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Tue, 31 May 2022 10:55:00 GMT
“Colombian Trump” now 3 weeks from being elected
Non-leftwing voters have all their eggs now in Rodolfo Hernandez's basket, after the candidate many dub the “Colombian Trump” made it to the second round against all forecasts, to face off former M19 guerrilla leader and c...

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:04:00 GMT
Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexican state of Oaxaca
Agatha Monday made landfall in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca as a Class 2 hurricane, according to reports from the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

Tue, 31 May 2022 09:49:00 GMT
WHO says tobacco industry poisoning the planet, and sponsors "polluter pays principle" and banning cigarette filters
The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction i...

Tue, 31 May 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Mexico facing water shortages despite approaching heavy storms
Mexico's National Water Commission (Conagua) has been reported to be drafting a new emergency declaration after several of the country's basins are affected by severe droughts in at least one-third of the country.

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Surprise runner-up to take on Petro in Colombia's presidential runoff
Leftwing candidate and former M19 guerrilla leader Gustavo Petro, 62, won Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, as all polls had foreseen. But he will face 77-year-old populist Rodolfo Hernández at the runoff in three w...

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:49:00 GMT
More prosecutors killed in Latin America
Following the assassination of Paraguay's Marcelo Pecci while honeymooning in Colombia, two other crimes have hit Latin American prosecutors in the last days of May.

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:18:00 GMT
Car bomb goes off in Ecuador – no victims this time around
Nobody was injured as a car bomb went off in front of a Guayaquil police precinct, it was reported Sunday.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday's elections in Colombia
The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, according to all surveys, in what would be a historic turn to the left for the only NATO associate country in South America.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Bolivia to import diesel to relief drivers in the west
Bolivia's state-run oil company YPFB will import 2.5 million liters of diesel fuel from Chile to reverse the current shortage, it was announced.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Lula celebrates new polls and asks Colombians to support Petro
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the results of Datafolha's most recent survey, according to which he might win the Oct. 2 elections, even probably in the first round.



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