Bolivia's president sets the date of the county's next census for 2024 amid persisting US-backed riots waged by opposition groups.

The US has slapped new sanctions on Nicaragua's mining industry for “financing” the government of President Daniel Ortega, in the latest push against the Latin American nation's leader who won a fourth consecutive term as president in November 2021.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his front-runner opponent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold rival rallies within spitting distance of each other as the presidential campaign will come to an end on Saturday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic adheres to the policy of enhancing the level of cooperation with the Latin American countries, especially Venezuela.

Latin America has witnessed the rise of a number of popular, left-leaning, anti-US governments in the last decades.

Venezuela and Colombia have restored full diplomatic relations after a three-year logjam with the two South American neighbors exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2019.

Colombia is set to re-establish diplomatic ties at an ambassadorial level with Venezuela when President-elect Gustavo Petro takes office in Bogota on August 7.

Colombia's "Truth Commission" has released an overdue report on the Latin American country's over 50 years of unrest in an emotional ceremony in the capital, Bogota.

Anti-government protests by indigenous groups in Ecuador have left two people killed and 100 injured, with the country's defense minister warning that democracy in the Latin American state is at risk.

Leaders of South and Central American countries have boycotted the so called Summit of the Americas, officially aimed at strengthening hemispheric solidarity.