will last for at least the next 30 days in...
Mask use becomes mandatory again in closed spaces in Ecuador
The use of masks will be mandatory again in closed spaces in Ecuador due to the increase of cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory...
Peruvian Armed Forces reject coup d’état by leftist president Pedro Castillo
The Armed Forces of Peru, through the Joint Command, rejected in a statement "any act contrary to the established constitutional order," referring to the...
Peru’s Pedro Castillo announces dissolution of Congress
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, against whom impeachment and replacement proceedings are pending today, announced in a message to the nation the dissolution of Congress...