News from Latin Americas/Caribbean

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• Are China’s space ties with Latin America under threat as the US asserts power?

• Brazil's Indigenous leader Raoni says he is against drilling for oil in Amazon region

• Pupy the elephant arrives at Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

• Peru port could be an answer to US fees on Chinese ships: Hong Kong experts

• Violence-plagued Ecuador on alert over alleged assassination plot

• Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats’ leadership carousel turns

 

Monday - April 21st

• CENTSEC 25: A Unified Approach to Hemispheric Defense

• Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

• Argentina mourns its compatriot Pope Francis

• US imposes travel ban on former Argentine president over corruption charges

• Aerial views of a controversial copper mine

• Shell to complete survey at Venezuela gas field as license wind-down approaches

• Who are the people Bukele wants to exchange for Venezuelan detainees in El Salvador?

• El Salvador proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans for Venezuelan 'political prisoners'

• Brazil's Lula to attend Pope Francis' funeral

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• US Special Ops Conduct Combined Training with Panama, Formalize Commitment

• Key hospital in central Haiti closes due to gang violence

• Costa Rica will give migrants deported from the US permits to stay in the country for 3 months

• IMF cuts Latam, Caribbean 2025 GDP growth estimate

• Venezuela to resume repatriation of migrants after deal with US, official says

• El Salvador’s president slams Venezuela’s Maduro for rejecting his prisoner swap proposal

• Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm

• Brazil's 2025/26 coffee output forecast to decline by up to 6.4%

• Brazil's Embraer ends Q1 with backlog at $26.4 billion

• Brazil's JBS calls shareholder meeting to vote on US listing plan

• Brazilian lawmaker rejects Lula's request to be minister for communications

• US could offer Argentina credit line if 'external shock' hit, Bessent says in remarks

• Argentina economic activity grows 5.7% in February

• Argentina's surprise peso strength tempers fears of inflation comeback

• Ecuador opposition has asked electoral council to review presidential vote counts from 1,729 ballot boxes, council says

• Peru's Antamina copper mine on lockdown after manager killed

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• World Bank cuts Latin American and Caribbean growth view, highlights uncertainties

• Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse cause still unknown, owner tells local media

• Costa Rica grants special status to 85 migrants deported from the US

• LAMAT 2025 Culminates in Guyana

• Argentina Steps Up Surveillance Against Chinese Illegal Fishing

• In Argentina, debates over Pope Francis’ legacy lead to one question: Why didn’t he return?

• In South America, Pope Francis' allies hope his reforms will endure

• Brazil urging tougher emissions goals ahead of climate summit, sources say

• Brazilian airline Voepass files for bankrupcty, blames LATAM for financial woes

• Brazil central bank announces rollover of $18.4 billion in swaps maturing in June

• Brazil's Lula sacks social security head amid corruption probe

• Tankers chartered by Chevron to move Venezuelan crude seek other business

• Argentina peso expected to hit lower band, says deputy central bank governor

• Chile's Boric rules out responding to trade tensions with retaliation

• Police detain ally of Guatemalan president

• US brings first terrorism charges against alleged Venezuelan gang member

 

Thursday - April 24th

• Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US

• International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump

• Venezuelans subject to removal under wartime act have 12 hours to decide on contesting, docs show

• Venezuelan moved to Texas for possible deportation despite judge’s order

• Buenos Aires' poor neighborhoods mourn 'slum pope' Francis

• US judge orders return of second migrant deported to El Salvador

• Peru's Antamina copper mine restarts after accident left employee dead

• Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro's health has worsened, says medical note

• Brazil central bank keeps May rate hike open amid uncertainty, unclear activity trend

• Ecuador elections body denies opposition request for vote recount

• IMF's Georgieva urges Argentina to 'stay the course' on economic policy

• Colombian President Petro denies allegation of drug use

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Friday - April 25th

• Dominican Republic under fire as deportations of pregnant and breastfeeding women to Haiti rise

• Tradewinds and Beyond: Security and Humanitarian Aid in the Caribbean

• Paraguay's soy farmers ride tariff war 'toboggan'

• Venezuelans' lawyers urge judge to order Trump to facilitate return from El Salvador

• Colombia's central bank expected to hold rates despite government pressure: Reuters poll

• TikTok owner weighs data center project in Brazil, sources say

• Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil

• Former Brazilian President Collor arrested after corruption sentence

• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ecuador, 20 injured

• Argentina-US: Forging a Deeper Strategic Alliance