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Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft
The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep "devastating our resources, and the jails of souther...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Ecuador makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory
The Government of Ecuador has decided to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory, except for people with a medical condition that renders the shot counterproductive, it was announced Thursday.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:21:00 GMT
Eastern cancellations leave hundreds of Paraguayans stranded in Miami
Some 300 Paraguayan nationals who were stranded in Miami after Eastern Airlines canceled its Dec. 18 and 21 flights to Asuncion will be arriving shortly before midnight Friday, it was announced.

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 20:30:00 GMT
Almost 30 tons of illegally extracted coltan taken away from Colombian guerrillas
According to reports published this week, Colombian law enforcement authorities have seized some 30 tons of coltan in the last six months from Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) dissi...

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:05:00 GMT
IAPA wants press freedom guaranteed in Chile's new Constitution
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Wednesday asked Chile's Constitutional Convention to "guarantee the broadest access to public information and to prohibit Congress from enacting laws that restrict freedom of the pres...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:32:00 GMT
Colombia's proposed security law violates human rights, opposition claims
Opposition parties in Colombia have raised their voices Wednesday against the Security bill passed Tuesday by the Senate because while it claims to guarantee citizen security, it violates the Constitution, criminalizes social p...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:29:00 GMT
Áñez's daughter seeks help from Bachelet regarding her mother's arrest
Carolina Ribera, daughter of Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Áñez, Tuesday sought assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to help put an end to the “torture” he...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:50:00 GMT
Bolivian lorry drivers stranded in the middle of the Andes with Covid-19 and snow
Scores of Bolivian lorry drivers and their vehicles were reported Monday to be stranded on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado after at least 200 of them tested positive for COVID-19. They claim they had departed with negative ...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:23:00 GMT
Peru's Congress passes motion of censorship against Education Minister
Peru's Congress Tuesday passed a motion of censure against Education Minister Carlos Gallardo who must now turn in his resignation. President Pedro Castillo has 72 hours to accept it.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:51:00 GMT
Colombia's Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals
The Office of Colombia's Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered this year nationwide.



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