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Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:15:00 GMT
New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad
Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:54:00 GMT
The Battle for Boric's Soul
By Jorge Castañeda - Chile has long been something of a bellwether in Latin America. So, when Chilean voters elected the left-wing Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, as president on Sunday, the rest of Latin ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:28:00 GMT
Guerrilla group fights in Colombia put civilians in danger
Clashes between dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) in the department of Arauca near the Venezuelan border have left at least 16 people dead, it was reported Monday.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:57:00 GMT
Peru's inflation the highest in 13 years
Peru's inflation for 2021 has reached 6.43%, thus becoming the highest in the last 13 years and twice as high as the Government's target range, set at 3%. It was also over three times over 2020's annual record of 1.97%.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Bolivian VP bows to pressure, agrees to take a COVID-19 vaccine
Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca finally agreed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite ratifying that taking the jab in voluntary in Bolivia and that he has already overcome the disease.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Nicaragua hands over Taiwanese Embassy to Chinese authorities
Nicaragua's Government has seized former Taiwan's Embassy in Managua and handed it over to China, which maintains the Asian island is nothing but a rogue province.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:39:00 GMT
Peru closes all beaches for New Year's celebrations to keep strains at bay
Peru's Health Minister Hernando Cevallos Thursday said closing the countries' beaches for the remainder of the Summer season was not on the agenda.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:37:00 GMT
Unvaccinated Bolivian VP does not intend to take the treatment
Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca has not taken any COVID-19 vaccine and said he did not intend to either, it was reported Thursday.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia
Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:31:00 GMT
Sanitary emergency declared in Bolivia as covid-19 cases soar
The Government of Bolivia Wednesday declared a nationwide sanitary emergency due to an increase in the number of covid-19 cases, Health Minister Jeyson Auza announced.



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