MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 8th 2023
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Monday, May 8th 2023 - 11:36 UTC
Rightwing parties to control Chile's new constituent assembly
José Antonio Kast's far-right Republican Party Sunday scored a resounding victory in the elections to form the 50-member council which will draft a new Constitution for Chile after last year's reformed text was turned down by 62% of the votes in a referendum.
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Monday, May 8th 2023 - 11:16 UTC
Ruling parties are reelected in 3 Argentine provinces
Three Argentine provinces held gubernatorial elections on Sunday. In all of them, the ruling parties were reelected. In a year with presidential elections looming, these results were expected to shed some light on who might make it to the Casa Rosada next December 10, but nothing of the sort happened.
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Monday, May 8th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Chilean and Venezuelan authorities cooperate to repatriate stranded migrants
Venezuelan authorities Sunday flew back 115 migrants who were stranded in northern Chile through the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan), it was announced by Caracas. The Foreign Ministry said on Twitter that: “115 Venezuelan men and women are happily returning to their homes thanks to a new day of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria,” an initiative in force since 2018.
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Monday, May 8th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
At least 27 miners killed in Peruvian mine fire
At least 27 miners were killed Saturday in a mine fire in Arequipa, Peruvian authorities confirmed.
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Monday, May 8th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Brazil: Millions could fall into poverty unless proper investing is done
Millions of Brazilians could be thrown into extreme poverty in the next few years due to weather-related phenomena, a report released last week by the World Bank showed.
