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Mon, 16 May 2022 18:10:00 GMT
Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the "consequ...

Mon, 16 May 2022 09:47:00 GMT
Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest
Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.

Mon, 16 May 2022 09:45:00 GMT
Colombian election in two weeks could represent a historic change in the country's history
The specter of assassination is again haunting the electoral campaign in Colombia, where a left-wing candidate has a real chance of becoming president for the first time in a country that has a history of political careers endi...

Sat, 14 May 2022 08:22:00 GMT
Colombian 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 GMT
Google'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 GMT
Cuba 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 GMT
Colombian 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 GMT
Southern 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 GMT
Constitutional 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 GMT
Avianca, 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...



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