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Taiwan Opens Office in Guyana in Push Against China Influence
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Taiwan has opened a representative office in Guyana, the island’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, February 4th, drawing praise...
Colombia Reports two Infections of Brazilian Coronavirus Variant
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two Colombian citizens in Leticia, capital of the country’s Amazonas province, have been infected with the Brazilian variant of...
Analysis: How Paraguay Became Latin America´s ‘Lab for anti-Rights Ideas’
By Diana Cariboni for openDemocracy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In 2017 Paraguay became the world’s first country to ban gender issues from school education...
Cuba Registers Record Number of COVID-19 Deaths in January
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cuba, on Wednesday, January 27th, added four deaths from COVID-19 to the accumulated January death toll, which stands at...
Argentine President Calls for Latin American Unity to Tackle Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday, January 27th, called for Latin American unity to tackle the challenges posed by...
Latin America’s Foreign Trade Drops to 12-Year Low: UN Agency ECLAC
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America and the Caribbean's foreign trade in 2020 saw its worst performance since the 2008 global financial crisis,...
Honduran Abortion Rights Activists Vow to Fight on After Setback
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Honduran women’s rights activists vowed to continue their fight for abortion to be decriminalised on Friday, January 22nd, after...
Mexico Travel Restrictions: Things Tourists Should Know for 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico remains open to U.S. travelers this winter. While the U.S.-Mexico land border continues to be closed to non-essential...
Concerns Heighten Over Venezuela/Guyana Border Controversy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) on Friday, January 15, 2021, received a briefing on recent developments concerning the...
Swiss Authorities Found Over US$10 Billion in Suspicious Funds Linked to Maduro Regime
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Swiss Prosecutor's Office detected bank accounts with over US$10 billion that they suspect come from misappropriated public funds...
Venezuela Denounces U.S. Court’s Decision Authorizing Sales of Citgo Shares
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Venezuelan government rejected a recent decision by a U.S. court that authorized the sale of shares of Citgo,...
U.S. Blacklists Cuban Interior Ministry Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department mentioned Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer, saying he had been detained in...
Cuban Couple Recounts Personal Struggle Against COVID-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When Cuban Yoan Gil and his wife Claudia Guzman were treated for COVID-19 at separate places for nearly a...
Guyana´s President Rejects Venezuela’s Decree to Unilaterally Extend Maritime Boundary
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Saturday afternoon, January 9th, rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s unilateral extension of his country’s...