South America

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:56:00 GMT
Iran's Foreign Ministry says BA Court ruling against Tehran was politically motivated
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Naser Kanani said Thursday that a ruling by a Buenos Aires court that found his country to be behind terrorist attacks against a building of the Jewish community in the Argentine capital in 199...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:14:00 GMT
Argentina applies for NATO global partnership
Argentina's Defense Minister Luis Petri Thursday filed a request from President Javier Milei's government to become a “global partner” of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Earlier this week, Petri went to Denma...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:13:00 GMT
Expedition Confirms Wreck in Argentine Waters is a Submarine
By Laurence de Mello In a significant milestone, an international Expedition team headed by the ‘Eslabon Perdido Group’ has successfully pinpointed the location of a sunken submarine, resting 4 kilometers off the Argentine...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:44:00 GMT
Uruguay's Labor Minister joining electoral exodus next month
Uruguay's Labor Minister Pablo Mieres will leave his position effective May 2 to focus on his presidential bid from within the Independent Party, for which he needs to overcome the June 30 primary elections in which he is the s...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:41:00 GMT
Argentina's Economy Minister foresees 1-digit monthly inflation imminent
Argentina's Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo insisted Wednesday in Washington DC during his participation at the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Spring Meeting that his country would be achieving a one-digit inflation ra...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:00 GMT
Petro suggests “life guarantees” for losers of Venezuela's elections
During a meeting in Bogotá with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday suggested that a so-called “life guarantee” be created in Venezuela for those losing the Jul...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:25:00 GMT
First shipment of Paraguayan mosquito repellent sent to Argentina
Paraguayan producers Wednesday dispatched the first shipment of mosquito repellent to Argentine, where President Javier Milei's administration opened up the borders to import this product in a move to curb black-market-like pri...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:16:00 GMT
Another mayor shot dead in Ecuador
José Sánchez, mayor of the Ecuadorean town of Camilo Ponce Enríquez, in the canton of Azuay, was murdered Wednesday night along with two other people when his home was stormed by hitmen.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:38:00 GMT
Brazil: Dead men don't sign IOUs
A Brazilian woman made the headlines Wednesday when she was arrested for bringing her uncle's dead body on Tuesday to a bank in Rio de Janeiro to have him “sign” the pertinent documents to collect a R$ 17,000 (US$ 3,243) lo...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:11:00 GMT
Celac joins worldwide condemnation of Ecuador's actions against Mexican Embassy
Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Tuesday agreed to condemn Ecuador's April 5 storming of the Mexican Embassy in Quito to abduct former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum ther...

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