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Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Colombian forces arrest most wanted drug trafficker Otoniel
Colombian authorities have arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David in a military operation on the El Yoki hill, located in the San Pablo de Necoclí village (Antioquia), it was reported during the weekend.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:47:00 GMT
Oil tanker captain and FO shot dead off Argentine coast
A sailor with a criminal record killed the captain and first officer of a Maltese-flagged oil tanker and then turned himself into the authorities off the coast of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:39:00 GMT
Unprecedented consensus in Chile against newspaper article marking 75th anniversary of Göring's death
Chile's Jewish community, Germany's Embassy in Santiago and the entire country's political spectrum Sunday agreed to condemn an article carried by the large-circulation daily El Mercurio reviewing the life of convicted Nazi lea...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:36:00 GMT
Cuban July protester gets 10-year jail sentence
A Cuban court has sentenced Roberto Pérez Fonseca to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly attacking police officers “with stones and bottles,” during the July 11-12 nationwide demonstrations, it was reported Saturday.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:32:00 GMT
Bolivia's FM says no lithium deal discussed with Russia's Gazprom
Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Sunday denied press reports according to which he had reached an agreement with the Russian government to exploit lithium from the Salar de Uyuni during his recent trip to Moscow.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Brazilian financial markets get shaky after Bolsonaro insists on increasing social spending
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would not take any adventurous steps as he expressed his full support for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes amidst a rocking financial market.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:34:00 GMT
Brazil's Guedes pushing for higher interest rates to contain inflation
Brazilian orthodox Economy minister Paulo Guedes has not resigned and has no intention of resigning despite the fact he will have to live with the exceptional expenditure of some 45bn Reais, as part of the Auxilio Brazil suppor...

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:32:00 GMT
In Tierra del Fuego, 39% of the population are below the poverty line
Some 39% of the population from the province of Tierra del Fuego are below the poverty line according to the latest numbers from the first half of this year and released by the Argentine official stats office, Indec.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin
The Falkland Islands government has released the following, "Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Argentina's national gov't sets guidelines for dealing with Mapuche conflict locally
Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Friday said people who believed the Mapuche conflict was to be solved the way General Julio Roca did in the late 1800s were wrong.



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