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Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:02:00 GMT
Death toll from Haiti earthquake reaches 1,297 by Sunday evening
Authorities in charge of the relief efforts after Saturday's earthquake in Haiti Sunday announced the death toll had reached 1,297 and counting. After the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale that struck the southwest ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:12:00 GMT
Nicaraguan daily shut down by gov't, manager placed under arrest
In addition to arresting in the past two months almost every opposition politician who might challenge President Daniel Ortega's quest for another term in office in the upcoming November 7 elections, the Nicaraguan regime this ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:56:00 GMT
PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti
A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shoo...

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:46:00 GMT
UK signs partnership in Central America to boost trade
UK Export Finance (UKEF) signed this week a historic partnership with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Central America’s leading development bank and the highest-rated borrower in Latin America.

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:23:00 GMT
President's murder seems to be too big a case for Haiti's judiciary
The Haitian magistrate chosen to conduct the investigation regarding the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse Friday resigned from the case, citing reasons of a personal nature.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:38:00 GMT
Relief for Peruvian investors: orthodox central bank president remains in the post
Julio Velarde will remain as president of the Peruvian Central Bank for another five years, the same job he has held since 2006, and is acknowledged as the man who helped stabilize the country's markets, with low inflation. The...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:03:00 GMT
Ex Venezuelan congress members, US representative at the IDB
United States president Joe Biden appointed former Venezuelan congress member Leopoldo Martinez Nucete as US permanent representative in the Inter American Development bank, IDB.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:31:00 GMT
IACH rules presidential reelection not a human right, Bolivia's Constitutional Court had found otherwise
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) Thursday ruled that indefinite presidential re-election is not protected by the American Convention, thus shattering the rationale behind Evo Morales' candidacy de...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:30:00 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...



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