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Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:58:00 GMTCastillo to be Peru's next president after all
Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:51:00 GMTArgentina and Bolivia have bills in Parliament to boost transitioning to e-cars
Just as the European Commission sent a bill last week to the European Parliament regarding electric vehicles, the Governments of Argentina and Bolivia are also taking similar paths.
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:49:00 GMTCharges filed against former Argentine President Macri for helping overthrow Evo in Bolivia
Argentine prosecutors have agreed to file charges against former President Mauricio Macri and several senior officials for allegedly supporting the overthrowing of Evo Morales in November 2019.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:40:00 GMTColombian court hears new charges against Army staff allegedly involved in human rights violations
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has filed charges Thursday against 15 members of the national army of “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” it was announced.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:04:00 GMTParaná river reaches historic lows; worst part far from over
The Paraná River had descended yet another three centimeters over the last 24 hours in front of the former capital of Argentina named after it (1853-1860) for a total of 17 centimeters below sea level.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:38:00 GMTState of exception decreed in Ecuador due to covid-19 Delta variant and Delta Plus subvariant
Upon confirmation of the presence of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Sars-Cov-2, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Wednesday decreed a state of exception focused exclusively on the areas where those detections have ...
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:50:00 GMTCuban gov't to allow medicines, food and hygiene products into the country
Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices has allowed unrestricted entry into the country of medicines, food, and hygiene products as of next Monday in a measure to appease protests which erupted nationwide last Sunday.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:40:00 GMTColleague of Colombian squad involved in killing of Haiti president says his friends were tricked into it
Former Colombian serviceman who was to be among the commandos involved in the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse a week ago has claimed they were not “mercenaries.”
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:00 GMTOne demonstrator dead confirmed as only bits of information are known from censorship-gripped Cuba
Following a shut down of access to the internet, Cuba's Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that at least one person died and several others were arrested in the outskirts of capital Havana following Sunday's popular uprisin...
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:16:00 GMTChilean Mapuches, carrying weapons and Balaklavas bury comrade killed in shootout with police
Chilean officials strongly condemned the display of guns during the funeral of a man who was killed in a shootout with Carabineros following an arson attack, which took place last Friday in an estate in La Araucanía Region.