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Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:51:00 GMT
IACHR reports summary executions in Bolivia 2019 uprising
A report released Tuesday by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) investigation group showed "summary executions" were carried out in Bolivia during the 2019 uprising which resulted in President Evo Morales' res...

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation
Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:45:00 GMT
Brazil tempted by the success of the Suriname and Guyana oil basin developments
Exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the ex Dutch colony of Suriname, now an independent country, was the main point of the agenda addressed by Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca and his Surinamese peer...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:07:00 GMT
Aeroméxico announces strategic improvements in South American services
Aeroméxico has announced a new seasonal route between Cancún and São Paulo in addition to their new services to Madrid from Guadalajara and Monterrey.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:04:00 GMT
Bolivia no longer needs Sputnik V and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
Bolivian authorities Monday announced that with the last purchase of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines, the country was fully supplied with immunizers and would no longer need to import any more doses of Sputnik V and AstraZeneca des...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:04:00 GMT
Polls and proposed prime minister bloat disapproval for Peruvian president
No rest for Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, not only opinion polls show that he is the newly inaugurated president with the lowest approval and highest disapproval since 1980, but his candidate for prime minister is again in...

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.



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