Cuba Tourism Hits Bottom With 73 Percent of Hotels Closed as Havana Says It Is Opening Up
Cuba tourism has collapsed, with 73 percent of hotels closed and visitor numbers down 60.7 percent, as Havana enacts reforms...
August 31, 2026Section
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Latin America news in English from The Rio Times — daily coverage of politics, economy and culture across the region.
Nicaragua Sets 21 September Vote on Reform Barring ‘Traitors’ From Elections
Nicaragua electoral reform gets its first vote on 21 September. The bill bars 'traitors to the homeland' from elections; a...
August 31, 2026
Colombia: Ecopetrol Scandal Widens as Ex-Vice-President Points to the Presidential Palace
Ecopetrol scandal: a former vice-president says the presidential palace pressured him over a Houston gas deal, as a forensic audit...
August 31, 2026
Peru Goes Into Emergency Mode After the Trujillo Massacre — Soldiers to Guard Five Prisons
Four dead and a mining businessman kidnapped in Trujillo push Peru into emergency mode: soldiers at five prisons and a...
August 31, 2026
Colombia’s 2027 Budget Is a Stabilisation Operation, Warns Industry Chief Bruce Mac Master
Colombia 2027 budget: What happened: Industry chief Bruce Mac Master warned that Colombia faces an extraordinarily severe fiscal situation.
August 31, 2026
Bolivia Opens Electoral Reform as Diesel Deal Lifts Blockade and Cerimedo Faces New Claims
Fernando Cerimedo faces new fuel, gold and drug-trafficking claims in Bolivia as a diesel deal ends a blockade and electoral...
August 31, 2026
Volkswagen Mexico Averts a Strike, but Tariffs Keep the Puebla Crisis Alive
Volkswagen Mexico averted a strike with a 10.04% pay deal, but US tariffs, layoffs and a USMCA rules-of-origin fight running...
August 31, 2026
Mexico Moves to Screen Foreign Investment for National Security — the 49 Percent Rule Gets Teeth
Mexico's Foreign Investment Law reform adds national-security screening of foreign stakes above 49 percent in strategic sectors. What changes for
August 31, 2026
Colombia Pension Reform Locks the Door on Government Hands in the Savings Pot
Colombia pension reform: What happened: Colombia s Constitutional Court upheld most of the pension reform and shielded workers savings from...
August 31, 2026