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Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:07:00 GMT
Cuban voters agree to same-sex marriage
With over 66% votes in favor, Cubans have approved through a referendum the introduction of same-sex marriage and other novelties, the Electoral Council announced Monday. The agency also considered the trend to be "irreversible...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:05:00 GMT
Police raid in Rio favela leaves at least 3 dead
At least three people were killed Monday during a police raid at a Rio de Janeiro favela when law enforcement officers clashed with drug traffickers in the northern area of Brazil's former capital city where dozens of schools w...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:56:00 GMT
Argentine Grand North Governors off on trade mission to the US
Argentina's Interior Minister Wado De Pedro and governors of the Grand North Provinces are leaving Monday on a business trip to the United States in search of opportunities during meetings in Washington and New York.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:56:00 GMT
Wallace praises Truss as UK ups military spending
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has announced that the government of Prime Minister Liz Truss intends to increase military spending up to to 3% of the country's Gross Domestic Product, per the Conservative leader's campaign pr...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:50:00 GMT
Uruguay's presidential custody chief arrested for allegedly falsifying Russian passports
The head of President Luis Lacalle Pou's custody, Alejandro Astesiano, has been arrested by order of the Public Prosecutor's Office for alleged "passport forgery", according to Uruguayan media and confirmed by sources from the ...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Ecuador sacks Interior Minister over police officer wife's murder scandal
Ecuador's Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo has been sacked by President Guillermo Lasso after the official was linked to a case of femicide, it was reported in Quito. Colonel Juan Zapata has been appointed as the new Ministe...

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:22:00 GMT
Italy jumps into the unknown after victory of Meloni's post-fascist party
Italy and the European Union entered Monday into a period of uncertainty after the victory in the legislative elections of Giorgia Meloni, at the head of a far-right and right-wing coalition that faces great challenges.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:16:00 GMT
All tire-manufacturing plants in Argentina close down
Argentina has ceased to be a tire-manufacturing country as labor conflicts resulted in the closing of all three plants nationwide, although some of these measures have been reported to be a temporary issue.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:14:00 GMT
ARA Libertad held off Buenos Aires due to port workers' strike
Argentina Navy's training vessel ARA Libertad (Q2) was held off Buenos Aires for several hours after a 5-month trip due to a union strike by port workers.

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:12:00 GMT
Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua
New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants,...



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