South America

New HIV Variant detected in Brazil

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:09

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) A new variant of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is circulating in Brazil today, according to a study by the Federal University of the state of Bahia (northeast) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

Uruguayan union organization promotes referendum on social security

Published on: August 26, 2024
08:21

Montevideo, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The PIT-CNT union center began a promotional campaign in favor of the plebiscite on the social security reform, which will be voted on next October.

Insecurity continues to be the main concern for Chileans

Published on: August 26, 2024
08:08

Santiago de Chile, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) A survey conducted in CHile shows that 70 percent of Chileans consider that the fight against crime should be the number one priority for the Government.

Colombia, the United States and Panama will discuss migration

Published on: August 26, 2024
07:42

Bogotá, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The 3rd Meeting of the Tripartite Migration Mechanism between Colombia, the United States and Panama will be held in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

Active forest fires in southern Ecuador raze 345 hectares

Published on: August 25, 2024
11:21

Quito, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The forest fire in the town of Quilanga, in the southern Ecuadorian province of Loja, remains active and the flames have already razed 345 hectares of forest, the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SGR) reported on Sunday.

Argentine deputies criticize Milei’s measure against retirees

Published on: August 24, 2024
10:54

Buenos Aires, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The deputies of Unión por la Patria (UP) asserted today that the decision of the Argentine president, Javier Milei, to veto the Law of Retirement Mobility confirms his inhumanity and intention to apply a "chainsaw" to the weakest.

Argentine organizations denounce neglect of vulnerable sectors

Published on: August 23, 2024
07:39

Buenos Aires, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Piquetero Fighting Front and cooks from soup kitchens will participate in a protest in front of the Ministry of Human Capital to denounce the policies of the Argentine government and the abandonment of vulnerable sectors.

Government of Bolivia will sign agreement with China on lithium

Published on: August 23, 2024
07:32

La Paz, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian government announced progress in the implementation of an agreement with the Chinese company Citic Gouam Group to install an industrial lithium carbonate production plant in Potosí.

Government of Bolivia seeks structural solutions, president says

Published on: August 23, 2024
07:27

La Paz, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The national government of Bolivia is working on the structural solution of the problems as a vision of State policy, said President Luis Arce at the expansion of the Bolivian Workers' Central in Tupiza, Potosí province.

Low temperature causes fish mortality in Uruguayan rivers

Published on: August 22, 2024
09:26

Montevideo, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The prevailing low temperatures are the cause of fish mortality in Uruguayan rivers, according to technicians of the Ministry of Environment and scientists. The appearance since July of thousands of lifeless fish on beaches and rivers of the coast in central and southern Uruguay caused concern among citizens.

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