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Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:59:00 GMT
Third-time lucky Petro to lead Colombia's turn to the left
Colombia elected this Sunday for the first time a leftist government after the second round of elections, with good participation figures and the landmark victory of Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact coalition, pr...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Alberto Fernández accuses opposition of seeking political gain from 747 case
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday argued the opposition had tried to make a political gain out of the Venezuelan-Iranian aircraft scandal by linking it “with such painful events as the AMIA bombing.”

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:41:00 GMT
Killers of Paraguayan prosecutor convicted in Colombia
The killers of Paraguayan Organized Crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci have been sentenced to 23 years and a half in jail late on Friday after a plea bargain with Colombian state attorneys, it was announced.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:57:00 GMT
A numerous Argentine multi-party delegation to UN C24, arrives Wednesday to New York
The Argentine government will be claiming this week before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, the resumption of negotiations with the United Kingdom for a peaceful solution to the sovereignty disput...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:55:00 GMT
Emtrasur case: Iranian pilot “not a namesake,” Paraguay confirms
Paraguay's Chief Intelligence Officer Esteban Aquino Friday confirmed the Iranian pilot Gholamreza Ghasemi held in Argentina was not a namesake but the actual member of the Quds Forces, a division of the Islamic Revolutionary G...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:54:00 GMT
Bolsonaro lashes out at Petrobras for new fuel price increase
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the state-run oil company Petrobras' profits were “irrational” in the current global scenario following a 14% increase in the price of diesel fuel and 5% in naphtha.

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:53:00 GMT
Brazil's Police confirm body was that of Phillips
Brazil's Federal Police Friday confirmed the remains flown to Brasilia from Amazonia belonged to British reporter journalist Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month along with local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Per...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:49:00 GMT
State of emergency declared in Ecuador
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency in three provinces for the next 30 days following uprisings by indigenous communities.

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:44:00 GMT
Seventh case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry Friday announced the seventh case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, while reports from the State of Minas Gerais said a local case under investigation since Wednesday ca...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:41:00 GMT
First case of medically-assisted suicide in Italy carried out
The case of Federico Carboni, originally known as "Mario," has made the headlines this week in Italy as he became the first patient to die through medically-assisted suicide, it was announced.



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