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Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:47:00 GMT
IACHR finds Colombia guilty for what happened to a reporter
Colombia's President Iván Duque has announced he would abide by the IACHR ruling against his country in the Jineth Bedoya case in which the Court also ordered the creation of a centre for women victims of sexual violence.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:55:00 GMT
Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar
Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common Ex...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:05:00 GMT
Buenos Aires key to the region's future, says Pepe Mujica
Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said this weekend in a newspaper interview that the future of the River Plate area was at stake and it hinged on whatever happens in the Argentine capital.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:57:00 GMT
PAHO/ECLAC report on Covid-19 exposes the fragility of Latin America's health systems
In n a new joint report released the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urge the governments of the region to accelerate vaccination processes and imp...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:48:00 GMT
Bolivia's ruling party sets up headquarters in Peru
Just a couple of days after Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones lost support from his Marxist Peru Libre party, which decided not to support his new cabinet, press reports have come out indicating former Bolivian President...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:10:00 GMT
Maduro associate extradited from Cape Verde to face criminal charges in Miami; Venezuela claims "kidnapping"
The Venezuelan government walked out of negotiations with the opposition following on the extradition of Colombian businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde to the United States where he faces trial on money laundering and corrupti...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 08:16:00 GMT
Bolivia's Constitutional Court rules Áñez presidency was illegal
The swearing-in of Jeanine Áñez as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional. © AFP Jeanine Áñez's swearing-in as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:21:00 GMT
Peru's ruling party diverts from proposed cabinet
The leader of Peru's ruling party Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, Friday said he believed the proposed cabinet had changed course from the movement's original guidelines in an “undeniable political turn towards the centre-right...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:59:00 GMT
Uruguay to make vaccination an option for tourists after borders reopen
Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera Thursday announced his country would include COVID-19 vaccination to incoming foreign travellers when the country's borders are fully reopened.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Death of Venezuelan political prisoner rattles Washington DC
Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Thursday pledged he would ask the United Nations to request the exhumation and autopsy of the late Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, who died of COVID-19 while...



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