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Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:39:00 GMT
International community concerned over xenophobia in Chile
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Saturday asked the Chilean Government to guarantee and protect the rights of migrant children, following violent incidents involving foreign citizens in the city port Iquique, which h...

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Argentina assumes chairing of PAHO's Executive Committee
Argentine Health Ministry Carla Vizzotti Friday assumed command of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the period 2021-2022 on behalf of her country.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Bolivian official who approved faulty Lamia 2933 flight plan arrested in Brazil
Brazilian Police have arrested Bolivian aviation official Celia Castedo Monasterio who in 2016 approved the flight plan of Lamia flight 2933 which resulted in the killing of most members of the Chapecoense football team.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:01:00 GMT
Body of Peruvian guerrilla leader to be cremated and ashes scattered to avoid shrine of pilgrimage
Peru's Office of the State Attorney has ordered that the body of the late Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán, who died in jail Sept. 11 while serving a life sentence, be cremated in the next 24 hou...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:14:00 GMT
Foreign offenders expelled from Chile as deportation of irregular migrants set to resume
Chilean migration authorities Thursday expelled 49 migrants who were found guilty of human trafficking in addition to carrying weapons illegally, the Department of Migration and International Police of Tarapacá reported.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:34:00 GMT
Argentina and Brazil to expand development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
While the World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the approval process of the Russian-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has chosen Argentina and Brazil to further manufactur...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina eases down on most COVID-19 restrictions, gradually reopens borders
In what became Juan Manzur's first appearance as Cabinet Chief, the Government of Argentina Tuesday announced a gradual reopening of its borders as of October 1 as well as other measures lifting COVID-19 restrictions.

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Killings of social leaders in Colombia total 124 so far in 2021
Monday's killing of five social leaders in Colombia have increased this year's figures to 124, the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) has reported.

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Felipe Solá found out he was being sacked as Argentine FM while enroute to Celac Summit
Outgoing Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá found out during a stopover in El Salvador that his services would no longer be required, so he decided to cut short his trip which should have ended with his presence at the Cel...

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Celac supports Argentina's stance regarding Malvinas issue
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Saturday ratified its support to “the legitimate rights of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwi...



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