Peru’s traditional exports rise 25% above pre-pandemic levels in first half 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru's traditional exports accumulated a value of US$20.5 billion during the first six months of...
August 7, 2021Topic
Latin America
Human Rights Commission asks to locate 95 missing migrants in Mexico’s Tamaulipas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) recommended Mexican authorities locate approximately 95 migrants who disappeared...
August 7, 2021
Forest fires in Bolivian region consumed 147,254 hectares this year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Forest fires consumed 147,254 hectares this year in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz, bordering...
August 7, 2021
Uruguay registers 153 new cases and four Covid deaths; remains in the yellow zone (August 6)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay recorded Friday 153 new cases in 13,778 covid-19 tests and four deaths, according to...
August 7, 2021
Ecuador adds 222 new Covid cases and accumulates 491,185 in pandemic (August 6)
Ecuador added 222 new cases of covid-19, accumulating 491,185 positive cases during the pandemic, while the vaccination process is advancing,...
August 7, 2021
76% of Peruvians reject prime minister of President Castillo’s cabinet
Seventy-six percent of Peruvians consider that Congressman Guido Bellido, investigated for terrorism apology, should not be the head of the...
August 7, 2021
Brazil’s steel producer Gerdau to invest US$1.1 billion in Minas Gerais state over five years
Porto Alegre-based Gerdau, Latin America's largest long steel producer, revealed on Friday (06) at a press conference in Belo Horizonte...
August 6, 2021
“La Francisca”: Woman, young and poor, a film about precariousness in Chile
Co-produced between Europe and Latin America, the film "La Francisca", Rodrigo Litorriaga's debut, portrays the harshness of being a young...
August 6, 2021
Bolivian opponents and pro-government supporters shouts interrupt Arce’s speech
The speech of the President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, on the occasion of the 196th anniversary of the independence of...
August 6, 2021