Politics

Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Mapuche groups claim responsibility for yet another attack in Chile

Mapuche violence is reaching unprecedented levels after the Arauco-Malleco Coordinating Committee (CAM) claimed responsibility Tuesday for an arson attack against a forestry site in the commune of Lumaco, in the Araucanía region, 700 kilometers south of Santiago.
Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Venezuelans demand release of Emtrasur's 747

Scores of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday staged a rally across the streets of Caracas to demand that Argentina's judiciary releases Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 cargo aircraft seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 21:38 UTC
Uruguayan judge who halted vaccination under scrutiny

Uruguay's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has launched an inquiry against Judge Alejandro Recarey for his July 7 decision to halt vaccination against COVID-19 of children aged 5 to 13 to determine which course of action to take regarding the magistrate's future.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 21:32 UTC
Bolsonaro says voting for Lula is like hiring traffickers to fight drug dealing

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro likened his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the latter's running mate to notorious local drug traffickers.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 21:22 UTC
Nagasaki Mayor launches “Never Again!” cry

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue and other speakers during Tuesday's ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the second atom bomb dropped on Japanese soil by the United States at the end of World War II insisted that theirs should be the last tragedy ever of that nature.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Boric and Petro discuss region's leaning to the left

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday became the first foreign leader welcomed for a one-on-one meeting by Colombia's new head of state Gustavo Petro.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 09:01 UTC
FBI raids Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago mansion

Scores of supporters of former US President Donald Trump gathered Monday around the tycoon's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after FBI agents reportedly executed a search warrant on the Palm Beach premises.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 08:47 UTC
Brazil's cities have more poor people

The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), the Metropolis Observatory, and the Network of Observatories of Social Debt in Latin America (RedODSAL).
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 08:13 UTC
Political turmoil making Uruguay investment alternative option for Chilean business people

Uruguay is becoming a growing option for Chilean business people and investors given the political climate and favorable economic scenario of the Mercosur member, while conditions in the Pacific nation are rapidly deteriorating under political stress and adverse conditions for business, according to Santiago economic media.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Chilean authorities tackle sex crimes against children

Chilean authorities released this past weekend a report according to which some 18,000 children were victims of sexual crimes during the first semester of 2022.