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Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:39:00 GMT
Colombian gov't, ELN resume peace talks in Caracas
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that "time for peace has arrived" as dignitaries from the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas started their ceasefire talks in Caracas Monday.

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:27:00 GMT
Eight people killed in Medellín air crash
Eight people were reported dead after a light aircraft crashed in a residential area after declaring an emergency following takeoff at Medellín's Olaya Herrera Airport, the same air terminal where famous tango singer Carlos Ga...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:03:00 GMT
Mexico: Tourist climbs Chichen Itza Castle without permission and locals call for sacrifice
An angry mob almost lynched a tourist who climbed without permission the steps of the Castillo de Kukulcán, one of the new seven wonders of the modern world located in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá, in southeastern...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:31:00 GMT
Maduro urges like-minded regional leaders to seize the opportunity
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged his fellow leftwing Latin American leaders to seize the opportunity to strengthen regional integration and "agree on the construction of a common economic space" and of "a common moneta...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:30:00 GMT
Ecuador wins World Cup opening game despite bribe rumors
Narrated by American actor Morgan Freeman, the opening ceremony marked the beginning of the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar, an event that had been in doubt from the beginning, from the scandals splashing FIFA's awarding its o...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:44:00 GMT
Goldfajn chosen new IDB boss
Brazil's Ilan Goldfajn was elected Sunday as the new head of the Interamerican Development Bank (BID), it was reported in Washington DC.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:58:00 GMT
A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck in Lima: two firefighters are death
A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck while taking off from one of the runways of Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima, Peru. Two firefighters, who were in the car, died as a result of the impact, local media reported.

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:18:00 GMT
Lula wants to host COP30, announces Ministry of Indigenous People
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced during his appearance at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, that he will create a ministry of native peoples so that indigenous people "are not treated as bandi...

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Considerable container freight rate decline from Asia to Eastern South America
The latest S&P Global Monday release on Platts Americas Container Freight shows that non-Asian export cargo bound for the East Coast of South America saw the greatest freight rate decline, dropping 51.9%, or US$ 2,700, througho...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Paraguay not bowing to global pressure against cattle farming
Paraguay's delegation attending the COP27 climate summit at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh Tuesday announced that the South American country would not endorse any collective statement curbing livestock farming.



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