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Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Nicaraguan opposition leader Hugo Torres dies in jail
Former Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Hugo Torres Jiménez -who once risked his life to defend current President Daniel Ortega- has died Saturday in jail where he had been placed by the administration of the same man his life he h...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:13:00 GMT
UN envoy due in Bolivia to monitor Áñez's trial
A Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers sent by the United Nations (UN) is due in Bolivia this coming Tuesday at the invitation of the local government to assess the conditions under which former interim ...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:06:00 GMT
Latin American and Caribbean parliament call for Falklands' sovereignty talks with UK
The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, (Parlatino) met this week in Panama and called on the international community to support Argentina's request for a resumption of Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty talks with the ...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:30:00 GMT
New judge also resigns from investigating Haitian president's murder
Haitian Judge Chavannes Étienne, who had been appointed to investigate the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has resigned from the case Friday, thus becoming the fourth magistrate to make the same decision.

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Fuel goes up in Paraguay, but tanking up in Argentina not an option
The state-run oil company Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar) has announced an increase in the price of fuel at pumps effective Saturday, Feb. 12, despite previous announcements that there would be no changes until the end of the ...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:20:00 GMT
Nicaraguan opposition leaders handed down prison sentences
The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega has sentenced seven opposition leaders to serve time in prison in a new episode of the repression saga the Central American country is going through.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:21:00 GMT
Bolivia: Virtual trial against Áñez postponed
A Bolivian Court in La Paz Thursday postponed the beginning of the so-called "Coup d'état II" trial against former interim President Jeanine Áñez who had gone on a hunger strike since Wednesday.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:10:00 GMT
Mexico City Mayor takes flak for supporting use of ivermectin against COVID-19
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum came under heavy flak Thursday for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for the alleged manipulation of a study which recommended the use of ivermectin to treat this disease.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:49:00 GMT
Uruguay is the only full democracy in South America, The Economist says
The Economist published on Thursday its Democracy Index for 2021, in which Uruguay was ranked 13th, within the spectrum of “full democracies”, being above the 8 points awarded by the ranking.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Añez goes on hunger strike as coup trial looms over
Carolina Ribera, daughter of former interim Bolivian President Jeanine Añez, has announced her mother had gone on a hunger strike on the eve of the start of her trial for the so-called “Coup d'etat II” case. Áñez is char...



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