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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:29:00 GMT
Áñez's daughter seeks help from Bachelet regarding her mother's arrest
Carolina Ribera, daughter of Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Áñez, Tuesday sought assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to help put an end to the "torture" her mo...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:50:00 GMT
Bolivian lorry drivers stranded in the middle of the Andes with Covid-19 and snow
Scores of Bolivian lorry drivers and their vehicles were reported Monday to be stranded on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado after at least 200 of them tested positive for COVID-19. They claim they had departed with negative ...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:23:00 GMT
Peru's Congress passes motion of censorship against Education Minister
Peru's Congress Tuesday passed a motion of censure against Education Minister Carlos Gallardo who must now turn in his resignation. President Pedro Castillo has 72 hours to accept it.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:51:00 GMT
Colombia's Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals
The Office of Colombia's Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered this year nationwide.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:55:00 GMT
Boric wins runoff to become Chile's youngest ever President
Leftwing Deputy Gabriel Boric (35) beat first-round frontrunner Conservative José Antonio Kast in Sunday's presidential runoff to become Chile's youngest-ever head of state. After more than 90% of the votes were counted, Boric...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:48:00 GMT
Mexico tightens travel requirements on South American visitors
Mexican migration authorities have decided over the past few days to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil after it was detected large numbers of those alleged tourists were seeking to g...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Colombian authorities seize assets from arrested drug traffickers
Colombian prosecutors have seized assets worth around US $ 37.2 believed to have been acquired by Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Úsuga, a.k.a. “Otoniel,” with money from illegal deeds.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Peru's president under investigation for corruption
Peru's President Pedro Castillo is once again under the spotlight after the Attorney General said his Office was already investigating press allegations that businesswoman Karelim López had paid the head of state offered to he...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Argentina to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bolivia
Argentina has announced one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to Bolivia next Monday, making it “the largest donation of doses between countries in South America since the global pandemic was decl...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:39:00 GMT
Former Bolivian Foreign Ministry official arrested over 2019 uprising against Evo
A former top-ranking official from Bolivia's Foreign Ministry has been placed under arrest for his alleged involvement in the reception from Argentina of tear gas and other military supplies in the events surrounding the resign...



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