QUITO – Authorities in Ecuador have detained the crew of a Chinese fishing boat suspected to have caught hundreds of endangered sharks in the Galapagos Islands. The Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was found Sunday […]
SANTIAGO – The BHP Billiton says it will spend US$2.46 billion to extend the life of a copper mine in Chile by 50 years. The expansion of the Spence open cut mine will deliver 185,000 […]
HOLYWOOD – Emma Stone has topped the Forbes list of highest paid actresses. The La La Land star earned $26m (around £20m) over a 12-month period from June 2016 to June 2017, mainly due to […]
LA PAZ – Bolivian President Evo Morales will make a visit to China next year to increase the level of bilateral relations to move up later on to a strategic association. According to Bolivian Foreign […]
CARACAS – The deaths of 37 people inside a prison in the Venezuelan town of Puerto Ayacucho has prompted an investigation, officials said on Thursday. Governor Liborio Guarulla had earlier tweeted that a “massacre” took […]
WASHINGTON – The United States, Mexico and Canada opened negotiations Wednesday to reform the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a 1994 trade deal that was a major target in U.S. President Donald Trump’s run […]
BRASILIA – Brazilian company FS Bioenergia has inaugurated a corn ethanol plant, the first in the country, to produce 210 million liters year. The plant was built by a joint venture between the local agro-company […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet has told United States Vice President Mike Pence that Chile will not support coups d’etat or military interventions, but will agree to sanctions that should be adopted by the United […]
SANTIAGO – United States Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Chile Wednesday as part of his weeklong trip to Latin America that has included stops in Colombia and Argentina. During a meeting with Chilean president […]
MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday criticized the idea of any intervention, including military, in the Venezuela crisis, stressing the need to resolve the crisis in Venezuela peacefully. “We are united in […]
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