Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS – The massive protests in more than 120 US cities over racial injustice and police brutality went global last week– amidst presidential threats of military force on demonstrators in Washington DC. […]
The projects will take place in Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay and will be implemented by FAO. SANTIAGO – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Thursday approved more than USD$27 million for projects to […]
NEW YORK – The United Nations will send a special mission to investigate human rights abuses in Chile, where a general strike went into its second day following a week of street protests that left […]
SANTIAGO – Over 60 people arrived in Santiago de Chile from Venezuela on Tuesday, in a special plane of the Chilean Air Force (FACH), after voluntarily leaving the South American country hit by a massive […]
SANTIAGO – As many as 94 Venezuelans returned to their country to benefit from the return plan “Vuelta a la Patria” implemented by the government of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan embassy in Santiago confirmed on Sunday. […]
WASHINGTON – The United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has resigned leaving President Donald Trump’s national security circle, White House officials said Tuesday. “It’s been eight years of intense time, and I’m […]
WASHINGTON — The United States is canceling a 1955 treaty with Iran establishing economic relations and consular rights between the two nations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday. The move follows a ruling […]
SANTIAGO – Facundo Jones Huala, founder of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), has been transferred from the city of Esquel, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, to Santiago de Chile, where he will be brought […]
UNITED NATIONS – Hunger reached 821 million people in 2017 worldwide, of which about 39 million are Latin American, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its new report. The figure represents a […]
By Héctor Silva Ávalos/Insight Crime GUATEMALA CITY – Mixed messages from Washington have left the door open for Guatemala President Jimmy Morales to strengthen his fight against the institutions investigating him for alleged illicit campaign […]
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