South America

Chile is flooded with shootings lately

Published on: July 17, 2024
08:20

Santiago de Chile, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Chile has been in a state of recent gunfights, and the capital's Lampa commune witnessed another one on Tuesday, which left five people dead.

International committee asks Ecuador to guarantee Glas’s integrity

Published on: July 16, 2024
11:47

Quito, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) An international committee is seeking to restore the asylum status of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who currently remains at a maximum security prison, where the politician's integrity is being violated.

President of YPFB visits mega hydrocarbon field in Bolivia

Published on: July 16, 2024
08:56

La Paz, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The president of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Armin Dorgathen, will hold a technical visit to the Mayaya Centro X1 megafield, in the north of the department of La Paz, for stratigraphic research, corporation sources said.

President of Chile on an official visit to Paraguay

Published on: July 16, 2024
08:42

Santiago de Chile, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, will travel to Paraguay accompanied by a delegation of ministers, businessmen, and parliamentarians for an official visit, seeking to promote commercial and economic ties.

Lula and Italian president discuss fight against hunger and poverty

Published on: July 15, 2024
12:19

Brasilia, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is to receive his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, and both will discuss here regional and global issues, such as the alliance against hunger and poverty.

Assuming Ecuador’s presidency is a Law; Vice-president says

Published on: July 15, 2024
12:15

Quito, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Vice President of Ecuador, Veronica Abad, reiterated today that assuming the presidency of the country while President Daniel Noboa participates in the 2025 elections, 'is not a whim, it is established by law'.

Peru:Announcement of former president’s candidacy sparks controversy

Published on: July 15, 2024
12:02

Lima, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) The announcement of the presidential candidacy of ex president Alberto Fujimori today sparked immediate questioning from jurists and political analysts who consider it legally unfeasible.

Yamandu Orsi describes as valuable meeting with Spanish president

Published on: July 15, 2024
11:41

Montevideo, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan presidential candidate from the Broad Front (Frente Amplio), Yamandu Orsi, reportedly met in Madrid with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez.

New protests in Ecuador against fuel price hikes

Published on: July 15, 2024
11:24

Quito,Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Social organizations of the Popular Front closed the streets again today in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, to protest against the increase in fuel prices in Ecuador. Local media reported that the demonstrators stopped vehicle traffic with burning tires, accompanied by banners in rejection of the measure, imposed after the Government put an end to fuel subsidies.

The accused testify in Brazilian councilwoman’s assassination

Published on: July 15, 2024
11:07

Brasilia, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, authorized two people implicated in the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 to testify today and tomorrow in the Chamber of Deputies.

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