Latin America News Headlines
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Ex-Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli's aircraft seized in Guatemala
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - An aircraft belonging to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was detained at Guatemala's international airport by the local anti-narcotics prosecutor's office at the request of U.S. authorities, Guatemalan authorities said late on Friday.
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Brazil's capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has filled its intensive care wards to the brim.
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Coal miner Cerrejon says reached deal with indigenous community on environment, health
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian coal mine Cerrejon said on Friday it has signed an agreement with a Wayuu indigenous community to comply with court-ordered environmental and health requirements.
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Brazil's capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has filled its intensive care wards to the brim.
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U.S., Mexican presidents to meet remotely on Monday
MEXICO CITY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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Haiti gang leader shot dead after escaping in mass prison break
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 26 (Reuters) - One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, was shot dead by police on Friday, a day after escaping from a prison in the capital along with hundreds of other detainees in a riot, authorities said.
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Ireland adds 13 countries to mandatory quarantine list
DUBLIN, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Ireland added on Friday 13 mainly Central and South American countries to its 14-day mandatory quarantine list, which requires arrivals from countries designated as "high risk" to quarantine in designated hotels.
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Argentina's health minister tests positive for COVID-19 one week into job
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Argentina's newly appointed health minister Carla Vizzotti said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID-19, one week after her predecesor resigned following reports that VIPs in the South American nation had jumped the line to receive vaccination shots early.
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Brazil's capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge
BRASILIA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's capital city, Brasilia, plans to announce a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has filled its intensive care wards to the brim, an aide told Reuters.
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'Border closed' to irregular migration, Blinken says in Mexico meeting
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged Central Americans without travel papers not undertake risky journeys to the United States, as the Biden administration grapples with fast-rising irregular immigration across the southern border.
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