Stories for July 30th 2019

Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 14:01 UTC
Maduro's government keeps flying voluntary refugees back to Venezuela

Return to the Fatherland flights for migrants who want to return to Venezuela will resume Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nicolás Maduro administration announced.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 13:24 UTC
Peru confident on double digit growth in foreign tourism for 2020

Tourism in Peru is bound to experience a double-digit growth thanks to President Martín Vizcarra's policies, according to the country's Chamber of Turism CEO Carlos Canales.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil's efforts to improve ties with the US, “need not worry China, we never had a problem with China”

Brazil’s efforts to build better ties with the United States need not worry China, the South American economy top trade partner, because it had never had a problem with China, the Brazilian foreign minister stated. At issue in the past has been how previous Brazilian administrations handled relations with China, Ernesto Araujo said.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro says no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered, as police probe the killing in the remote region.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina's opposition presidential ticket tries to amend differences on Venezuela and the food situation

Argentina's opposition presidential candidate Alberto Fernández took distance from her mentor and vice president companion, Cristina Fernandez, saying that the food situation in Venezuela is under no means comparable to Argentina.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Killing of Brazilian indigenous leader under federal investigation

Brazilian federal authorities are investigating the alleged murder of a leader from the aboriginal Waiãpi tribe at Mariry, a village in the Amapá region as conflicts between explorers and indigenous communities are on the rise.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Royal Navy submariners honored for mission to help locate missing Argentine sub ARA San Juan

British submariners have been recognized for their efforts to help Argentina find missing sub San Juan. An eight-strong military team and one civilian were flown to the South Atlantic as part of the massive search effort sparked when the submarine vanished in November 2017. They have earned a commendation from the UK’s second most senior sailor, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Brazilian prison gangs' rivalry leave at least 57 inmates killed, many decapitated

At least 57 inmates were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system in as many months.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Uruguay's Mujica blasts Malaysia as “a dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day”

Malaysia is a bloodthirsty dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day, according to Uruguay's ex president Jose Mujica. The Uruguayan leader speaking at a political rally put in the same bag, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China as part of a poor defense of the regime of his good friend, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
World's largest dam and energy deal triggers a major political scandal in Paraguay

Paraguay's foreign minister and three other officials resigned on Monday amid a growing scandal over the signing of an energy deal with Brazil, a blow to President Mario Abdo who has forged close ties with Brazil, Latin America's No. 1 economy.