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Sentenced to 29 years for trafficking weapons and bullets

The 5th Trial Court of Monagas decreed a sentence consisting of 29 years and 2 months in prison for Carlos Joan Echenique Arias (28) for his responsibility in the trafficking of weapons

December 4, 2025

Venezuela

State deputy is arrested for intermediating weapons for faction in Rio

PF carries out operation against leaks of intimate photos and sexual abuse

This Thursday (4), the Federal Police (PF) launches Operation Poditor to combat the crimes of production, storage and dissemination of intimate images of adults and also against child and adolescent sexual abuse.

December 4, 2025

Brasil

Dogs at the movies: this is how pets in China enjoyed the premiere of Zootopia 2

In China, several cinemas opened “pet-friendly” screenings for Zootopia 2, allowing dogs to accompany their owners in the theater. In China, the premiere of Zootopia 2 not only generated a box office

December 4, 2025

Colombia

Government approves Christmas bonus for the public sector: These are all the beneficiaries

The news that thousands of workers were waiting for for the Christmas Holidays finally became official. This Wednesday, December 3, the Government of Peru, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),

December 4, 2025

Peru

More than 1,400 air operations have been carried out in the country

The general secretary of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Psuv) and minister for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, reported this Wednesday that 1,474 air operations have been carried out

December 4, 2025

Venezuela

Alerj should decide on Bacellar’s arrest in the next few days

The decision on maintaining or revoking the arrest of the president of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), Rodrigo Bacellar (União Brasil), must be taken by the House itself in

December 4, 2025

Brasil

Lack of fuel keeps more than 1,000 MW out of service in Cuba

Madrid/After 1 pm this Thursday, the Electrical Union (UNE) considered the incident over which yesterday left half the country without energy when the transmission between the Santa Cruz del Norte thermoelectric plant

December 4, 2025

Ecuador

Pedro Castillo and Betssy Chávez: Congress does not have the votes to disqualify them for attempted coup d’état

He Congress Plenary did not reach the necessary votes (68) to disqualify the former president from public office for 10 years Pedro Castillothe former prime minister Betssy Chavezand the former Minister of

December 4, 2025

Peru

Rafael Túbares continues in forced disappearance nine months after his arrest

Mariana González confirms Rafael Tudares’ 30-year prison sentence after express and opaque trial

Mariana González and her husband Rafael Tudares, son-in-law of Edmundo González. | Photo: Social Networks Mariana González, daughter of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutiaconfirmed this Wednesday that authorities sentenced her husband, Rafael

December 4, 2025

Venezuela

Schools in the North and Northeast will have R$53 million to expand internet

The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Ministry of Communications (MCom) launched the second public selection of the Fust Escolas Conectadas program. THE

December 4, 2025

Brasil

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