Latin America

Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela

By Marielbis Rojas

Fotografía cedida por el Partido Liberal que muestra al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup after 2022 election

Fotografía de archivo del dictador de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.

Nicaraguan dictator reforms constitution to appoint wife as co-president and usurp power of local governments

U.S. refers to opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s "president-elect"

Inter-American Court condemns Nicaragua for "damage to communities" after commissioning China to build interoceanic canal project

La onda tropical podría convertirse en ciclón en los próximos días

Alert: New storm system brewing in Caribbean could become hurricane heading toward Cuba, Florida

Nicaraguan Ortega regime bans priests from public hospitals

Maduro seeks "new beginning" with U.S. after Trump takes office, invites Americans to visit Venezuela

Alert: Cuban doctor kidnapped in Tapachula, Mexico, ransomed for $10,000

Hurricane Rafael leaves western Cuba dark with "severe effects"

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly attempting coup after 2022 election

Nicaraguan dictator reforms constitution to appoint wife as co-president and usurp power of local governments

U.S. refers to opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuela’s "president-elect"

Inter-American Court condemns Nicaragua for "damage to communities" after commissioning China to build interoceanic canal project

New ranking shows Latin America's happiest (and saddest) countries

Mexico gives life sentence to man who confessed to killing more than 30 women

The accused killer has reportedly confessed to 30 other crimes against women over the past 20 years

Chile's new president backs Palestine, accuses Israel of 'genocide'

"We are monitoring what is happening in Ukraine... However, there are a lot of other regions that witness other scourges – Palestine, for example," Boric said

Socialist Lula da Silva leads Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidential poll

These results are especially polemic for Bolsonaro whose rejection rate appears to be the highest among all potential candidates – with 59% of those surveyed saying they would never vote for him and 61% saying they disapproved of the way he was governing

Crime

UN mission concludes that crimes against humanity were committed in Venezuela

Marta Valiñas claimed that "the situation of impunity must be addressed"

Immigration

Cuban migrants in Belarus ask María Elvira Salazar for help

Cuban migrants stranded in Belarus asked Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar to help resolve their difficult situation at the Belarusian border

Business

Argentina's deal with the IMF gets approved by senate

The deal passed in the senate with 56 votes in favor, 13 against, and three abstentions

Politics

Top Peruvian court orders release of jailed former president on humanitarian grounds

Fujimori’s allies include his daughter Keiko Fujimori – who has run for president three times – and have long said that the former president deserves a humanitarian pardon due to his poor health and old age