SANTIAGO – After Chilean President Sebastián Piñera had to back down with the appointment of his brother Pablo to take on as ambassador in Argentina, he announced the name of who will take charge of […]
JERUSALEM – Paraguay opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem Monday, becoming the third country to do so following the United States and Guatemala. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, who arrived in Israel Sunday evening, opened […]
SANTIIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera announced on Sunday that his government does not recognize the presidential elections held in Venezuela, in which Nicolás Maduro was re-elected. “Chile, like most democratic countries, does not recognize […]
CARACAS – Venezuela’s populist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a […]
MONTEVIDEO – Little by little, around noon on this Sunday, Venezuelans living in Uruguay gathered in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Montevideo to protest against what they consider “unfair and fraudulent” presidential elections. The […]
TORONTO – Hot Docs wrapped its 25th edition this month with record-breaking audience numbers reaching an estimated 223,000. The 11-day event featured 471 public screenings of 247 films on 16 screens across Toronto, an internationally […]
CARACAS – Polls opened in Venezuela on Sunday for the South American nation’s presidential election – widely seen as a foregone conclusion. The 55-year-old Socialist leader cast his ballot on Sunday in an election that […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean economy grew by 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, the largest quarterly growth since 2013, the central bank announced Friday. According to the institution, most sectors of the economy […]
SANTIAGO – Swedish furniture giant Ikea is poised to expand into South America, with stores planned in at least three countries in the region. The world’s biggest furniture retailer has signed a partnership with Chilean […]
HOUSTON – The Texas governor has confirmed ten people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting by a student at a high school on Friday. The attacker, who is in police custody on […]
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