MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 1st 2022
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners
The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Price of gasoline at pumps drops slightly in Uruguay
Uruguayan authorities have announced a UY$ 3 (US$ 0.074) reduction in the price of gasoline at pumps effective Thursday. Energy Minister Omar Paganini also explained the price of supergas (cooking gas) and diesel fuel would remain unchanged.
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Tire-smuggling on the rise in northeast Argentina
An increase in the smuggling of tires from Paraguay and Brazil has been reported in Argentina's northwestern provinces as the product is in short supply locally, which has also caused a spike in retail prices.
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Venezuelan teachers and senior citizens stage yet another protest
A group of pensioners and teachers marched Wednesday again through the streets of Caracas to protest against their meager income and to demand the payment of overdue adjustments and bonuses agreed upon through collective bargaining with President Nicolás Maduro's administration.
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Bachelet's last report critical of China regarding Uighurs
Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Wednesday filed a report on China's “Crimes against humanity” on her last day as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) as she left her office to a standing ovation.
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Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Mysterious respiratory disease in Argentine province kills two
Health authorities in the Argentine province of Tucumán (center, north) have reported the second death of a still unidentified lung disease that has spread locally over the past few weeks, it was announced.
