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Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:00:00 GMT
Colombian footballer Freddy Rincón dies aged 55
Colombia's football legend Freddy Rincón died early Thursday morning at the Cali clinic where he had been taking earlier this week following a car accident. He was 55.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Four Colombian soldiers killed by dissident FARC group
Four Colombian regular soldiers were killed in a rural area of the department of Meta after they were ambushed by a group of dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Omega Joint Task Force said in ...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:37:00 GMT
Buenos Aires: EuroLat due to vote on agreed topics
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernàndez de Kirchner (CFK) welcomed to Buenos Aires' Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) the more than 100 lawmakers who participated in this year's Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eur...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:40:00 GMT
Warrant issued for preventive arrest of Peruvian President nephews
A Lima judge has ordered the preventive arrest for 36 months of two nephews of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones as well as of his former aide Bruno Pacheco for their alleged involvement in cases of corruption, it was ...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Latin America’s New Pink Tide? Or three brands of "Left" regimes
By Jorge G. Castañeda (*) – Like the wave of leftist victories in the early 2000s following Hugo Chávez’s rise to power in Venezuela (1999-2013), the success of left-wing leaders across Latin America in recent years has ...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Fitch Ratings believes the Lacalle Pou coalition has sufficient political capital to face challenges and much needed reforms
The ruling coalition of Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou expects to use its political capital following victory in the 27 March referendum which rejected overturning a third of his government's program, enacting reforms in ...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:50:00 GMT
763 Uruguayans volunteered to fight for Argentina during Falklands conflict, reveals Senate bill
Senators from the Uruguayan opposition coalition Frente Amplio are sponsoring a declaration in support of Argentina and its Falkland Islands' claim, recalling at the same time that 763 Uruguayans, from a very miscellaneous back...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Defense Minister says Argentine “will recover the Malvinas” with region's help
Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Saturday said his country would “recover” the Malvinas/Falkland Islands “with support from the region.” He added that “without patriotism, there will be no recovery of the Mal...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:40:00 GMT
Former CAF, OAS agree on climate action and biodiversity agenda
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Development Bank of Latin America -formerly known as Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)- have signed a memorandum of understanding whereby both institutions pledged to tackle ...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:30:00 GMT
War spillover, Ukraine economy will contract 45%, Russia's 11,2% and Central Asia 4,1%
The war against Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging market and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt, says the World Bank’s lat...



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