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Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:22:00 GMT
Chile will have a new Constitution soon, Boric tells UN General Assembly
Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that his country would have a new Constitution “shortly” after the Sept. 7 attempt to get a progressive text approved ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:42:00 GMT
Angry Bolivians force mayor to wear a skirt in humiliation for sloppy work
Residents of a Bolivian town near La Paz had the local mayor wear a skirt in retribution for his alleged disregard of the various demands put forward by the population who were requesting additional transport services and more ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:32:00 GMT
One dead after new quake hits Mexico on most historic seismic date
At least one person died Monday as a 7.6-degree Richter scale earthquake hit the Mexican State of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast, 59 kilometers south of Coalcoman, on the anniversary of two previous tremors that left thousand...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:07:00 GMT
Petroperu says latest oil spill stemmed from sabotaged pipeline
Peru's state-run oil company Petroperu Sunday reported an attack against the Norperuvian Oil Pipeline (ONP) in the jungle region of Loreto had caused a spill triggering environmental contingency protocols.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:05:00 GMT
Argentina's Lower House passes bill for military drills
Argentina's Lower House passed the bill approving the involvement of the country's Armed Forces in the joint UNITAS military drills with foreign troops, which have also been allowed to enter national territory, it was reported.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:37:00 GMT
Puerto Rico powerless as Hurricane Fiona makes landfall
Puerto Rico has been left without electricity as Hurricane Fiona made landfall with winds of up to 160.9 kilometers per hour, amid residents fearing an encore of the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in 2017. US President Jos...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:44:00 GMT
Colombian gov't, dissident FARC guerrillas hold preliminary peace talks
Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, and representatives of dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas have met during the weekend to discuss possible talks, according to a statement relea...

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Will the Federal Reserve strangle Latin America again?
By Ernesto Talvi (*) – In the 1980s, the Federal Reserve’s dramatic interest-rate hikes led to a lost decade of economic growth in highly indebted Latin American countries. Today, however, the US itself is highly leveraged,...

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Bolivia, Venezuela not joining US efforts against drug trafficking, Biden says
US President Joseph Biden has issued yet another declaration including Venezuela and Bolivia among the countries that do not fight drug trafficking.

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:00:00 GMT
Peru has yet again a new Foreign Minister
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday swore in Cèsar Landa once again as Foreign Minister, following Miguel Rodríguez's resignation last week.



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