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José María Balcázar LIVE: president arrived at the Government Palace amid questions from Congress

The president José María Balcázar He was elected amid questions about his statements on child marriage. From Congress, the Renovación Popular and Fuerza Popular benches face each other after their election. José

February 19, 2026

Peru

Colonia inaugurates its first Community Development Center

The department of Colonia has its first Community Development Center, a space designed to provide comprehensive care to homeless people. The project in Colonia del Sacramento, promoted by the Ministry of Social

February 19, 2026

Uruguay

They paralyze the trial against a Zulian businessman extorted by a prosecutor

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) admitted the request for acknowledgment presented by the defense of the Zulian businessman Jaime Andrés Ruiz Salamanca and ordered the immediate suspension

February 19, 2026

Venezuela

Fies 2026: pre-selection for the single call will be announced this Thursday

The Ministry of Education (MEC) releases, this Thursday (19), the result of the pre-selection in the single call for the Student Financing Fund (Fies) in the first half of 2026. The consultation

February 19, 2026

Brasil

Alina Bárbara López is detained again, this time with the activist Leonardo Romero

Madrid/The police arrested academic Alina Bárbara López again in Matanzas when she was on her way, like every 18th of every month, to carry out her peaceful protest in favor of democracy

February 19, 2026

Ecuador

La Oroya: Regional strike began with a blockade of the Central Highway and a single-lane march

Mario Huarcaya Updated on 02/19/2026, 09:34 am The second day of strike in La Oroya began with the arrival of several buses with Protestants who came from the central jungle. Around 1:30

February 19, 2026

Peru

Venezuela condemns a rapid support forces against Hospital in Sudan

Venezuela rejects Guyana’s ignorance of the Geneva Agreement

Through a statement, the Venezuelan Government rejects that the Cooperative Republic of Guyana tries to ignore what was agreed in the Geneva Agreement, which establishes “the legally binding obligations assumed” over the

February 19, 2026

Venezuela

Brazilian economic activity grows 2.5% in 2025

Brazilian economic activity showed growth in 2025, according to information released this Thursday (19) by the Central Bank (BC). THE Central Bank Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br) rose 2.5% last year compared to

February 19, 2026

Brasil

Hammer meets in Madrid with a hundred activists from the Cuban diaspora

Madrid/More than a hundred Cubans gathered this Wednesday in Madrid to meet with Mike Hammerchargé d’affaires of the United States Embassy in Cuba, in a meeting focused on the democratic future of

February 19, 2026

Ecuador

Works for Taxes: The investment mechanism that accelerates development in Peru

In the complex board of the Peruvian economy and investment, there is a tool that has achieved something that many considered impossible: aligning the interests of the fiscal fund with the agility

February 19, 2026

Peru

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