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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile, the once Latin American "oasis", has been jumping from convulsion to convulsion for two years, a spiral of unrest that will live a new chapter this Sunday with the crucial presidential elections between...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 1,000 girls aged 14 and under gave birth in Paraguay between 2019 and 2020, the report states. It adds that over 12,000 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 gave birth...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Carolina Ribera alerted about her mother's transfer to Del Norte Hospital, located in the city of El Alto, near La Paz, "without knowing the medical reasons."
Later, one of Áñez's attorneys Norka Cuéllar denounced the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "The principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of a state does not apply to human rights violations and crimes under international law," said in a report Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International's director for...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean government on Thursday lamented the dozens of deaths and injuries registered in protests in recent days in Colombia and condemned "vandalism and violence, whatever their origin."
In a brief statement, the Chilean Foreign...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The week-long demonstrations began with citizens' opposition to an ambitious tax reform bill but continued even after President Iván Duque withdrew it. Official figures report that, between repression and riots, at least 24 people...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, April 29th, the majority of the European Parliament condemned the detention of ex-interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez and called on the Bolivian authorities to release her and 2 of her ministers...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The negligence of the Jair Bolsonaro government in fighting the pandemic has imposed severe setbacks to the country, in addition to the death of more than 337,300 people by Covid-19.
The assessment is made by...
BRASILIA, BRAZIL – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro is coming under fire for comments he made on Monday, July 29th, about the assassination of political prisoners during the country’s military dictatorship. This time, the president sent a message to OAB...