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Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:43:00 GMT
Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces
Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Friday announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does "not respond to the interests of their respective people...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines
Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, i...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:12:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego soul searching: 25 November, "Day of Selk-nam indigenous people genocide"
The Tierra del Fuego provincial legislative has done some soul searching and has voted unanimously to declare next November 25, "Day of the Selk'nam people genocide." It will be a day of provincial mourning with flags at half-m...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:03:00 GMT
Wishful declarations after three-leader Summit in Washington
Leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have achieved little to no progress after their first three-part Summit in Washington this week. Nevertheless, there were some coincidences regarding arms trafficking, migration a...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:31:00 GMT
Peru: President's Secretary resigns amid corruption scandal
Peru's Presidential Secretary Bruno Pacheco has turned in his resignation claiming his decision was motivated "to avoid a smear campaign" against the head of state.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:22:00 GMT
State of exception decreed in Ecuador for yet another 30 days
The Government of Ecuador has renewed the state of exception for an additional 30 days. The measure had first been adopted Oct. 18 due to a security crisis.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Peru: Former Alberto Fujimori adviser sentenced to 17 years in prison
Former Peruvian Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos under President Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for the kidnapping of journalist Gustavo Gorriti in April 1992, a Lima Court ruled Thursday.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:18:00 GMT
Israeli-developed oral COVID-19 vaccine strikes deal with Mexican lab
Pharmaceutical companies from Israel and Mexico have announced an oral vaccine against COVID-19 is to be marketed across Latin America shortly.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:34:00 GMT
Venezuelan FM criticizes EU's decision to extend sanctions on gov't leaders
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia Thursday criticized the European Union's decision to uphold sanctions against over 50 officials of the Nicolás Maduro administration ahead of Sunday's elections.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:09:00 GMT
STF ruling compels Bolsonaro gov't to account for malnourished Yanomami children
Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso Wednesday gave President Jair Bolsonaro's administration five days to rectify the situation of malnourished Yanomami deprived of medical care, portrayed in a TV...



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