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Uncertainty among Nueva EPS users due to the closure of Colsubsidio dispensaries and incomplete delivery of medications

The departure of Colsubsidio generates uncertainty among Nueva EPS users due to failures in the delivery of medicines. The departure of Colsubsidio as pharmaceutical manager of the New EPSvalid until December 31,

January 1, 2026

Colombia

MIDIS: More than 140 thousand Peruvians obtained their DNI for the first time

The Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) in coordinated work with the Juntos programs and the PAIS National Program, more than 140 thousand Peruvians in vulnerable situations received their National Identity

January 1, 2026

Peru

Venezuelan Navy escorts ships after Trump's blockade threat, NYT reports

The US sanctions four companies for operating with the “ghost fleet” of Venezuela

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated these entities for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy, under Executive Order 13850. According to the Treasury Department, the sanctioned vessels

January 1, 2026

Venezuela

Fireworks cause physical suffering and risk to animals

While human hearing can distinguish sounds that reach a maximum frequency of 20,000 hertz (Hz), dogs can capture up to 40,000 Hz and cats up to 65,000 Hz. Hence the concern of

December 31, 2025

Brasil

Salaries will increase in the public sector

Starting January 1 of next year, various workers in the public sector They will receive an increase in their salary, after the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) approved the monthly increase

December 31, 2025

Peru

ECLAC positions Venezuela as a Latin American economic leader in 2025

The Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, reported through her Telegram channel that the country was positioned as the leader in economic growth in Latin America

December 31, 2025

Venezuela

Bolsonaro’s defense presents a new domicile request to the STF

The defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro presented a new request for house arrest to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) this Wednesday afternoon (31). The new request was forwarded to Supreme Court

December 31, 2025

Brasil

“Gunpowder not only burns, fractures and amputates”: alert from the Burn Unit of the Simón Bolívar Hospital

The use of gunpowder left almost a thousand injured in Colombia at the end of the year, doctors warn of amputations and serious burns. The end of the year celebrations continue to

December 31, 2025

Colombia

They present an objection against spokesperson and candidate for deputy of Somos Perú due to a final ruling

An indictment was presented this Tuesday against Ana Zegarraalternate spokesperson and candidate for deputy for Loreto of Somos Perú, due to a final ruling recorded on her resume before the National Elections

December 31, 2025

Peru

Second in command of the Tren del Llano and three criminal associates fell dead

Manuel Alejandro Moyetones Castillo (Mandarria), second in command of the Tren del Llano criminal structure, was killed during a legal intervention procedure carried out by the military in the vicinity of Sosa,

December 31, 2025

Venezuela

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