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Voters in Carapebus, Rio, choose new mayor on Sunday

Voters from three municipalities elected new mayors this Sunday

Voters in three municipalities returned to the polls this weekend to elect mayors and deputy mayors. The supplementary elections were held by determination of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) after the winners

April 4, 2022

Brasil

US announces 35,000 work visas due to lack of labor

The United States government announced other 35,000 additional visas for workers non-agricultural temporary workers due to labor shortages, of which 11,500 are for citizens of Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. (Read:

April 4, 2022

Colombia

After departmental scrutiny, the No reached 50.01% of the valid votes

The Electoral Court ended the departmental scrutiny on Monday a little over a week after the end of the referendum for the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which ratified the 135 articles

April 4, 2022

Uruguay

Efraín warns Dionisio Amarilla that “the doors of the PLRA are closed to Chartism”

On March 13, the Liberal Convention approved an external audit of the management of the head of the PLRA, Efraín Alegre (2016 – 2021). Two days later, on March 15, Dionisio Amarilla,

April 4, 2022

Paraguay

Congress summoned 4 ministers before the plenary for this Monday

The Board of Speakers, at a meeting last Sunday, agreed invite four ministers of state to the full Congress, which will take place this Monday 4 from 3.00 pm, so that they

April 4, 2022

Peru

Seventeen passengers injured when two buses collided on the Metrobus on July 9

The crash had a balance of at least 17 injured. Photo: TW BAEmergencies. Nail 17 people were injured this afternoon when two line buses collided in the Metrobus lane of 9 de

April 4, 2022

Argentina

Seprec serves more than 800 people on its first day and prepares amnesty for firms that did not update license plates

The Plurinational Trade Registry Service (Seprec) – the new entity responsible for the commercial registry of companies – served more than 800 people on its first day. In addition, it enlists an

April 4, 2022

Bolivia

Maduro: Somos Venezuela is an expression of a new era of transition to socialism

The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, assured this Saturday that the Somos Venezuela Movement represents “the new era that leads us to the transition to socialism, in a different stage than

April 4, 2022

Venezuela

Preview of tax burden rises to 33.9% of GDP in 2021

The preview of the tax burden (weight of taxes and other taxes on the economy) rose to 33.9% of the Gross Domestic Product in 2021, the National Treasury announced today (4). In

April 4, 2022

Brasil

President Gabriel Boric summons Argentine journalist for human rights violations: «They always ask me about Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, but not about Chile»

The president of the Republic, Gabriel Boricin the middle of a joint press conference with his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernandezwas asked about human rights violations in Latin America in countries with left-wing

April 4, 2022

Chile

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