Lima - Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra warned that he is willing to dissolve the country's Congress, currently under opposition neo-liberal control, if it insists on appointing new constitutional judges.

San Juan - Some 67 percent of Puerto Rican households live below the poverty level, which greatly limits access to a balanced diet, warned on Thursday Denise Santos, president of the Food Bank.

United Nations - Jamaica, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Lucia are supporting a Caribbean call for an end to the United States blockade of Cuba.

Washington - In the United States, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats.

Panama City - The tourism industry has generated about 19 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2018 and is the sixth largest contributor to the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it was reported in Panama City on Friday.

United Nations - Bolivian President Evo Morales, speaking at the UN, urged the international community to work together to save planet Earth and address the structural causes of the climate crisis.