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Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:01:00 GMTUruguayan government warns border municipalities that reopening of border crossings with Argentina will take two months
Uruguayan federal authorities Monday conveyed to mayors of Salto (Andrés Lima), Paysandú (Nicolás Olivera) and Río Negro (Omar Lafluf) that the reopening of land crossings with Argentina will take at least two more months.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:50:00 GMTParaguayan Ambassador in Cuba dies of COVID-19
Paraguay's Ambassador to Cuba Bernardino Cano Radil has died Sunday of COVID-19 in Havanna, it was reported. He was 65.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:29:00 GMTArrests, protests and looting in Santiago on the anniversary of the military coup
Some eleven people were arrested in Chile following the rioting and looting in Santiago on the 48th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that in September 1973 overthrew the government of democratica...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:19:00 GMTAustralian intelligence worked with the CIA in the Chilean coup of 1973
Australia was involved in espionage operations in Chile during the seventies, in support of the United States CIA agency activities conspiring against the democratically elected government of Socialist Salvador Allende, ousted ...
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:05:00 GMTFormer Peruvian guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán dies aged 86
Abimael Guzmán, former leader and founder of the infamous guerrilla movement Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) which has left some 69,000 people dead, has died Saturday in prison. He was 86.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:16:00 GMTAzul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre
Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:37:00 GMTEx Bolivian police chief jailed for 2019 deaths prosecutors first chose not to investigate
Former Bolivian Police chief Javier Fuad Vaca has been placed under preventive arrest Friday for his alleged involvement in crimes during the 2019 uprising which resulted in the overthrowing of President Evo Morales.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:49:00 GMTChilean Port of Arica to demand advance collection of Bolivian import charges after August's fees unpaid
The Chilean port of Arica has announced it would seek to collect Septermber's dues in advance for Bolivian imports after that country's Port Services Administration (ASP-B) warned it would not be paying for services used during...
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:27:00 GMTNicaraguan Prosecution now after former Ortega's second-in-command
The Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office has obtained an arrest warrant against former Vice President Sergio Ramírez Mercado for "inciting acts of violence," it was reported.
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:08:00 GMTChile's President meets Argentina-born Pope; no comments about the latest territorial dispute
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Thursday met with Pope Francis at The Vatican during one of his stops on his current European tour.