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Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is "organizing my administration's team"
Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boris announced he contacted president Sebastián Piñera to thank him for the invitation to attend the January 26/27 Prosur and Pacific Alliance summits in Colombia, --the current head of govern...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:35:00 GMT
Paraguayan Gov't honors IACHR ruling favoring indigenous peoples
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez's Government Monday gave real-estate ownership (occupation) certificates to indigenous peoples plus a monetary compensation in accordance with rulings from the Inter-American Court of Hu...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 20:16:00 GMT
Andean Community lifts roaming charges as of Jan. 1
Roaming charges for cell phone communications is about to become a thing of the past for countries of The Andean Community (CAN - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Effective Jan. 1, 2022, and thanks to the joint work of its...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Latam applies for Sao Paulo/MPA flights to begin 9 February, Aeroin
LATAM Airlines has submitted to Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency its flight schedule for the Sao Paulo/Falkland Islands commercial air link resumption, allegedly scheduled for next 9 February, according to Brazilian a...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:53:00 GMT
Bolivia receives the donation of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
A shipment of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Bolivia Sunday. The batch of the Sinopharm drug is China's largest donation ever to the South American country and will be used particularly on children aged betwe...

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...



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