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Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:45:00 GMT
Lacalle arrives in Colombia to meet Duque but not Petro
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou landed late Thursday local time at Bogotá's Eldorado international airport, where he was welcomed by Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Echeverri.

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:48:00 GMT
Uruguay, the worst in the Americas for suicides, reached a new record for self-murders in 2021
Despite the fact that Uruguay has been positioned by many indicators as one of the most advanced countries in terms of socioeconomic equality in the least egalitarian region of the world, where access to health and solid instit...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:53:00 GMT
Ecuadorian gov't and indigenist protesters reach agreement to lift strike
The Ecuadorian administration of President Guillermo Lasso and indigenist demonstrators have agreed to lift the current series of protests following a cut in the price of fuel, it was reported in Quito.

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Peruvian Congress impeaches Interior Minister over inactions
Peru's one-house Parliament has impeached Interior Minister Dimitri Senmache out of office by 78 votes to 29 against and 8 abstentions after he was accused of being politically responsible for the escape of the former Transport...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Brazil, Argentina reach deal on vehicle safety standards
Brazil and Argentina have agreed to mutually recognize vehicle safety standards, for which both countries will sign an agreement in July, it was announced Thursday in Brasilia by the ministries of Economy, Infrastructure, and F...

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:27:00 GMT
Castillo resigns as member of party that took him to Peru's presidency
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has resigned from Perú Libre, the party under which he ran for office and beat Keiko Fujimori's Fuerza Popular in last year's runoff. Castillo's enrolment as a party member dated from S...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:11:00 GMT
HRW criticizes Argentine President for his softness regarding Venezuela
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has been heavily criticized by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for his stance regarding Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his government's unclear record in that regard.

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:03:00 GMT
Petro advised to end compulsory military service in Colombia
Colombia's Truth Commission has requested President-elect Gustavo Petro to bring compulsory military service to an end once he takes office Aug. 7, together with a broad transformation of the Armed Forces, with a focus on the r...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:45:00 GMT
Petro and Uribe hold unprecedented meeting to discuss Colombia's future
Colombian political foes former President Álvaro Uribe and President-elect Gustavo Petro met Wednesday for a round of dialogue that was unthinkable not so long ago. Following Petro's invitation, the two rivals got together to ...

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Pepe Mujica receives yet another honorary university degree
Former Uruguayan President (2010-2015) José Mujica has been awarded Wednesday an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (UNRC) in the Argentine province of Córdoba for being “one of the main voices ...



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