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Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan

06-04-2023 16:01 New ‘Alianza de Países de América Latina y el Caribe contra la Inflación’ scheme will see 11 leftist nations adopt common strategies to tackle price hikes.

Renewable Energy

Latin America to become renewable energy giant

11-03-2023 17:36 Report found that with upcoming large-scale clean-electricity projects in the next seven years Latin America is poised to become a major renewable energy producer.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru judge extends ex-president Castillo's pre-trial detention to three years

10-03-2023 10:46 A Peruvian judge on Thursday extended former president of Peru Pedro Castillo's pre-trial detention to 36 months for "allegedly being the leader of a criminal organisation," the Supreme Court announced.

"PINK TIDE"

Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left

24-02-2023 09:40 Spread as they are across the leftist spectrum. Latin American governments have failed to come up with a cohesive response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship.

US Border Crisis

Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas

29-06-2022 14:13 Dozens of people held a vigil for the 51 migrants, who are thought to have come from Latin America, who died when they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer in Texas near the border with Mexico.

Summit of the Americas

US opposes dictators? Yes! Except when it supports them

07-06-2022 14:44 Dictators are bad, except, well, when they're kind of OK: welcome to the moral gymnastics that Joe Biden is only the latest US president to embrace in a complicated world.

Summit of the Americas

Mexico boycott clouds Biden's regional Americas' summit

06-06-2022 14:47 Biden is expected to make announcements at the summit on economic cooperation and fighting Covid-19 and climate change, but attendance row ensures key regional summit begins under a cloud.

Summit of the Americas

Mexican president tells Biden he will skip Summit of the Americas

06-06-2022 13:45 Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirms he will not attend Summit of the Americas in the United States, due to Washington's failure to invite countries it views as undemocratic.

Summit of the Americas

US, Latin America are developing migration pact to address surge

06-06-2022 13:23 The United States, Latin America and Caribbean nations are working on a pact to reduce and manage undocumented migration that they will announce at a summit this week as the Joe Biden administration faces a surge in arrivals.

Summit of the Americas

Biden faces cloud on summit to reset Latin America ties

04-06-2022 08:35 US president is hoping to show a new era of US engagement with Latin America at a long-heralded summit next week, but the meeting has been clouded by boycott threats and charges of an unambitious agenda.

Summit of the Americas 2022

US 'evaluating' inclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua voices in summit

23-05-2022 19:49 The United States said Monday it was looking for ways to represent the people of these three nations in a summit next month following threats to boycott over their governments' exclusion.

Summit of the Americas 2022

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

12-05-2022 17:32 President confirms attendance in Los Angeles next month, but backs Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s demand that Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela be invited.

Summit of the Americas 2022

Mexican president threatens to boycott Biden's Americas summit

10-05-2022 17:26 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that he would skip the June Summit of the Americas if Biden's administration excludes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the talks.

Human Rights

Mexico rejects UN charge of enforced disappearance impunity

14-04-2022 12:23 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday rejected criticism from a United Nations committee that urged the country to tackle rising cases of enforced disappearance.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls on IMF to offer 'fair' deal to Argentina

21-01-2022 23:05 Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls on IMF to take "responsibility" for 2018 loan to Macri's government, which Mexican leader says "aggravated" Argentina's economic and financial crisis.

Lithium in Latin America

Mexico eyes state monopoly to tap lithium rush

14-10-2021 22:39 Mexico plans to move towards a state monopoly in the exploration and mining of lithium, a vital material in the production of electric car batteries, the government said Friday.

VACCINE DIPLOMACY

US prepares to send Mexico Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

09-08-2021 22:26 Washington is preparing to send Mexico vaccines from Moderna and AstraZeneca in coming days to bolster its southern neighbour’s fight against Covid-19.

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Mexico president says trials of predecessors still possible

02-08-2021 14:55 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says predecessors could still face prosecution despite low turnout in a referendum on whether to investigate them for alleged corruption.

REGIONAL DIPLOMACY

Mexican president proposes replacing OAS with new institution

25-07-2021 09:11 Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposes replacing the Washington-based Organization of American States with what he called a more independent institution.

Midterms in Mexico

AMLO’s wings clipped with Mexico bloc set to lose super-majority

07-06-2021 13:00 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s coalition is on course to lose its super-majority in Mexico's lower house after key midterm elections, according to initial results.