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☆ Judge denies Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo’s jail appeal
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

LIMA, Peru — A judge ordered ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody on Tuesday, denying his appeal as authorities build a rebellion case against him. The judge said evidence suggests Castillo was intercepted as he tried to reach the Mexican embassy to seek asylum. He was taken into custody shortly after he was ousted by lawmakers when he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote. Regional governments have also refused to recognize her as Peru’s president. Peru’s prime minister, Pedro Angulo, in a statement rejected the four governments’ position, which he attributed to an “ignorance of reality.”

☆ Reaction in Americas region to ousting of Peru's Castillo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF BRAZIL"I followed with great concern the events that led to the constitutional removal of the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo. COSTA RICA FOREIGN MINISTRY"Costa Rica deeply regrets the decision of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo regarding the dissolution of the Congress of the Republic ... because it represents a rupture in the constitutional order." EVO MORALES, FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA, ON TWITTER"Our deep concern for the political crisis affecting the sister Republic of Peru. "Beyond mistakes and successes, our brother Pedro Castillo and his family deserve humane treatment. HONDURAS FOREIGN MINISTRY"The Honduran foreign ministry energetically condemns the coup d'etat in Peru, which is the result of a series of events meant to erode democracy and the sovereign will of the people represented by President Pedro Castillo."

☆ Explainer: What happens to Peru's former president Castillo now?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LIMA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Peru's former president Pedro Castillo was ousted from power on Wednesday in an impeachment vote after failing in his bid to stay in power by dissolving Congress. Vice President Dina Boluarte was swiftly sworn in to replace him and Castillo was arrested. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a fellow leftist who has expressed sympathy with Castillo in the past, made clear on Thursday that he is open to offering the former leader asylum. Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard posted on Twitter that the Mexican ambassador in Lima met with Castillo on Thursday afternoon. He said Mexican officials have begun consultations over the asylum request with Peruvian officials, pledging to offer updates later.

☆ Another OPEC? Indonesia wants to create a cartel for battery metals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Julia Horowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The nickel market is also structured very differently than the market for crude oil, with private firms rather than national companies running the show. The country now accounts for more than 38% of global refined nickel supply, according to data from market intelligence firm CRU Group. People who track the nickel market are skeptical such an arrangement is workable. But other countries that have direct access to battery metals and other important minerals also want a say. “The metals market and its importance to the energy transition is something we’re all waking up to and adapting to how it’s going to work in practice,” Bronze said.

☆ Bolivia's key farming hub ends strike as lawmakers back census
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LA PAZ, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A 36-day general strike in Bolivia's key farming region of Santa Cruz came to an end on Saturday, as lawmakers approved a guarantee to hold a population census in 2024, which will likely hand the region more tax revenues and seats in Congress. "We are lifting the strike and the blockades," local civic leader Romulo Calvo told reporters. Bolivia's economy ministry estimates the strike has cost the country over $1 billion. The census law, which Bolivia's Chamber of Deputies passed early Saturday morning with over two-thirds of votes, has been sent to the Senate for review before it is enacted by President Luis Arce. Regional leaders in soy-rich Santa Cruz said they would remain on standby until the law is approved.

☆ In South America's Andes, farmers pray for rain to end drought
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Monica Machicao | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An indigenous woman raises her hands in prayer asking for rain in the Lloko Lloko community, in Tihuanacu, Bolivia November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia MoralesTIHUANACU, Bolivia, Nov 25 (Reuters) - High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain. The drought has hit crops in Bolivia as well as in Argentina, Paraguay and Peru. In the Andean regions, drought in recent years has caused falling water reservoir levels in places like Chile and led to important glaciers retreating. Drought has hit crops like wheat and soy, including this year in major grains producer Argentina.

☆ A jet built by China and Pakistan may soon be the most widely operated combat aircraft in the world
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

China and Pakistan jointly developed the JF-17 combat jet, which first entered service in 2007. At the same time, China was showcasing the JF-17 at the annual China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zuhai, China. The events were the latest attempts by China and Pakistan to market their jointly developed fourth-generation fighter jet to international customers. JF-17 ThunderA Pakistan Air Force JF-17 takes off at a base in northern Pakistan in June 2013. The single-seat, single-engine jet is known in Pakistan as the JF-17 Thunder and as the FC-1 Xiaolong in China.

☆ In Latin America, mothers of LGBTQ children fight against prejudice
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Founded in 2017, the Latin American Movement of Mothers of LGTB+ Children lobbies governments to eliminate prejudical laws and better enforce existing bans on violence and discrimination. Members of the Latin American Movement of Mothers of LGTB+ Children during a march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 5. The Latin American Movement of Mothers of LGTB+ Children held its first in-person meeting in early November in Buenos Aires, where they attended the annual massive gay pride march on Nov. 5. In some countries, mothers who try to help their children deal with discrimination suddenly find themselves the subject of scrutiny. Delfín said that she is one of two mothers in Santa Cruz who are activists fighting for their LGBTQ children.

☆ Coca chewing gets chic makeover with bubblegum flavor and TikTok fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Monica Machicao | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A demonstrator uses coca leaves during clashes with police over a new coca market, in La Paz, Bolivia August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Morales/File PhotoSANTIAGO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - With flavors ranging from bubble gum to passion fruit and TikTok stars promoting it, chewing coca has become the latest chic trend in Bolivia. Andean villagers have chewed coca leaves - the base ingredient of cocaine - for centuries to help ward off the effects of high altitude and hunger. Consumption of the leaves is legal in Bolivia and coca is considered by many in the region as a sacred plant. To the traditional "bolo" of coca leaves and baking soda enterprising locals are adding sweeteners and flavoring.

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice expressed support on Monday for a lawsuit filed by voting rights organizations in Arizona, which alleges that groups monitoring ballot drop boxes in the state are engaging in illegal voter intimidation. Among the activities that can be considered voter intimidation, it said, are photographing and video-recording voters, an activity that multiple conservative groups in Arizona have engaged in. The plaintiffs, which include the League of Women Voters of Arizona and the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, immediately appealed. Arizona officials earlier in the month asked the Justice Department to investigate a case of possible voter intimidation after a group of people followed and filmed a voter in Maricopa County, who was dropping off a ballot for the midterm elections. Since then, Arizona officials have said they have observed several more instances of voter intimidation.

☆ Latin America's 'pink tide' leaders congratulate Brazil's Lula on election win
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil's Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region's "pink tide" of elected leftist leaders. His victory over far-right president Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil joining Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru in a growing leftist bloc. "Long live Lula," tweeted Colombia's Gustavo Petro, who in June was elected his country's first leftist president. But the pink tide returned as rampant inflation and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led frustrated voters in Latin America to ditch mainstream parties and follow promises of greater social spending. "Your victory strengthens democracy and integration in Latin America."

Phoenix police said they had arrested Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, in connection to a burglary. "We are very thankful that the Phoenix Police Department acted so quickly to arrest a suspect," Hobbs' campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, said in a statement. In recent days, Hobbs' campaign and Republican opponent Kari Lake have traded barbs over the incident. Hobbs' campaign said Lake's harsh rhetoric and embrace of Trump's election falsehoods created the conditions for the burglary to take place. They added that police had recovered the items allegedly stolen by Dos Reis.

Already fighting from behind, Democrats' chances of keeping the House have slipped further in the last month. In a letter to Democratic colleagues on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on House members to make a point of defending their record on crime. Republican groups including Citizens for Sanity, headed by former aides to Trump, poured money in recent weeks into ads criticizing Democrats as weak on crime and illegal immigration. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, respondents were twice as likely to list crime, rather than abortion rights, as the country's biggest problem. Shield PAC, a Third Way-affiliated political action committee, launched ads on Monday promoting the law enforcement records of Virginia's Elaine Luria and Minnesota's Angie Craig, both endangered Democrats.

☆ Bolivia to temporarily suspend exports of food products amid protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LA PAZ, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend exports of food products including soy and beef amid protests in the key farming region of Santa Cruz. The move is aimed at safeguarding food security in Bolivia, said the minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy, Nestor Huanca, adding that the export suspension will include soybean grain, soybean flour, soybean meal, sugar, oil and beef. Leftist President Luis Arce has been facing protests across the country. Earlier on Wednesday, his government struck a deal with gold mining cooperatives to stop protests in the administrative capital La Paz. Reporting by Daniel Ramos, Editing by Isabel Woodford and Richard PullinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A couple ditched the corporate life to drive around the world. Here's how they're paying for it
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Natalie Tham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Source: Bradley Williams, Cazzy MagennisBut their money quickly ran out, Williams said. Source: Bradley Williams, Cazzy MagennisThe van, which they named Helen, has many of the utilities of a regular home. Source: Bradley Williams, Cazzy Magennis"Most nights we cook in the van," Magennis said. Source: Bradley Williams, Cazzy MagennisThe couple wanted to travel through Russia but the war thwarted their plans, Magennis said. Source: Bradley Williams, Cazzy Magennis

☆ COP27: World on track to increase emissions 10.6% by 2030 - UN report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030 is needed to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. "At the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last year, all countries agreed to revisit and strengthen their climate plans," said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of UN Climate Change in a statement. "The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP26 is disappointing." The latter, which sees most emissions come from deforestation and peatland clearance, now says it will cut emissions levels by at least 31.89% by 2030. Last year's UN assessment found countries were on track to up emissions by 13.7% by 2030.

☆ Bolivian strike over census delay paralyzes agriculture export hub
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LA PAZ, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Thousands of people in Bolivia launched an indefinite strike on Saturday in the lowland city of Santa Cruz, a major agriculture export hub, to protest the postponement of a population and housing census which delays access to more economic resources. One death was reported by police in clashes between people who accepted the strike and those who wanted to reject it. The results of the census are important for the distribution of economic resources and defining the seats in the Bolivian parliament. Lawmakers have called for calm and agreed to continue talks until an agreement is reached that can stop the indefinite strike. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Daniel Ramos in La Paz Writing by Walter Bianchi and Cassanda Garrison Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Mexican growers hope for bumper marigold sales for Day of the Dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Mexican flower growers are preparing for bumper sales of marigolds for the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations, helped by the return of public events after the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other industries, marigold growers have been hit hard by higher costs - including a jump in the price of fertilizer. But a return to public celebrations after two years of pandemic restrictions is expected to offer a boost to sales. In Mexico, the marigolds are placed alongside candy skulls, chocolate coffins, paper-mache skeletons and photographs of the deceased at the altars. Cakes, tequila and cigarettes are also offered up to entice a dead relative to return.

☆ Mexico's most populous state approves same-sex marriage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The congress of Mexico's most populous state, State of Mexico, on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to legally recognize same-sex marriage, becoming the 29th of Mexico's 32 states to do so. State of Mexico, which borders the capital, is the country's most populous state and one of its most gender-violent. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe approval follows recent legalizations by the states of Sonora and Sinaloa. Mexico City became the first area of the country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009, and the following year Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize it nationwide. Same-sex marriage remains illegal or not recognized in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, most of Central America and swathes of the Caribbean, according to global LGBT rights tracker Equaldex.

☆ Factbox: Automakers accelerate drive to secure battery raw materials
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

read more08-Dec-2021 - Belgium's Umicore (UMI.BR) will supply cathode materials for Volkswagen's European battery cell factories under a joint venture. MERCEDES BENZ (MBGn.DE):23-Aug-2022 - Mercedes-Benz strikes cooperation agreement with Canada to secure access to lithium, nickel and cobalt. read more04-Oct-2021 - BHP Group (BHP.AX) will supply nickel sulphate from Western Australia to Toyota and Panasonic's joint venture. read moreFORD (F.N)22-July-2022 - Ioneer Ltd signs binding offtake agreement with Ford to supply lithium from Rhyolite Ridge in Nevada. read more22-Sept-2021 - Ford partners with startup Redwood Materials to form a "closed loop" or circular supply chain for electric vehicle batteries, from raw materials to recycling.

☆ Peru targets local lithium battery production, official says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Marcelo Rochabrun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It has some lithium deposits in the southern region of Puno which are currently being explored by American Lithium Corp (LI.V). To be sure, Peru currently produces no lithium and no country in Latin America produces lithium batteries at a commercial scale even if they do mine lithium. Bolivia has the world's largest lithium resources but has for years struggled to mine them at a commercial scale. Mexico nationalized its lithium resources earlier this year and announced a state lithium mining company but has yet to start lithium production. Lithium battery production is currently dominated by China.

☆ Fact Check-Viral video does not show crocodiles ‘invading’ a beach in Brazil, contrary to claims online
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A video showing a riverbank full of caimans in the Pantanal region of Brazil has been misrepresented in viral social media posts, with users falsely claiming the clip shows crocodiles crowding a beach in the South American country, leading to panic among locals. Experts said the scene resembles caiman activity in the Pantanal region. More information about the climate conditions in the Pantanal region can be found (here) (here) (here). This clip does not show crocodiles “invading” a “beach” in Brazil. According to experts, the footage shows Yacare Caiman in the interior Pantanal region of Brazil, clustering near a river due to seasonal drought.

☆ Inside an Animal Sanctuary in Bolivia Where Tourists Can Help
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Yael Martínez | Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum crawling with giant ants
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Charlotte Campenhout | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The exhibition Casa Tomada from artist Rafael Gomezbarros is displayed at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwAMSTERDAM, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, home to Dutch masterpieces like Rembrandt's "Nightwatch", will temporarily have its walls and windows overrun by 700 giant ants, as part of a new exhibit. By breaking artwork conventions, "House Taken," by Colombian artist Rafael Gomezbarros, wants to draw attention to migration and forced displacement. "The ants symbolise the industriousness, resilience and cooperative spirit of people", Rijksmuseum curator Julia Kantelberg explained, adding that letting people make their own associations is part of the artwork's goal. It focuses on the ever-changing perceptions of crawly creatures, such as ants but also toads, snakes and spiders, in the arts and sciences.

☆ Lionel Messi a marcat 2 goluri și a reușit o pasă decisivă în meciul cu reprezentativa Boliviei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Vedeta Barcelonei a înscris de două ori în prima repriză și graţie acestora a ajuns la 75 de goluri în tricoul primei reprezentative. Totodată, Messi a jucat meciul cu numărul 148 pentru echipa națională, devenind fotbalistul cu cele mai multe partide jucate la selecționata "albiceleste".Argentina s-a impus cu 4-1, iar celelalte goluri au fost marcat de Alejandro Gomez şi Lautaro Martinez, iar Bolivia a înscris prin Erwin Saavedra.Pumele, care a ajuns la zece meciuri consecutive fără înfrângere, erau deja calificate în sferturile de finală ale competiției înaintea acestei partideÎn celălalt meci al grupei, Uruguayul a învins Paraguayul cu scorul de 1-0, printr-un gol marcat de Edinson Cavani din penalty.Așadar, după ultimele 2 meciuri din faza grupelor s-au stabilit confruntările din sferturile de finală.Capul de afiș este Brazilia - Chile, ultimele două campioane ale turneului. Argentina se va duela cu Ecuador, Peru cu Paraguay, iar Columbia cu Uruguay.

Persons: Messi, Alejandro Gomez, Lautaro Martinez, Erwin Saavedra.Pumele, Uruguayul Organizations: Barcelonei Locations: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguayul, penalty.Așadar, Brazilia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Columbia, Uruguay

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