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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:42:00 GMT
New round of negotiations between Venezuelan gov't opposition to kick off in Mexico
Venezuelan Government officials and dignitaries of the opposition will convene Friday in Mexico City to kick off another round of negotiations under the mediation of Norway, with the endorsement of the United States and the Eur...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:35:00 GMT
PAHO set out to reverse low vaccination rates against COVID-19
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday reported that less than 20% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully immunized against COVID-19 and announced actions will be taken to reverse that situa...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:28:00 GMT
Argentine Defense Minister wants Almagro to leave OAS
Argentina's newly-appointed Defense Minister and former Senator Jorge Taiana had sent a message to US President Joseph Biden stating that Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis “Almagro must resign.”

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:49:00 GMT
Argentina apologizes to Chile for saying Magellan Strait and Drake Passage are shared spaces with joint control
Argentina had to back step and apologize to Chile following on statements that the Magellan Strait and the Drake Passage, were “shared spaces”, and which “both countries jointly explored, studied and controlled”.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 13:02:00 GMT
Migration crisis in Ecuadorian border town: Clandestine crossings and lack of government support
By Sebastián Astorga (*) – A border town divided between two countries, where before the Covid-19 pandemic people passed through without custom controls, is now divided by fences on the two bridges that cross from Ecuador to...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:25:00 GMT
Nicaraguan electoral authorities ban opposition party altogether
After weeks of arresting individual politicians and candidates, Nicaraguan authorities Friday upped their ante and chose to fully outlaw an entire opposition party.

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Some 44% of Mexicans, 56 million, were considered poor at the end of 2020
Of the 126 million Mexican population, almost 44% were considered poor at the end of 2020, according to official data from the government. In effect, 3,8 million Mexicans fell below the official poverty line last year to reach ...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:17:00 GMT
Peru tilts towards China, but taxing miners will become a controversial issue
Recently inaugurated Peruvian president Pedro Castillo seems to be clearly tilting his country towards China: cabinet members have met with the Beijing ambassador, an updating of the 2009 trade accord between the two countries ...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:34:00 GMT
Latin America and Caribbean FDI in 2020 was the lowest since 2010, ECLAC annual report
Latin America and the Caribbean received US$105.48 billion in Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in 2020 – 34.7% less than in 2019, 51% less than the record high achieved in 2012, and the lowest since 2010, the Economic Commissi...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:37:00 GMT
Another court case and six more months of jail for ex interim Bolivian president
Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Añez will have to spend at least a whole year in jail since a Judge this week extended her preventive imprisonment for another six months when she is about to complete her first half-year of reclu...



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