Latin America
Sat, 14 May 2022 08:22:00 GMTColombian police suspect “someone close” was behind Pecci's murder
Sleuths investigating in Colombia the murder of Paraguayan special anti-drug Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci suspect someone “very close” to the victim was behind Tuesday's lethal attack on the honeymooning official, it was report...
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:36:00 GMTGoogle's translating tool adds Guarani, Aymara and Quechua to its menu
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the company will add 24 new languages to its widespread translating tool, including Guarani, Aymara and Quechua, which are spoken by native communities in South America.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:11:00 GMTCuba in mourning over 45 dead from hotel explosion
Cuban authorities Thursday decreed a 42-hour official mourning period starting at dawn Friday to honor the 45 victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana last week.
Thu, 12 May 2022 20:32:00 GMTColombian media say international terrorism had to do with prosecutor's killing
Two Lebanese nationals and a Brazilian citizen are suspected of having been involved in the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning in Colombia with his wife Claudia Aguilera earlier this week, i...
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:53:00 GMTSouthern Brazil ports and Montevideo have become drugs exporting hubs
The seizure by Brazilian police of 136 kilos of cocaine on a docked ship in the port of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, clearly indicates the existence of an international drug trafficking route, in the south of the co...
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:45:00 GMTConstitutional Court greenlights medically assisted suicide in Colombia
Colombia's Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled by 6 votes to 3 to decriminalize medically assisted suicide. Euthanasia in Colombia is already legal, but in this case, it is the patient and not the doctor who executes the actio...
Wed, 11 May 2022 20:32:00 GMTAvianca, GOL agree on strategic partnership
A historic agreement has been reached between Colombian airline Avianca and Brazil's GOL whereby both companies will function under the same holding, thus increasing their mutual presence throughout Latin America, it was announ...
Wed, 11 May 2022 09:40:00 GMTDecolonization C24 Pacific Regional Seminar opens in Saint Lucia
St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre, will this Wednesday 11th May, formally open a United Nations Seminar on Decolonization, which is to be held at the Sandals Grande Hotel until 13th May 2022.
Wed, 11 May 2022 09:19:00 GMTMexico questions possible country "exclusions" for coming Americas' Summit, in Los Angeles
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has warned that he will be absent from the Americans Summit, in Los Angeles next month, if the United States finally decides to exclude from the meeting any country from the region.
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:35:00 GMTBachelet urges Ecuador to follow UNHCHR roadmap to end prison massacres
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso to take concrete measures to bring to an end the ongoing streak of prison massacres, following Monday's riot at ...