BRASILIA – Brazilian company FS Bioenergia has inaugurated a corn ethanol plant, the first in the country, to produce 210 million liters year. The plant was built by a joint venture between the local agro-company […]
SANTIAGO – Greenpeace is backing a dolphin in Chile’s upcoming presidential election to call attention to the need for strong climate leadership in the Latin American country. Delfin Chileno “announced” its candidacy earlier this month […]
LA PAZ – The Indian government will donate two well drilling rigs to the Bolivian department of Beni in order to mitigate the drought, said the president of the Federation of Cattle Owners of that […]
CIEGA DE AVILA – Cuba has opened its first cable car in Cayo Guillermo in a bid to increase nautical activities of the tourist destination Jardines del Rey, in the northern central region. The cable […]
LIMA – A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off of Peru’s southern coast (near coast of northern Chile), triggering landslides on local roads. One person was killed while two sustained injuries, Arequipa Governor Yamila […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean government has taken several actions to neutralize the incidence of HIV-positive cases, which scaled up 66 percent in the last six years. Health Minister Carmen Castillo has promised a greater control […]
LA PAZ – Bolivia is today an example for the world in terms of health due to the progress President Evo Morales has reached in this sphere, officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) have […]
CHENGDU – At least 19 people have been killed and more than 240 others injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, the provincial government and official […]
LA PAZ – A University of Michigan ecologist and his colleagues have discovered three more frog species in the Peruvian Andes, raising to five the total number of new frog species the group has found […]
SANTIAGO- A plan to ease a ban on abortion in Chile has the backing of 70 percent of the country, a new poll released this week suggested, as a government push to do so navigated […]
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