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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:43:00 GMT
Indigenous groups in Ecuador stage second day of protests
Groups of native Ecuadorians Wednesday staged their second straight day of protests against the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso barely six months into his term in office.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Desperate Nicaraguans go to Honduras to get COVID-19 shots
Citizens of Nicaragua, which according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ranks among the six countries in the region with the lowest vaccination rates, have been crossing over the border to neighbouring Honduras ev...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:20:00 GMT
ICC Prosecutor on 10-day mission to Colombia and Venezuela
Since Monday and until 3 November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC, will undertake a 10-day mission to Latin America, which will include official visits to the Republic of Colombia and ...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer
Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis L...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:24:00 GMT
Cubana de Aviación to return to Argentina next month but domestic air services stay grounded
Cuba's flag carrier Cubana de Aviación has announced it would resume flight between Havana and Buenos Aires starting Nov. 20. The airline will also offer a weekly service to Cayo Coco as of Dec. 27.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:03:00 GMT
Fuel goes up in Brazil amid international surge in crude oil
Brazil's oil company Petrobras Monday decreed an increase in the price of gasoline of 7.04% at refineries and 9.15% in the case of diesel fuel, it was announced. These adjustments were to impact the price consumers pay at pumps...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Bolivia's FM says no lithium deal discussed with Russia's Gazprom
Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Sunday denied press reports according to which he had reached an agreement with the Russian government to exploit lithium from the Salar de Uyuni during his recent trip to Moscow.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:19:00 GMT
Cuban July protester gets 10-year jail sentence
A Cuban court has sentenced Roberto Pérez Fonseca to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly attacking police officers “with stones and bottles,” during the July 11-12 nationwide demonstrations, it was reported Saturday.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Colombian forces arrest most wanted drug trafficker Otoniel
Colombian authorities have arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David in a military operation on the El Yoki hill, located in the San Pablo de Necoclí village (Antioquia), it was reported during the weekend.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:13:00 GMT
Blinken says the US has plans to curb Amazon deforestation
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday announced while on an official trip to Colombia that his country would launch a regional pact to reduce deforestation throughout the Amazon



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