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Defense Ministers of Chile and Brazil sign cyber defense cooperation agreement
RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL - The agreement is part of the two countries' commitment to advance in matters such as the signing of a...
Trade between Brazil and Argentina up 44% in October year-on-year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The information was presented on Tuesday by the Argentine delegation at a meeting with Brazilian entrepreneurs at the Federation...
Peru’s interior minister resigns after accusation of hosting house party despite pandemic restrictions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peruvian Interior Minister Luis Barranzuela has resigned after being heavily criticized for allegedly hosting a party at his home...
Argentina convicts former Army lieutenant for crimes against humanity committed during dictatorship
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Buenos Aires court sentenced this Tuesday (02) to six years in prison former Army first lieutenant Ricardo Alberto...
COP26: Bolivia proposes funding programs to fight climate change
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "We propose to create mitigation and resilience programs for developing countries with funds from developed countries, which have historically...
Paraguay department Ñeembucú has become a drug trafficking haven
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Without a permanent National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) bureau and with only one anti-narcotics police officer to cover the whole...
COP26: Colombia, a country with ambitions in the face of climate change that threatens it
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia's geographical position, with Atlantic and Pacific coasts and high deforestation rates, make the country one of the most...
CNN to advertise Paraguay as safe tourist destination
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The initiative's main goal is the economic recovery of the local tourism industry, one of the most severely affected...
Uruguay tops Rule of Law Index in Latin America and the Caribbean
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "With 0.71 points and ranked 25th in the world, Uruguay is the Latin American and Caribbean country with the...
Uruguay plans to allow tourists access to legal marijuana
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The first country in the world to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational use, Uruguay...
Argentina electricity exports soared due to drought in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Energy Secretariat data, in the first 9 months of the year, 2,876 GWh were exported to Brazil,...
Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico have highest number of murdered journalists in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its program...
Uruguay dockworkers accept agreement and conflict ends
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Single Port Union and Related Branches (SUPRA) spokesman Álvaro Reinaldo made the announcement, detailing that on Sunday TCP -...
Brazil’s Azul wants to buy whole LATAM airline group or nothing, says founder
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A few years ago, few in Chile had heard of Azul, an emerging Brazilian airline founded in 2013 by...