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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 08:41:00 GMT
Argentine province of Buenos Aires to start house-by-house vaccination campaign
The Argentine province of Buenos Aires will start Wednesday deploying house-by-house roving vaccinating squads to reach both those who have not had access to immunization as well as people who are reluctant to get jabbed, provi...

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.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 06:38:00 GMT
Falklands: Unexploded landmine disposed of at Yorke Bay, close to Stanley
The Falkland Islands government has confirmed that overnight on Monday 16 August, the Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Joint Operations Command Centre at Mount Pleasant Complex was contacted by the Royal Falklan...

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 11:18:00 GMT
Paraguayan Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica dies
Paraguay's Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica has passed away Monday in Asunción only a few months before she was due to retire.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:18:00 GMT
Argentine relatives of COVID-19 victims stage “March of the Stones”
Argentine relatives of people who have died of COVID-19 Monday staged the so-called “March of the Stones” as a tribute to their loved ones and to voice their criticism for the way the administration of President Alberto Fer...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:15:00 GMT
Uruguay central bank raises “price of money” reference from 4,5% to 5%
The Uruguayan central bank following the meeting of its Copom, Monetary Policy Committee, decided last week to raise the basic monetary policy rate from 4,5% to 5%, in line with what has been happening in other central banks in...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:14:00 GMT
No more quarantine for all of Chile starting Wednesday
Chilean health authorities have announced that no commune in the entire country will be under quarantine as of next Wednesday, as a part of the step-by-set program towards normalization.

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.



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