Latin America
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:22:00 GMTNicaragua's Ambassador to OAS comes clean about Ortega's "dictatorship"
In a surprising move Wednesday, Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) decided to no longer remain silent about what is going on in his country and referred to its government as [President Daniel] O...
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:17:00 GMTRestoring diplomatic ties with Chile hinges on maritime issue, Bolivian gov't says
Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday urged the new Chilean Government to discuss the maritime dispute between the two countries, on which the future of ties necessarily hinges.
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:04:00 GMTPunta del Este needs more schools to accommodate new residents
The exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este is experiencing an increase in the development and establishment of schools, as migrating inflows of Argentines and also of people from other parts of the country to becom...
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMTCristiana Chamorro given 8-year sentence in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for “money laundering, property and assets laundering, misappropriation and improper retention, abusive management, and ide...
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:41:00 GMTPeru's President vows to push forward with Second Agrarian Reform
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday announced his Government's upcoming actions will be aimed at strengthening the Second Agrarian Reform, because, after all, "our lands give us all the food and our brother farmers ...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:10:00 GMTChile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Bo...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:52:00 GMTIACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was "concerned" following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be relea...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:38:00 GMTOffice of Medellín's Mayor launches masturbation-awareness campaign
The Office of the Mayor of the Colombian city of Medellín has launched a most unusual campaign on social media to rid masturbation from the moral prejudices surrounding it.
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:54:00 GMTVaccinated travelers to be spared further testing to enter Uruguay
Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Tabaré Viera has requested his Public Health colleague Daniel Salinas to review the possibility that incoming travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are spared the swab test at the earliest.
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:53:00 GMTPeru's Constitutional Court ruling clears path to Fujimori's release
Peru's Constitutional Court Thursday upheld a Presidential pardon granted in 2017 by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) to Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity.