South America

Bolivia negotiates lithium agreement with China

Published on: August 27, 2024
08:08

La Paz, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The state company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) will continue the negotiations with the Chinese company Citic Guoan for the construction of a Direct Lithium Extraction industrial plant in Potosí.

Brazilian Senate votes draft decree on weapon possession

Published on: August 27, 2024
07:45

Brasilia, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The plenary session of the Brazilian Senate will vote on the so-called Draft Legislative Decree (PDL) on weapons possession, signed last year by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil restricts entry of immigrant without visa as of today

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:15

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Justice and Public Security informed that passengers in transit arriving today in Brazil without a visa and whose final destination is another country will have to continue their trip or return to their place of origin.

Argentine workers demand urgent salary negotiations

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:12

Buenos Aires, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine State Workers Association (ATE) today demanded an urgent call for negotiations in the public administration and rejected the Government's decision to increase salaries by only two percent as of October.

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.

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