Hosting 2016 Olympics reversed Rio de Janeiro’s prior social decline – book
Organizing the 2016 Olympic Games allowed Rio de Janeiro to reverse the trend of decline in its social indicators and...
July 31, 2021Topic
Latin America News
After initial hesitation, moderate Pedro Francke agrees to become Peru’s economy minister
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, completed his cabinet of ministers with the appointment of economist Pedro Francke in the...
July 31, 2021
Pollution and climate change threaten fish in Ecuador’s Amazon region
Pollution and climate change, among other factors, threaten the wide variety of fish that inhabit Ecuador's rivers, especially in the...
July 31, 2021
Prosecutor’s Office requests Vladimir Cerrón, head of Peru president’s party, be imprisoned
The Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday requested the revocation of a 4-year suspended prison order (without entering jail) and the...
July 31, 2021
New Bolivian Parliament building with indigenous details to leave colonialist era behind
The new building of the Legislative Assembly of Bolivia, which has one of the largest parliamentary hemicycles in Latin America,...
July 30, 2021
Argentine president says OAS is American gendarmerie squad against popular governments in Latin America
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said Friday that the Organization of American States (OAS) "as it is does not serve" and...
July 30, 2021
Disastrous day for Peruvian stocks and currency after Castillo’s inauguration
A disastrous day for the stock market, with a fall of 5.8%, while for the Peruvian currency it has been...
July 30, 2021
Nicaragua grants nationality to fugitive ex-president of El Salvador, Sánchez Cerén
The Government of Nicaragua granted this Friday the Nicaraguan nationality to the former president of El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén,...
July 30, 2021
Peru’s Castillo slides closer to radical left with his first cabinet appointments
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The appointment of the first Cabinet of President Pedro Castillo in Peru has made it...
July 30, 2021