Keiko Fujimori closes in on second place in Peruvian presidential election
The advance of the official results confirmed Fujimori's tendency to increase the vote in her favor, according to unofficial projections...
April 12, 2021Section
Regional
Approval of Chile’s president falls to 14% in the midst of dramatic Covid wave
The approval of Chile's president, right-wing Sebastián Piñera, fell to 14% in the midst of the worsening of the second...
April 12, 2021
MAS losing runoff election in 4 departments, according to preliminary count in Bolivia
The ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), led by former president Evo Morales, lost in the four Bolivian departments that held...
April 12, 2021
Mexico’s coffee-growing lobby touts state control of prices to help farmers
Mexico’s top coffee association is pushing for the creation of a new government agency that would have the power to...
April 12, 2021
Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala to increase troops along borders – White House official
The Biden administration has secured agreements for Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala to place more troops on their borders, a White House...
April 12, 2021
International tourism in Mexico fell 57.9 % year-on-year in February
The decline results from the covid-19 pandemic, a disease that has so far caused 2.28 million infections and more than...
April 12, 2021
Socialist surge in election unsettles Peru’s financial markets
Peru’s financial markets looked set for a rough ride on Monday after socialist candidate Pedro Castillo, who had largely slipped...
April 12, 2021
Peru: Extreme left and authoritarian right candidates likely to go to the second round election
The extreme left and an authoritarian right will most likely measure their forces in the second round of the Peruvian...
April 12, 2021
Guillermo Lasso defeates Andres Arauz and is elected president of Ecuador
With more than 97% of the votes officially counted, conservative Creo candidate Guillermo Lasso obtained 52.5% of the votes against...
April 11, 2021