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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Peru: Fujimori slightly ahead but too soon to celebrate – exit polls show otherwise
Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori was slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo Monday dawn as provisional results of Peru's presidential runoff were being announced by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:14:00 GMT
US VP Harris on Latin America mission to deal with migrants' crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris left Washington Sunday aboard on an official tour to Guatemala and Mexico to deal with the crisis involving migrants going through those countries as well as through Honduras and El Salvador on thei...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass
Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:06:00 GMT
CNP to go on protesting as dialogue with Colombian government yields no progress
Colombia's National Strike Committee (CNP) Sunday decided to push through with marches and demonstrations as a dialogue with the administration of President Iván Duque was leading nowhere.

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur
Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosu...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Latin America unemployment in 2021 forecast at 11.1%, according to ILO
The International Labor Organization (ILO) Friday issued a report according to which 28 million Latin Americans are in a situation of working poverty due to the pandemic, for an overall unemployment rate of 11.1% in the region ...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, "one of the worst in history"
Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal aff...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Keiko narrows the gap with leftist Castillo for Peru's presidential runoff
Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori now sitting in jail for human rights violations, closes in on leftist first-round winner Pedro Castillo for Sunday's presidential runoff in Per...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Colombian court bans Venom rocket launcher against protesters
A Colombian court in the city of Popayán has banned the use by law enforcement agents of the Venom ammunition launch system, Colombia, it was announced.



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