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Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:37:00 GMT
Prosecutors question Peru's President in scandalous military promotions case
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones was questioned Tuesday by Prosecutors regarding his alleged involvement in the unlawful promotion of Army and Air Force officers, a scandal which has already led to the resignation of fo...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:32:00 GMT
IACHR to evaluate Paraguayan President's express impeachment back in 2012
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has agreed to accept the case of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo against the Paraguayan State for his removal of office through impeachment in June 2012.

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:26:00 GMT
Maduro-appointed Venezuelan ambassador lands in Lima
Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña Tuesday received the credentials from Venezuela's new ambassador Alexander Yáñez Deleuze during a ceremony at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:50:00 GMT
Argentine Patagonia in for hottest and driest year since 1961
According to Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN), the weather in Patagonia, particularly in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro is about to set a new historic record amid high temperatures and low rainfall wh...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is "organizing my administration's team"
Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boris announced he contacted president Sebastián Piñera to thank him for the invitation to attend the January 26/27 Prosur and Pacific Alliance summits in Colombia, --the current head of govern...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:35:00 GMT
Paraguayan Gov't honors IACHR ruling favoring indigenous peoples
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez's Government Monday gave real-estate ownership (occupation) certificates to indigenous peoples plus a monetary compensation in accordance with rulings from the Inter-American Court of Hu...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 20:16:00 GMT
Andean Community lifts roaming charges as of Jan. 1
Roaming charges for cell phone communications is about to become a thing of the past for countries of The Andean Community (CAN - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Effective Jan. 1, 2022, and thanks to the joint work of its...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Latam applies for Sao Paulo/MPA flights to begin 9 February, Aeroin
LATAM Airlines has submitted to Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency its flight schedule for the Sao Paulo/Falkland Islands commercial air link resumption, allegedly scheduled for next 9 February, according to Brazilian a...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:53:00 GMT
Bolivia receives the donation of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
A shipment of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Bolivia Sunday. The batch of the Sinopharm drug is China's largest donation ever to the South American country and will be used particularly on children aged betwe...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft
The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep "devastating our resources, and the jails of souther...



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