LA PAZ – A new gas reservoir discovered in southern Bolivia has a production potential of 20 million cubic feet per day, according to the state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). The deposit is located […]
RIO DE JANEIRO – At least nine people were killed early Saturday in Brazil’s southern Parana state following a head-on collision between a tour bus and a car, highway police said. The accident occurred around […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s Central Bank on Friday hiked its benchmark interest rate to 40% to support the peso, the third such hike in just over a week and one day after the currency plunged […]
SANTO DOMINGO – This week, the Dominican Republic and China announced they were establishing diplomatic relations as the Caribbean country became the latest nation to dump Taiwan, leaving it with just 19 diplomatic allies around […]
By Thorin Engeseth The new President-elect of Paraguay Mario Benítez will be inaugurated on August 15. Why did Paraguay vote yet again for the Colorado Party, and what does this mean for the South American […]
LONDON – A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research program to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise was launched this week at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge. The £20 million 5-year research collaboration, funded jointly by […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has created the Antarctica Joint Command, which will operate under the orbit of the Ministry of Defense and be responsible for conducting operations in Antarctica, and areas of interest, in a […]
BRASILIA – Imprisoned former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, along with the current leader of the Workers Party he founded, has been hit with fresh corruption charges by federal prosecutors. Authorities allege that Lula, along […]
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera celebrated May Day in an event held at a worker’s hospital in Santiago, where he announced four measures that he hopes to apply in his government in labor matters: universal […]
SANTIAGO – Thousands of Chileans went out to the streets of the capital Tuesday to commemorate Labor Day, demanding that the government, among other things, dignify the social role of the working class and stop […]
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