Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least 23 lives so far. More than 1,100 people have sought refuge in shelters …
Chile’s government widened areas under a state of emergency Friday amid wildfires that have consumed some 8,000 hectares (19,700 acres) as the South American nation endures a summer heat wave across southern and central swathes of the country. Interior Minister Carolina Toha said Friday morning the government had …
A Brazilian senator said on Thursday that a close aide to far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro had tried to persuade him to join a conspiracy to annul the October elections that Bolsonaro had lost. Senator Marcos do Val said at a news conference that he was invited to a …
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has sent a crisis team to Peru to investigate “serious human rights violations and possible crimes under international law”, in the context of the deadly protests that have rocked the country since December, it announced Monday. “Our team will investigate human rights violations, …
Days after the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires, Francisco Mora, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), has described the OAS as “the only organization where democratically elected countries have representatives and where they are all committed to defending democracy and human rights”. Mora, who was …
At least 67 journalists and media workers were killed in 2022, the most since 2018, according to a report by press freedom nonprofit, the Committee to Protect Journalists. More than half of the 67 killings happened in just three countries –Ukraine (15), Mexico (13), and Haiti (7). Out …
A 369 square kilometer, 100,000-inhabitant Caribbean island nation will hold the next temporary presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). During the CELAC Summit’s closing ceremony, it was announced that the organization’s rotating leadership would pass to St Vincent and the Grenadines. The small …
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has pulled out of the CELAC Summit, which takes place today in Buenos Aires, after conservative lawmakers presented a lawsuit against him and Venezuelans in Buenos Aires protested his attendance. His government issued a statement on Monday afternoon, when he was due to meet …
Alberto Fernández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today announced that Argentina and Brazil will pursue a series of ambitious bilateral initiatives including a common currency, a boost to gas exports, and a series of joint health, science and tech policies. The two countries’ presidents made the announcements …
