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Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Former Colombian leader says gov't seeks to resume peace talks with ELN
Former Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday said the current administration headed by Iván Duque is interested in striking a peace deal with the National Liberation Army (Ejército de L...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Peru's President not a stalwart of freedom of the press, Human Rights Watch claims
The Washington DC-based Human Rights Watch organization Wednesday said Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones undermined freedom of expression after the head of state threatened to withdraw all state advertising from media ou...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:33:00 GMT
Russian company finds oil off the coast of Tabasco in Mexico
Russia's Lukoil oil company Wednesday announced the finding of an oil reserve off the coast of Tabasco in Mexico believed to be worth 250 million barrels of crude. "The reservoir was discovered when drilling the Yoti West-1EXP ...

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:05:00 GMT
US to drop FARC from list of international terrorist groups
The Government of the United States has announced it would be dropping Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) from the Terrorist Group list.

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Haiti's PM appoints new cabinet in pursuit of some political stability
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry Wednesday launched a full-scale cabinet reshuffle to include some opposition figures within his administration in an attempt to achieve some stability in a country still trying to recover from...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Pardons and deportations granted to reduce overcrowding at Ecuador's jails
Pardons and deportations granted to reduce overcrowding at Ecuador's jails Government of Ecuador have decreed a series of pardons and extraditions of prison inmates in a move aimed at reducing overcrowding at detention faciliti...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Bi-Oceanic Corridor to bring Mercosur closer to Asia, Paraguay's FM says
Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo said the Bi-Oceanic Corridor will bring Mercosur's entire economic development closer to Asia. His remarks came at a press conference after meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yosh...

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Peru's President picks new Secretary of Government
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has appointed Carlos Jaico as Secretary of the Government Palace to replace Bruno Pacheco, who was forced to resign amid a series of corruption scandals for which he is now under investi...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:21:00 GMT
UN Secretary-General arrives in Colombia for 5th anniversary of peace deal with FARC
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived Tuesday in Bogotá to participate in the ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC Guerrillas.



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