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Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:57:00 GMT
Rainstorm causes landslide which leaves at least 11 dead in Colombia
Heavy rains in the municipality of Dosquebradas, in the Colombian department of Risaralda, have resulted in a landslide that has killed at least 11 people and left many others injured, it was reported Tuesday.

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:54:00 GMT
Bolivia to change Hydrocarbons Law to increase gas output
Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Exploration and Exploitation Daniel Mayta Jiménez Tuesday said that following the discovery of the Margarita 10 well and in a move to foster investment and encourage production, the Hydrocarbons La...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:46:00 GMT
Two people needed hospitalization due to oil spill off Peru's shore
Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the effects of contaminated Pacific Ocean waters stemming from the Repsol oi spill off Callao, Peruvian authorities said Tuesday.

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Argentine President already in Barbados for PM meeting
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday landed in Barbados for a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Mia Mottley amid strong COVID-19 restrictions for reporters. It is the South American head of state's last stop of an in...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:53:00 GMT
Nicaragua decries El Salvador invaded its territorial waters
The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Monday decried military naval forces of El Salvador had violated its maritime spaces for reasons yet to be determined, since there is no bilateral territorial dispute between...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Demonstrators in Haiti take to the streets, want PM to resign
Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Haiti Monday to demand Prime Minister Ariel Henry agrees to hold discussions regarding a possible solution to the country's critical situation.

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron subvariant
Brazil's Fiocruz Institute Monday announced the first two cases of the BA.2 sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant had been detected in the country: one in the State of Rio de Janeiro and the other in the State of Santa C...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:26:00 GMT
A former president and a former finance minister reach Costa Rica's runoff
Former Costa Rican President José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party (center-right) Figueres won Sunday's first round of this year's elections but failed to secure a decisive majority, due to which he will need t...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:13:00 GMT
New gas well found in Bolivia, expected to generate millions of dollars
Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has confirmed over the weekend the discovery of large gas reserves which -he hoped- would yield substantial profits to the country.

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:49:00 GMT
Castillo embraces Conservative values, Bolsonaro says after meeting
Despite mounting opposition against each one of them in their own countries, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and his Peruvian colleague Pedro Castillo Terrones met last week (Thursday) at the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondonia, af...



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