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Students in Peru clash with police over new labor laws
Feb 24, 2018 08:53Students clashed with police in the Peruvian capital of Lima on Friday over new youth labor laws.
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China-Latin America ties based on common interests: Beijing
Feb 03, 2018 13:56China has denounced as disrespectful the latest US warning to Latin American countries about excessive reliance on economic ties with Beijing, saying economic partnership in the region is “based on common interests and mutual needs.”
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Honduras electoral court finds disputed results ‘extremely consistent’
Dec 11, 2017 08:24Honduras’ electoral court finished a hand recount of votes in nearly 5,000 ballot boxes Sunday, saying that results were “extremely consistent with original data for the presidential election two weeks earlier.
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Opposition takes lead over US ally in Honduras vote
Nov 27, 2017 12:08A left-right coalition led by a flamboyant TV host took a surprise lead in the Honduran presidential election, initial results showed on Monday, upsetting forecasts that the crime-fighting, US allied incumbent would comfortably win.
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Peruvian police clash with school teachers rallying for wage hikes
Aug 24, 2017 13:11Peruvian riot police have clashed with protesting teachers and education workers who have been on strike to demanding wage increase for over the past two months.
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US to experience ‘15 Vietnams’ in potential war with Venezuela: FM
Aug 13, 2017 08:01The Venezuelan foreign minister says the United States, which has threatened Venezuela with military action, would experience 15 times as many difficulties as it suffered in the Vietnam War.
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Peru’s Congress votes to dismiss finance minister
Jun 22, 2017 07:34Peru's Congress has dismissed the finance minister following revelations that he allegedly asked the comptroller to green light a controversial project, a fresh blow to centrist President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his efforts to jumpstart the faltering economy.
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Peru airlifting citizens stranded by fatal floods
Mar 22, 2017 12:07Peru's Air Force has mobilized its planes to airlift thousands of citizens from flood-ravaged areas as the death toll from the natural tragedy rises.
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Thousands of women rally against violence in Latin America
Mar 09, 2017 16:28Thousands of women in Latin American countries have flocked to the streets in capital cities on International Women’s Day, calling for an end to sexual harassment and violence.
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Blaze kills 21 girls in children’s shelter in Guatemala
Mar 09, 2017 09:42At least 21 underage girls have lost their lives and more than 40 others sustained injuries in a overnight fire that broke out in an overcrowded shelter for children and adolescents in Guatemala, officials say.