Santiago de Chile, October 26 (RHC)-- Bolivia and Chile agreed on Tuesday to strengthen what they called the bilateral economic environment to optimize the processes of trade between the two countries. The Chile-Bolivia Binational Business Council held its Second Face-to-Face Meeting in the city of Santiago de Chile, which was attended by Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola and the Bolivian Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Benjamín Blanco Ferr.... More
Buenos Aires, October 26 (RHC)-- Argentinean Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been acquitted in part of the case due to a lack of evidence of bribe payments. This is linked to the 'Cuadernos' case, still under investigation, on the alleged illegal payment of two businessmen linked to public works.... More
Buenos Aires, October 26 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government expects the immediate release of the plane held in Argentina after the release of its 19 crew members, according to Foreign Minister Carlos Faría, who is in Buenos Aires to participate in the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). ... More
Port-au-Prince, October 25 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Haitians took to the streets this Tuesday to protest against the possibility of a foreign intervention and to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the midst of the severe crisis experienced by the nation.... More
La Paz, October 25 (RHC)-- In the midst of growing tension in the Bolivian Department of Santa Cruz, after right-wing sectors decreed a strike to pressure Bolivian authorities to change the date of the national census, the Government has presented a new proposal.... More
London, October 25 (RHC)-- Amnesty International has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate possible war crimes following the “unlawful attacks” committed during Israel’s deadly assault on the Gaza Strip in August.... More
Bogota, October 25 (RHC)-- The Colombian Senate has approved the bill presented by President Gustavo Petro that seeks to lay the foundations for the "Total Peace" policy. "The total peace bill has been approved in the Senate without any limitations," said Senator Ivan Cepeda, who was one of the bill's speakers.... More
St. Louis, October 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, a teenage gunman shot and killed a teacher and a student at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis on Monday. Four other students were shot and wounded before the gunman was shot dead by police.... More
New York, October 25 (RHC)-- Popular messaging app WhatsApp was slowly coming back on-line by 0900 GMT, with some users in India, Asia and the United Kingdom saying they were able to send and receive some messages and videos. Users across the world had reported issues with the platform earlier on Tuesday.... More
Pretoria, October 25 (RHC)-- Representatives from Ethiopia’s government and rebel forces in Tigray have gathered in South Africa for peace talks mediated by the African Union. ... More
Ramallah, October 25 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have carried out a series of raids across the occupied West Bank, killing at least five Palestinians and injuring over 20 others. The new fatalities took place early Tuesday when Israeli forces attacked several neighborhoods in the Old City of Nablus as well as a town north of Ramallah, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.... More
London, October 25 (RHC)-- In the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak has been sworn in as Prime Minister, succeeding fellow Conservative Party member Liz Truss, who resigned her post after just six weeks on the job. ... More
La Paz, October 25 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Luis Arce affirmed that the country's popular movement will stop any coup attempt encouraged by right-wing sectors to destabilize the country. During the Congress of the Single Union Federation of Peasant Workers of Cochabamba on Monday, the Bolivian president said that the right "still wants to undertake coup adventures in our country and no doubt that it has, as it did in 2020, the entire peasant movement, the entire popular movement at the forefront to stop any coup adventure."... More
La Paz, October 25 (RHC)-- The government of Argentina, country that holds the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), expressed its support to the dialogue for the National Census, the axis of the most recent internal dispute between destabilizing right-wing groups and the Bolivian government.... More
Brasilia, October 25 (RHC)-- In Brazil, a former bolsonarista deputy, Roberto Jefferson, was transferred to prison on Monday after barricading himself for eight hours and shooting at the Brazilian Federal Police who were trying to arrest him, which left two agents wounded by the throwing of a grenade.... More
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