CARACAS – Colombia’s Avianca Holdings SA will suspend flights to Venezuela next month, joining other major carriers that have cut off access to the South American nation engulfed in violent political protests and economic chaos. […]
LA PAZ – Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said on Wednesday his administration would not continue to pursue a sea-access case against Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if Santiago agreed to enter into […]
MENDOZA – The members of Mercosur trade bloc called for an end to violence in Venezuela in a joint statement on Friday. However again opinions were divided: while Brazil and Argentina sponsored a more explicit […]
LIMA – Peru’s Customs agency Sunat is now using a US$3.5 million scanner donated by the United States Embassy in Lima as part of bilateral Customs co-operation efforts to strengthen supply chain security at Lima’s […]
SANTIAGO – Chile and Colombia have advanced to the Group A of Semi-Finals of the FIBA South American U17 Championship 2017 after securing victories in the fourth day of the regional championship. Ecuador and Uruguay […]
SANTIAGO – Chile registers investments in the world that reach 114.23 billion dollars, between 1990 to 2016 – 92 percent of which concentrate in 10 countries, six of them in Latin America. Statistics were offered […]
ANTOFAGASTA – Two immmigrants from Peru are recovering in hospital in the Chilean city of Antofagasta after being set alight by a mob of Chilean fishermen in the port city of Tocopilla. Juan Jiménez Ninaja […]
LIMA/QUITO – Peru has recalled its ambassador in Ecuador, Hugo Otero Lanzerotti, over a border wall row between two South American neighbors. Peru’s move, announced by its foreign affairs ministry, came as Ecuador pushed on […]
LIMA – A double-decker tour bus flipped on its side and plunged off a cliff in Peru Sunday night, killing at least nine people and injuring 25. At least two foreign nationals, a Canadian and […]
SANTIAGO/LIMA – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Peruvian counterpart Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed the Declaration of Lima to round off the countries’ First Binational Cabinet held on Friday. The major fields included social affairs […]
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