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Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso's first 100 days in office

01:35 Marking 100 days in office this week, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has one of the highest approval ratings of any leader in Latin America.Key to his popularity has been a s

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Left-wing candidates make a comeback in Latin America

03:21 Pedro Castillo, a socialist and the son of peasant farmers, isPeru's new president afterrisingfrom obscurity to narrowly beat a right-wing rival, the daughter of a jailed former p

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Pedro Castillo, new Peruvian president, is sworn in

02:24 Pedro Castillo, Peru’s new president, pledged on Wednesday to bring economic stability to his country.He was sworn-in after rising from obscurity to narrowly beat a right-wing riv

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Peruvian police bust criminals selling ICU beds to COVID-19 victims

01:14 Peruvian police say they have captured an alleged criminal ring that charged COVID-19 patients thousands of dollars for intensive care beds in a public hospital.Health care and co

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Pedro Castillo declared winner of Peru's presidential election

02:21 It's official.Peru's next president ​will bePedro Castillo, ​a leftist political outsider who's never before held office. Election officials certified his victory late Monday, mor

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Results of Peru presidential election still not officially declared

01:47 Peru’s leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has claimed victory this week, after holding the narrowest of leads following a lengthy vote count. But Castillo has not been

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Tight result between leftist and right-wing presidential candidates

01:50 The leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has narrowly overtaken his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential vote count following this past weekend's

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Ecuador's new vaccination plan

01:19 Just days into his presidency, Guillermo Lasso, plans to ramp up Ecuador’s vaccination drive. His plan is to inoculate nine million Ecuadoreans in his first 100 days in office.CGT

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Peruvians voting for a new president

02:21 Peruvians are voting for a new president on Sunday. They must choose between two starkly different candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum.Check outThe China Repor

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Peruvians to vote for the country's new leader Sunday

02:18 Peruvians will go to the polls Sunday to elect their fifth president in five years but whoever wins, the country's ongoing political crisis is unlikely to end.Polls show the two c

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Peru's presidential candidates debate ahead of vote

02:24 In the last week before the presidential elections in Peru, candidates Keiko Fujimori on the right and leftist Pedro Castillo went head to head in a final debate before the vote.C

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State of the economy ahead of second round of voting in Peru

02:39 In little more than a week, Peruvians go to the polls in the second-round of their presidential election.Two candidatesare vyingfor the top job.The country is coping withhigh empl

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Peru blames rebel group on massacre of 16

02:14 Peru’s government has blamed Shining Path rebels for the massacre of 16 peoplelast weekendin a remote region of the country known for cocaine production.CGTN’s Dan Collynsreports.

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Guillermo Lasso is the new president of Ecuador

02:00 Conservative Guillermo Lasso assumed the presidency of Ecuador on Monday, becoming the country’s first right-wing leader in 14 years. He is entering the presidency in the middle o

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Peru advances COVID-19 vaccination program

02:23 Peru – which has had the world's highest number of deaths per capita - could be turning a corner thanks to its vaccinations program.Officially, the country has sufferedmore than1.

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Peru investigating allegations surrounding COVID-19 vaccine rollout

01:49 Peruis battling a deadly wave of the coronavirus where nearly 1.9 million cases have been identified since the pandemic began. Hospitals have been overrun with critical shortages.

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Peruvians still struggling with COVID deaths, vaccine access

01:41 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru that the country could face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are