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The Grindr trap: thieves faked dates to enter homes and rob their victims

Two men were convicted in London after using Grindr to trick victims, break into their homes and steal cell phones and money. Two men were sentenced in the United Kingdom after it

December 25, 2025

Colombia

A ship with 330,000 barrels of Russian crude oil arrives in Cuba in its worst electrical crisis

Havana/An oil tanker loaded with some 330,000 barrels of Russian crude oil entered Matanzas Bay, on the northwest coast of Cuba, this Thursday at a particularly critical moment for the national electrical

December 25, 2025

Ecuador

Huancayo: With anger and pushing, merchants take over Jirón Cajamarca and the fair is relocated (Video)

The installation of the Christmas fair in Huancayo led to a violent day of tension, with pushing, throwing of sticks and chairs and aggression in the Cajamarca jirón, after the Provincial Municipality

December 25, 2025

Peru

Why will tourism not be able to recover the 4.45 million visitors of 2019?

In 2026, Peru will still not reach the flow of tourists which was recorded in 2019 when 4.45 million visitors from abroad entered the country, warned the Peruvian Association of Travel and

December 25, 2025

Peru

UN experts condemn US blockade, aggression and piracy

Independent experts from the United Nations (UN) rejected the sanctions and naval piracy actions by the United States against Venezuela. The chancellor, Yván Gil, reported via Telegram that specialists described these measures

December 25, 2025

Venezuela

Asobancaria questions the legality of the economic emergency decree

Asobancaria warns that the emergency decree has no legal or technical basis and would affect credit, investment and country growth. The president of Asobancaria, Jonathan Malagonassured that the economic emergency decree issued

December 25, 2025

Colombia

Cuba closes November with one of its worst tourism records since the pandemic

Havana/Cuba received a total of 1,629,787 international visitors between January and November, which represents a drop of close to 19% compared to the same period in 2024, according to data published this

December 25, 2025

Ecuador

Congressman Jorge Montoya will run for the Senate with Carlos Espá’s Sí Creo party

The congressman Jorge Montoya announced that for the 2026 elections he will run for the Senate with the Sí Creo party, which has Carlos Espá as its presidential candidate. In this edition

December 25, 2025

Peru

María Corina Machado promises her return to Venezuela at Christmas for the “definitive phase” of the democratic struggle

Photo: EFE The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machadoassured that “soon” he will return to Venezuela to carry out the definitive phase of the democratic strugglein a

December 25, 2025

Venezuela

Five Acuña officials accused of corruption

In the two great public works that the former governor of La Libertad, César Acuña Peralta, awarded during his mandate to the company LC&EC Constructora for a total of S/315.6 millionthe Comptroller’s

December 25, 2025

Peru

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