South America

Panama and Peru to strengthen bilateral relations

Published on: January 23, 2025
09:52

Panama City, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino and his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, agreed to strengthen commercial and fiscal ties, an official press release stresses.

Bolivia to present human rights report at UN

Published on: January 21, 2025
09:26

La Paz, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia's Minister of Justice, César Siles, will present in Geneva, Switzerland, the report corresponding to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Organization.

Lula: priority in 2025 is that horror does not return to Brazil

Published on: January 21, 2025
06:01

Brasilia, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that one of the priorities of his government in 2025 is that horror does not return to Brazil, referring to his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022).

Bolivian Electoral Tribunal gives certainty on general elections

Published on: January 18, 2025
13:07

Havana, 18 January (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) tried this week to give Bolivians certainty about the holding of the general elections next August, with a cooperation agreement with the judges of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Impunity persists in Uruguay regarding the disappeared

Published on: January 18, 2025
12:51

Montevideo, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Mothers and Relatives of Detained and Missing Persons reiterated that in Uruguay the concealment and impunity over the victims of State terrorism persists today.

Venezuela activates operation to care for displaced Colombians

Published on: January 18, 2025
12:48

Caracas, 18 January (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government today activated a special operation to take care of civilians displaced from Colombia by the armed conflict in the Catatumbo region, in the northeast of the neighbouring country.

Uruguayan dairy farmers worried about lack of rain

Published on: January 17, 2025
09:27

Montevideo, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The lack of rain worries the agricultural sector in Uruguay, and dairy farmers are feeling the effects of reduced production.

Warning of possible epidemic in Ecuador’s largest prison

Published on: January 16, 2025
10:15

Quito, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Ecuador warned today of a possible epidemic of tuberculosis in the Penitenciaría del Litoral, the largest prison in the country, where they estimate that around 500 inmates are ill.

Bolivian activists welcome Cuba’s removal from SSOT list

Published on: January 16, 2025
10:12

La Paz, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Movement for Solidarity with Cuba on Thursday described as a "great triumph" the exclusion of the Caribbean nation from Washington's State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.

Brazilian government seeks to activate Supreme Court against Meta

Published on: January 16, 2025
10:00

Brasilia, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian government is studying the possibility of activating the Supreme Federal Court (STF) against Meta after the changes in the guidelines of social networks.

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