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Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:51:00 GMT
Chile: Piñera says his impeachment is politically driven
Chile's President Sebastian Piñera Friday downplayed through his legal team a motion for his impeachment on the grounds that -in his view- it was all “an ostensible political-electoral maneuver” based on “manifestly fals...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:21:00 GMT
Bolsonaro loyalist want to make him Senator for life
As charges to be filed against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro get increasingly threatening, political allies of the head of state are said to be looking for ways to shield him from a possible conviction.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:56:00 GMT
ICC praises Colombia´s determination for justice, accountability and peace
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan on a visit to Colombia and Venezuela, on Thursday in Bogotá concluded a Cooperation Agreement with the Government of Colombia, which renews the commitment of the Of...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Chile: 60% of people in favour of impeaching Piñera over Pandora Papers
An Ipsos survey released Thursday has shown that 60% of Chileans were in favour of launching the impeachment process against President Sebastián Piñera for the obscure deals for which his name ended up included in the so-call...

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:59:00 GMT
Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list
The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be remov...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 23:43:00 GMT
Indigenous groups in Ecuador stage second day of protests
Groups of native Ecuadorians Wednesday staged their second straight day of protests against the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso barely six months into his term in office.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Desperate Nicaraguans go to Honduras to get COVID-19 shots
Citizens of Nicaragua, which according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ranks among the six countries in the region with the lowest vaccination rates, have been crossing over the border to neighbouring Honduras ev...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:20:00 GMT
ICC Prosecutor on 10-day mission to Colombia and Venezuela
Since Monday and until 3 November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC, will undertake a 10-day mission to Latin America, which will include official visits to the Republic of Colombia and ...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer
Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis L...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:24:00 GMT
Cubana de Aviación to return to Argentina next month but domestic air services stay grounded
Cuba's flag carrier Cubana de Aviación has announced it would resume flight between Havana and Buenos Aires starting Nov. 20. The airline will also offer a weekly service to Cayo Coco as of Dec. 27.



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