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Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:43:00 GMT
Uruguayan President announces the end of the sanitary emergency
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced he would be lifting all sanitary restrictions in place in his country following a meeting with Health Minister and other aides.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:23:00 GMT
Argentine President welcomes Chilean colleague with whom he shares many views
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday welcomed his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. It was the visiting head of state's first trip abroad since taking office on March 11.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Chilean President lands in Buenos Aires
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font landed Sunday afternoon at BuenosAires' Ezeiza international airport for a two-day official visit which marks his first trip abroad as head of state.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:57:00 GMT
New riot at Ecuadorian prison leaves at least another 12 inmates dead
A new episode of Ecuador's prison crisis Sunday has resulted in the death of yet another 12 inmates following clashes at the correctional facility in the southern city of Cuenca. Last year, 316 prisoners were killed in fights b...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:53:00 GMT
Presidents of Colombia, Ukraine hold phone talk
Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodimir Zelensky. Duque offered Colombia's assistance to the European leader, given the South American country's lon...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:47:00 GMT
Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks
Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the "Wallmapu," the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge ...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Rodrigo Chaves becomes Costa Rica's President-elect
Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court Sunday confirmed Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party had won the Presidential elections with 52.9 % of the votes, against José María Figueres' 47.11%.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:45:00 GMT
Bolivia and Argentina postpone decision on gas supply contract
Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) agreed to postpone the decision on a sixth addendum to the contract for the supply of natural gas f...

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Argentine FM meets with Chilean ambassador ahead of Boric's trip
Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met Thursday with Chile's new Ambassador to Buenos Aires, ahead of President Gabriel Boric's visit next Sunday in his first trip abroad since taking office.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:45:00 GMT
UN agrees on probing Nicaragua's alleged human rights violations
With 20 votes in favor and 7 votes against, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations agreed to launch a probe to determine whether there was a violation of human rights in Nicaragua.



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