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Colombia tries to contain guerrilla violence that has killed 100

20-01-2025 15:43 A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left 100 people dead and thousands displaced.

'Pepe' Mujica interview

Mujica: Left’s return to power in Uruguay is ‘a farewell prize’

29-11-2024 11:40 José ‘Pepe’ Mujica is perhaps the most famous Uruguayan in the world, but that doesn't faze him. “I'm not a phenomenon; I'm an ordinary guy with some eccentricities,” says the 89-year-old former president.

URUGUAY ELECTION 2024

Uruguay readies for polls with Frente Amplio hoping for comeback

22-11-2024 10:03 Álvaro Delgado of outgoing president Luis Lacalle Pou's ruling coalition, and Yamandú Orsi, of the left-wing Frente Amplio coalition, go head-to-head in the Uruguay's presidential election run-off.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Leftist voices seek to be heard at Rio's G20 summit

15-11-2024 14:23 Left-wing activists hope to make their voices heard at the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit in Brazil.

LATIN AMERICA

Sheinbaum's Mexico election win bolsters Latin American left

06-06-2024 11:31 Claudia Sheinbaum's victory means that both Brazil and Mexico – Latin America's two biggest nations in terms of population and economic output – remain firmly on the left side of the political spectrum.

FOREIGN POLICY

Milei's diplomacy pulls no punches with left-wing leaders

21-05-2024 11:05 Critics say Milei is focused on prioritising diplomatic connections with fellow right-wingers – while lashing out with an undiplomatic tenor at the rest of the world's leaders, to the detriment of Argentine foreign policy.

ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTEST

Anti-austerity protesters rally in first test of new anti-picket protocol

20-12-2023 20:10 Left-wing groups stage demonstration in Buenos Aires on anniversary of 2001 protests; Bullrich claims success as first public protest against Milei administration passes off peacefully.

Election 2023

Milei looks to woos leftist support ahead of run-off

24-10-2023 16:41 Libertarian candidate Javier Milei hints he may offer a Cabinet post to Argentina's left-wingers in his bid to overcome Sergio Massa in next month's run-off.

Profile: Ecuador's next president

Daniel Noboa, banana empire heir to Ecuador's youngest president

16-10-2023 10:18 Voted in as Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, Daniel Noboa vowed Sunday after his election win to work to "restore peace" to the country in the grips of a bloody drug gang war.

TIES WITH CUBA

Brazil to send business leaders to Cuba in push to rebuild ties

02-09-2023 10:32 Delegation of at least 30 Brazilian business leaders will travel to Havana on Monday in search of opportunities to boost trade with Cuba, the latest step in Lula's push to repair relations between the two nations.

Election in Ecuador

Polar opposite candidates set to vie for Ecuador presidency

21-08-2023 09:24 Ecuador election heads for a second-round showdown that will pit leftist frontrunner Luisa González against Daniel Noboa, the conservative son of one of the country's richest men.

Election in Ecuador

Ecuador heads to presidential run-off pitting left against right

21-08-2023 09:16 Luisa González, a lawyer close to divisive former leader Rafael Correa, emerges as frontrunner after Ecuador presidential election; She will face Daniel Noboa in a second-round showdown in October.

Bloomberg

Massa wins Greylock’s blessing in bid to save Argentina's economy

09-08-2023 14:52 Argentina’s inflation surged under Massa – Greylock sees him as best to save the economy.

argentina

Opposition leads in analysis of polls, says Clarín poll

25-06-2023 21:37 Juntos por el Cambio has taken the lead in an analysis of polls ahead of the August 13 presidential primary, Clarín reports.

ELECTION 2023

Who’s running in the primaries? What we know so far

22-06-2023 21:19 Seven confirmed line-ups for the August PASO primaries, with the deadline for presenting tickets expiring at midnight on Saturday.

MADURO IN BRASÍLIA

Lula, Maduro hail 'new era' in Brazil-Venezuela ties

30-05-2023 16:11 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticises “narrative” of “anti-democracy and authoritarianism” imposed against Venezuela as he announces full restoration of diplomatic and trade ties.

COLOMBIAN POLITICS

Colombia's Petro calls for Cabinet resignations after setbacks

26-04-2023 09:35 Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for the resignation of his entire Cabinet as a political crisis, sparked by his government's struggles to get legislation approved by Congress, escalates.

PRICE HIKES

Left-wing LatAm governments agree joint inflation plan

06-04-2023 16:01 New ‘Alianza de Países de América Latina y el Caribe contra la Inflación’ scheme will see 11 leftist nations adopt common strategies to tackle price hikes.

"PINK TIDE"

Nicaragua a political headache for Latin American left

24-02-2023 09:40 Spread as they are across the leftist spectrum. Latin American governments have failed to come up with a cohesive response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's move to strip more than 300 critics and political opponents of citizenship.