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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 20:57 UTC
At least 35 gang members gunned down in Haiti

At least 35 members of the gang Viv Ansanm were gunned down by Haitian law enforcement, and 40 others were wounded, last week in a violent clash in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pacot, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) reported. In addition, six Haitian National Police (PNH) officers and five fighters of the Canapé-Vert vigilante brigades fell in combat.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 14:49 UTC
Mass power outage hits large parts of Europe

A massive power outage struck the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and has also affected Spain, Portugal, and some regions in France, Italy, and the UK, disrupting critical infrastructure including public transport, airports, telecommunications, and traffic systems.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:48 UTC
Paraguayan experts visit Brazilian floating solar power plant to apply that technology to Itaipú

Paraguayan technicians from Itaipu's Renewable Energy Consultancy visited a 7-megawatt floating solar power plant at the Billings dam reservoir in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest of its kind in Latin America, spanning 5 hectares to learn about flotation and anchoring systems, as part of the preparations for a similar project, albeit smaller, undertaking at Itaipú.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:45 UTC
Milei returns to BA after lunch with Meloni

During his stay in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral, Argentine President Javier Milei had lunch with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interacted briefly with other leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, but had no direct contact with US President Donald Trump, who had other priorities, like talking to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:32 UTC
Bolivia and Chile boost diplomatic ties

Bolivia and Chile agreed during a ceremony Saturday at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz on mutual exemption of visas and residence permits for holders of diplomatic and official passports. The event took place as the first Boliviana de Aviación to Santiago -with a stopover in Iquique- was to depart.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Senator wants Paraguay to revert to winter time (GMT -4)

Paraguayan Senator Blanca Ovelar plans to introduce a bill to revert the country's time zone to GMT-4 year-round from the current permanent summer time (GMT-3) adopted recently.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguayan university study favors taxation on cigarettes

In Montevideo, a Universidad de la República (Udelaar) study projected that a 60% increase in cigarette taxes from 2025 to 2028 would reduce smoking by 19%, preventing 49,000 smokers, and increase tax revenue by 24%, aligning with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Brazilian woman among 11 dead as SUV rams people at festival in Vancouver

A Brazilian woman was among the 11 fatalities left by a 30-year-old man with a history of mental health issues, who late Saturday drove an SUV into a crowd at the Filipino Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, Canada, also injuring dozens.
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Monday, April 28th 2025 - 09:52 UTC
Falklands’ volleyball team competing in international tournament in Punta Arenas

Another sport that is picking up in the Falkland Islands is volleyball, and last Saturday, a delegation with ladies' and men's teams left for an international three-day competition in Punta Arenas, Chile, where the Falklands flag will be flying.
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