South America

Colombian airport workers continue protests

Published on: December 5, 2024
08:04

Bogotá, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Immigration worker's protests at Colombian airports, which have caused delays in service and long lines since Tuesday, continue due to union demands for better working conditions.

Minister says Ecuador will finish 2024 without blackouts

Published on: December 3, 2024
11:03

Quito, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) The acting Minister of Energy and Mines of Ecuador, Inés Manzano, said the country will end the year with “zero hours of blackouts”, a new promise of the government to end power cuts.

Bolivia analyzes payment of financial operations in Chinese currency

Published on: November 30, 2024
15:17

La Paz, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Bolivia today assesses the implementation of the Interbank and Cross-Border Payment System (CIPS) in Chinese currency, after a meeting of national authorities with representatives of the Asian giant.

Uruguayans and Cubans hold scientific ophthalmological conference

Published on: November 30, 2024
15:07

Montevideo, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Ophthalmological specialists from Uruguay and Cuba shared a scientific conference here today as part of the cooperation in this area that the Caribbean island provides to this South American country.

Lacalle Pou was the great defeated in Uruguay, Frente Amplio says

Published on: November 27, 2024
10:31

Montevideo, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) President Luis Lacalle Pou is the great defeated today at the polls in Uruguay, the leader of the Frente Amplio (FA), Fernando Pereira affirmed, whose party will take over the government on March 1, 2025.

Brazil’s Supreme Court to judge regulation of digital platforms

Published on: November 27, 2024
07:44

Brasilia, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Federal Court (STF) will begin judging today a set of actions that question the civil framework of the Internet and the operation of digital platforms in Brazil.

Brazil has more than 7,000 confirmed deaths from dengue

Published on: November 26, 2024
09:55

Brasilia, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) A total of 7,013 confirmed and still under investigation deaths from dengue in Brazil since the beginning of the year reports the monitoring panel of the Ministry of Health.

Presidential decision in Peru pending for minimum wage increase

Published on: November 26, 2024
08:25

Lima, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The decision of the Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, on an increase in the official monthly minimum wage, is still pending after business pressures against any increase.

Ecuador to debate reform on juvenile justice

Published on: November 26, 2024
07:54

Quito, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly of Ecuador will debate the draft Organic Code for the Comprehensive Protection of Boys, Girls, and Adolescents, a key reform on justice for juvenile offenders.

Colombian Army destroys 13 cocaine paste laboratories

Published on: November 26, 2024
07:24

Bogotá, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian National Army reported that troops from the Command Against Drug Trafficking and Transnational Threats found and destroyed 13 laboratories used for the production of cocaine paste in the southern department of Putumayo.

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