CARACAS – Venezuela’s center-right opposition is preparing to stage “the mother of all marches” to protest President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to consolidate power, with thousands of protestors already present on the streets on Wednesday. The […]
WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge has fined Brazil’s Odebrecht, one of the largest construction conglomerates in Latin America, $2.6 billion over its role in a multinational bribery scandal. The fine was part of a plea […]
WASHINGTON – A human smuggling ring that helped people from Pakistan and Afghanistan illegally enter the United States by way of Brazil and South and Central America has been exposed as the ring’s Brasilia contact […]
MOSCOW – Russia has delivered over $10 billion worth of armaments and military equipment to Latin America since 2001, Rostec state corporation’s Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department Victor Kladov said earlier this […]
SAINT PETERSBURG – A Navy delegation of the Republic of Chile visited new-project warships of the Russian Navy earlier this week. It was the first visit of Chile’s Military Navy delegation to the Russian Federation, […]
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the U.S. air force dropped a bomb containing 11 tons of explosives on a cave complex used by the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State of Iraq […]
SANTIAGO/BEIJING – Chile and China have taken new steps to strengthen the Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) that both nations have carried out for 10 years, in a strategy that might be consolidated at a high-level meeting […]
SANTIAGO – China overtook the United States in 2016 to become Chile’s No 1 wine market, says Angelica Valenzuela, commercial director of Vinos de Chile. Wine consumption in China grew 13.8 percent last year, Valenzuela […]
CABRERO – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has visited a new phytosanitary inspection plant for fruit exports in the city of Cabrero, in Bío Bío region, to mark its official opening. Cabrero’s mayor Mario Gierke said […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has legalized medical marijuana after the Senate greenlit the project yesterday. The legislation also creates a research program in the government that must “guarantee free access” to cannabis oil and other […]
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