Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon
- 04-Feb-2023
A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday, a day after a similar craft was seen in US skies, prompting the scrapping of a rare trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Pentagon said the first balloon was now heading eastwards over the central United […]
Argentina confirms first monkeypox case in Latin America
- 28-May-2022
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina said Friday it has Latin America’s first known case of monkeypox. Local press reports say the patient is a 40-year-old man who recently returned from Spain, where two days ago the government reported 59 cases. “The PCR test result … for the first suspected case of monkeypox is positive,” said the health […]
Sputnik V: From vaccine hope to frustration for Latin America
- 05-Aug-2021
Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was the first to arrive in Argentina in December 2020 with the promise of relief for Latin American countries low on the waiting list for shots developed, and approved, in the West. Yet to receive UN approval, the vaccine has since been taken up by about a dozen countries in […]
Trump cancels first LatAm trip as crises mount
- 10-Apr-2018
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his first trip to Latin America , hunkering down in the White House as he faces momentous decisions about military strikes in Syria and an FBI investigation that is inching closer to the Oval Office.
Trump cancels first Latin America trip to ‘oversee Syria response’: White House
- 10-Apr-2018
WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday abruptly announced the cancellation of US President Donald Trump’s first trip to Latin America, scheduled for later this week, saying he wants to “oversee the American response to Syria.” The announcement comes as the Republican president weighs military strikes in the war-wracked country — and shortly after the FBI […]
US, China rivalry poses risks, benefits for Latin America
- 06-Apr-2018
MENDOZA, Argentina: As the trade dispute between the United States and China was gaining steam last month, a half-dozen Chinese dancers and a person in a panda bear suit paraded across a stage inside a hotel lobby in the heart of Argentina’s wine country. The March 24 ceremony celebrated the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) […]
Latin America slams Trump’s Venezuela ‘military options’ threat
- 12-Aug-2017
CARACAS/LIMA: After months of attacking Venezuela’s unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America came out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the struggling OPEC nation. U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise comments on Friday may give beleaguered leftist leader Maduro a regional boost, just as Venezuela was on verge of becoming a pariah. Following Trump’s […]
Journalist killed every 4.5 days, says UNESCO report
- 03-Nov-2016
PARIS, FRANCE: One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by UNESCO on Wednesday. During the last decade, 827 journalists have been killed while on the job, the UNESCO director-general’s report said. The worst hit areas were Arab States including Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya. Latin America is the next […]
Watchdog says press freedom in decline, warns of ‘new era of propaganda’
- 20-Apr-2016
PARIS: World press freedom deteriorated in 2015, advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday as it released its annual rankings, warning of "a new era of propaganda".
Obama to visit Cuba in ‘coming weeks’
- 18-Feb-2016
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will make a historic visit to Cuba "in coming weeks," a US official said Wednesday, a powerful sign of the thaw in relations between the former Cold War foes.