Stories for June 2023

Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:44 UTC
Peruvian paramilitary chiefs convicted of a murder in the 1990s

Former Peruvian National Intelligence Service (SIE) Chief Vladimiro Montesinos and Santiago Martin Rivas, leader of the paramilitary Colina Group created under then-President Alberto Fujimori, were sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison for the premeditated murder of Mariella Barreto, it was reported in Lima.
Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:35 UTC
Chilean ferry agrees to keep accepting Argentine pesos

The Chilean sea shuttle connecting the Argentine provinces of Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego through the Atlantic Ocean will continue to accept Argentine pesos but only from private individuals, the company TABSA had announced earlier this month that, effective June 16, it would only agree to payments in US dollars, Chilean pesos or credit card.
Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:06 UTC
WWII: Graf Spee's eagle to be turned into a bronze dove of peace

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday announced that the bronze eagle retrieved from the wreckage of the German World War II battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 2006 will be transformed into a dove as a “symbol of peace and union” by local artist Pablo Atchugarry, whose work is expected to be completed by November, it was reported in Montevideo.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
Uruguayan State admits guilt in 1974 “April Girls” murders

During a ceremony at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo presided over by Vice President Beatriz Argimón, and pursuant to a sentence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), the Uruguayan State Thursday admitted its responsibility in the April 21, 1974, murders of Laura Raggio, Diana Maidanik, and Silvia Reyes by the military during the last civil-military dictatorship (1973-1985).
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
UK Parliament consulting Falklands Legislative Assembly on Overseas Territoires

There is currently an inquiry by UK Parliament into the status of the Overseas Territories in the 21st Century and the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission, confirmed MLA Teslyn Barkman to Penguin News this week.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:14 UTC
Falklands: Record Loligo catch, 53,578 tons, fifth year in a row

Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources Dr. Andrea Clausen reported there was another high catch of Loligo squid during this year’s first season, the fifth year in a row. Dr Andrea Clausen said in her report for the Fisheries Committee, meeting on June, that the total catch of Loligo had been 53,578 tons.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:59 UTC
US: Charges filed against intel-leaking soldier

US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira has been charged Thursday on six federal counts on six counts of willful retention and transmission on social media sites of classified information relating to national defense to which he had access thanks to his security clearance as a cyber defense operations journeyman.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Iranian President rounds up Latin American tour

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday rounded up a Latin American tour after his stop in Havana to meet with his Cuban colleague Miguel Díaz-Canel following calls in Caracas and Managua
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
Four Lebanese nationals wanted in Argentina in AMIA bombing probe

Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas Thursday ordered the arrest of four Lebanese nationals for their alleged involvement in the July 18, 1994, bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Welfare Association (AMIA) headquarters in Buenos Aires.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:41 UTC
Guatemalan court hands down 6-year prison sentence to newspaper founder

José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, a newspaper critical of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei which went out of business last month, has been sentenced to six years in jail for alleged money laundering, it was reported. Both Zamora and the Prosecutor's Office announced that they will appeal the ruling.