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Former mayor of Guanta who fled accused of corruption turned himself in to US justice

According to documents reviewed by AP, the former mayor of Guanta is accused of paying bribes for the benefit of an unnamed accomplice, through which he favored signing projects with energy companies

May 6, 2022

Venezuela

They denounced that a police officer repressed and arrested 12 cartoneros who made claims

“We are in a state of alert and mobilization and we demand the immediate release of our colleagues” (Photo TW) The Argentine Federation of Cartoneros, Carreros and Recyclers (FACCyR) denounced this Thursday

May 6, 2022

Argentina

Ortiz, the architect of Delta X who seeks to reach the Caribbean

Yolanda Mamani Cayo / La Paz The use of technology with applications and social networks for the national and international heavy cargo transport service is the main tool of Delta X, the

May 6, 2022

Bolivia

Dataprev managed to avoid losses of R$ 47 billion to the public coffers

Responsible for processing the data of millions of Brazilians, DatavPrev is behind the success in cadastral analysis for assistance programs during the covid-19 pandemic. The assessment was made by the company’s president,

May 6, 2022

Brasil

Fraud in Carabineros: Prosecutor’s Office will present more than 300 witnesses before opening arguments begin

During the day this Thursday, the opening arguments were considered to have begun in the Carabineros fraud trial, which has, so far, 31 people accused of the crime of embezzlement, which exceeds

May 6, 2022

Chile

Annual inflation in April was 9.23%, the highest in 21 years

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) indicated this Thursday that the annual inflation of Colombia as of April it reached 9.23%the highest in 21 years, according to what was explained by

May 6, 2022

Colombia

Mexico increases controls in the center of the country to prevent passage to the North

“They are not going to pass. Piedras Negras is very hot, if they are arrested they are going to be returned to Cuba,” warned a coyote José Martínez and Yaritzabel Pérez. The

May 6, 2022

Ecuador

“In Sinaloa, we journalists get used to losing friends”

By Yeruti Salcedo Sitting in the editorial office of the newspaper El Debate in Culiacán, Sinaloa, editing materials that should be published in today’s edition, with slow steps and a sorrowful face,

May 6, 2022

Paraguay

Bus carrying students loses its brakes and collides with two units in Cusco (PHOTOS)

Last Thursday afternoon, a passenger transport bus went off the road, colliding with two private units and a public lighting pole, leaving around twenty injured, including adults and students from the Cusco

May 6, 2022

Peru

Arbeleche said that 70,000 jobs were created in the first quarter of 2022

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Lily Arbelechereported that in the first quarter of 2022 70 thousand jobs were created and that implies that “there are more people working”, compared to the

May 6, 2022

Uruguay

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