News of unrest

Latin America turmoil intrudes in Biden’s focus on China, Europe

19-07-2021 11:29 US President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on China and frayed alliances in Asia and Europe. But his administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems.

IN FOCUS

Death toll in South Africa unrest climbs to 72 as violence spreads

14-07-2021 09:42 Stores and warehouses in South Africa hit by looters for a fifth day running, despite deployment of troops by President Cyril Ramaphosa to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives.

EDITORIAL

Independence marked yesterday, whither tomorrow?

10-07-2021 00:01 Protests alone do not offer the people a future any more than the erratic improvisations of the Frente de Todos coalition.

latin america

Haiti president assassinated at home, wife wounded

07-07-2021 14:09 Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in a gun attack at their private residence. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a "state of siege" and took charge of the country.

Chile election 2021

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

01-07-2021 10:56 Sebastián Sichel, a former government minister under President Sebastián Piñera, says Chile’s pro-business economic model can be improved from within and doesn’t need radical reform.

Global pandemic

Colombia's Covid death toll surges toward 100,000 as economy reopens

17-06-2021 17:49 Colombia has the fourth-highest per-capita death rate in the world over the past week. New daily cases have topped 29,000 this month, threatening to overwhelm the health system. But large swathes of the economy are set to be reopened.

UNREST IN COLOMBIA

Colombian Army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

30-05-2021 08:55 Colombian Army tightens control over Cali, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead.

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Colombia criticises Fernández’s comments over policing of protests

08-05-2021 00:13 President Iván Duque's government "firmly rejects" comments by Peronist leader Alberto Fernández that criticised "institutional violence" against protesters, who have been demonstrating for more than a week.

ALBERTO'S PIVOT TO KIRCHNERISMO

Radicalised

06-03-2021 08:11 It is troubling to see how both President Alberto Fernández and certain leaders in the opposition have given up their “post-grieta” posture all too quickly, proving their political and ideological fragility.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EUROPEAN POLITICS

Strains test Spain's leftist coalition government

19-02-2021 13:53 Tensions once again surface between Socialists and Podemos, sparked by protests against the arrest of famous rapper Pablo Hasel for controversial tweets.

US ELECTION 2020

Oregon police face off with anti-Trump protesters

05-11-2020 02:29 Hundreds of state police and left-wing protesters were locked in a tense standoff in downtown Portland late Wednesday after rampaging anti-Trump groups smashed shop windows, prompting the state governor to activate the National Guard.

Global pandemic

With streets silent, Latin American activists use walls to speak out

23-08-2020 09:41 Coronavirus lockdowns may have largely silenced various social movements but a new form of protest is spreading on the walls of buildings across the region.

REGIONAL UNREST SPREADS?

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

22-11-2019 10:08 Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque and hoping to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent took the streets by the tens of thousands Thursday in one of the biggest protests in the nation’s recent history.

PESO SLUMPS

Chile's Central Bank to inject US$4 billion to halt curency slide

14-11-2019 11:05 Chile's currency closed at a new record low for the second day running on Wednesday after losing another 1.5 percent amidst a weeks-long crisis.

CHILE PROTESTS

Chile to amend constitution, a key demand of protesters

11-11-2019 13:36 As protests enter fourth week of violent unrest, President Sebastián Piñera agrees to rewrite and replace Pinochet-era document.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Copa Libertadores final once more troubles South America

31-10-2019 17:02 One year on, South American football faces a familiar question: Where will the final of Copa Libertadores be played?

News of unrest

Latin America turmoil intrudes in Biden’s focus on China, Europe

Death toll in South Africa unrest climbs to 72 as violence spreads

Independence marked yesterday, whither tomorrow?

Haiti president assassinated at home, wife wounded

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

Colombia's Covid death toll surges toward 100,000 as economy reopens

Colombian Army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

Colombia criticises Fernández’s comments over policing of protests

Radicalised

Strains test Spain's leftist coalition government

Oregon police face off with anti-Trump protesters

With streets silent, Latin American activists use walls to speak out

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

Chile's Central Bank to inject US$4 billion to halt curency slide

Chile to amend constitution, a key demand of protesters

Copa Libertadores final once more troubles South America

Brazil hikes interest rate by most in two decades

Biden's nominee for US envoy criticises Argentina’s policy on Venezuela and Cuba

Amazon's new series on life of Maradona set to premiere in Argentina

Protesting Ecuadoreans block roads as fuel price crisis escalates

Brazil tightens most in tears, with 150 points now and December

Gustavo Santos: "Argentina perdió más de USD 1000 millones por culpa de La Cámpora en el último trimestre"

Elecciones 2021 | Según una encuesta Santilli supera en cinco puntos a Tolosa Paz

La reacción de Fernando Iglesias cuando le rechazaron el pedido de juicio político a Aníbal Fernández

Quiénes asistieron al homenaje a Néstor Kirchner, el acto que reunió a un Frente de Todos dividido

Mendoza, Córdoba, La Rioja y Buenos Aires ya están listas para aplicar terceras dosis