Tag: insecurity

• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

  Milei wants opposition leader Kicillof to resign as Governor of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei urged Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign so that a federal intervention could be launched to restore order as residents of that Argentine district were enraged Thursday by the murder of a 7-year-old girl. The perpetrators were identified to be minors aged 14 and 17, and would therefore face lesser to no charges; in other words, they would be free to kill again. “Let us intervene in the Province,” Milei insisted.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

  Chile needs to address insecurity at medical facilities

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Carolina Tohá admitted Tuesday that her country needed to review its security policies, particularly regarding healthcare facilities, where several incidents have been recorded. According to the National Confederation of Municipal Health Officials (Confusam), there were 7,184 aggressions against healthcare staff nationwide last year, and these figures are on the rise now.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Peru tops list of food insecure countries in the region

  

  Peru has been singled out as the country with the highest rates in South America of people living under food insecurity, it was reported.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Buenos Aires province police force, 90,000 strong, ceases activities demanding higher pay

  

  The police force from the province of Buenos Aires have ceased activities for the second day running on Tuesday to demand higher salaries and better working conditions for the beat in metropolitan Buenos Aires where criminality and insecurity are rampant.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay votes a criminal reform “Living without fear” to combat rising insecurity

  

  Uruguayans will pick a successor to President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a national guard force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 05:16 UTC

  Argentine Catholic Church reiterates “concern” with insecurity increase

  

  The Catholic Church again expressed “concern” about the increase in crime and insecurity during the opening of the 156th Episcopate Permanent Committee Summit presided by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.