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Environmental brigade combat forest fires in Corrientes and Río Negro

Corrientes is the province that reports the highest number of active fires. Photo: German Pomar The provinces of Corrientes and Rio Negro register active igneous foci, according to the daily report of

February 14, 2022

Argentina

Pope Francis appeals to the "awareness" of world leaders to secure peace in Ukraine

Pope Francis claimed this Sunday (02.13.2022) to world leaders “every effort” possible to ensure peace in Ukraineamid tensions over the presence of Russian troops on its eastern border. “The news coming out

February 14, 2022

Bolivia

Government of Minas opens public consultation on highway concession

Skating: Erin Jackson is the first black woman to win gold

When American Erin Jackson crossed the finish line in the women’s 500 meters at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, she not only won gold, but became the first black woman to win

February 14, 2022

Brasil

Chaos on the border between Chile and Bolivia after the announcement of a state of emergency

One day after the government of President Sebastián Piñera announced the “state of exception” in several northern border towns and the implementation of the new migration law, confusion and discontent increased among

February 14, 2022

Chile

900 soldiers carry out an operation against illegal mining in the Amazon

An operation against illegal mining is taking place in Yutzupino, Napo, where environmental damage due to gold extraction has been detected, according to the authorities. Some 900 troops carried out a joint

February 14, 2022

Ecuador

BCR: Peru’s trade balance closed with a surplus of US$ 14,752 million in 2021

Updated on 02/13/2022 06:01 pm Peru’s trade balance reached a surplus of US$ 14,752 million in 2021, as a result of the progress of exports that managed to recover and exceed pre-pandemic

February 13, 2022

Peru

The AFIP will apply fines for irregular billing and labor informality

Sales under control were significantly higher than those declared. (File photo) The Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) carried out this weekend a control operation in the main places of the gastronomic

February 13, 2022

Argentina

With works paralyzed, the Llajta ecological train drags millions of debts

Maria Mena M. / Cochabamba “The works have been stopped since December due to lack of payments. There were internal changes and that is why we do not know who is going

February 13, 2022

Bolivia

UFRJ’s online event presents 5,800 works

The Federal University of Rio of January (UFRJ) performs, from Monday (14) to fridayon the 18th, the 11th Academic Integration Week (SIAc). In all, more than 5,800 research, teaching and extension works

February 13, 2022

Brasil

Colombia exceeded 137,000 deaths from covid-19

Health authorities reported 5,532 daily new cases of covid-19 in the country, after analyzing 36,095 samples (17,135 PCR and 18,960 antigens). (See: Does coronadengue exist?: this says the National Institute of Health).

February 13, 2022

Colombia

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