LATIN AMERICA

At least four illegal gold miners died in a clash with police in northern Brazil’s state of Roraima, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change confirmed Monday. The incident occurred Sunday night as inspectors from […]

Paraguay’s top electoral court on Sunday confirmed that ruling Colorado Party candidate Santiago Pena won the presidential elections. According to the Superior Court of Electoral Justice, with more than 96 percent of the ballots counted, […]

Brazil created 526,173 new formal jobs in the first quarter, based on a balance of 6,040,592 hires and 5,514,419 dismissals, the Ministry of Labor and Employment reported Thursday. The data, from the General Register of […]

At least four children were killed in an attack by a man armed with an axe in a school in the municipality of Blumenau, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, the Military Police […]

Former President Jair Bolsonaro will testify today before the Federal Police (PF) on the case of the jewels delivered by the Government of Saudi Arabia and brought illegally to Brazil to be incorporated into his […]

In a lengthy session that lasted until the early hours of this morning, the Chilean Senate approved the controversial Nain-Retamar Law, which expands the powers of the police to use their firearms. The initiative had […]

Workers affiliated with the PIT-CNT union and members of social organizations here today repudiated the pension reform being discussed by a committee of the Uruguayan Parliament. In front of the Legislative Palace, Lucía Padula, representing […]

Brazilian Senate on Tuesday passed a decree authorizing the Federal District (DF)´s Public Security intervention as a result of Sunday´s violent actions and vandalism against headquarters of the three branches of government. In a symbolic […]

The head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz, will present his quarterly report to the organization’s Security Council, recognizing the steps taken for peace by the new government . The report, […]

Colombia’s Vice President Francia Marquez and Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva are participating in the United Nations debate on the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement. The senior officials of the Gustavo Petro government attend the […]