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Sentenced to six years in prison, the musician Abel G. Lescay denounces a "dirty judgment"

The musician Abel González Lescay, prosecuted for demonstrating peacefully on July 11 in San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, he has been sentenced to six years in prison. The artist himself detailed

March 31, 2022

Ecuador

Russian propaganda about the war slips into Venezuelan state media

Maracaibo Venezuela – Imagine being in a city in Venezuela, 9,600 kilometers from Ukrainetrying to inform you about a war you don’t fully understand, and you turn on the TV to watch

March 31, 2022

Venezuela

Gabriela Cerruti confirmed that ANSES will pay a bonus for retirees and pensioners

In her usual press conference on Thursdays, Gabriela Cerruti referred to the inflationary pressure that the country is facing, for which a bonus for retirees in order to reduce the impact of

March 31, 2022

Argentina

Fraud against bank customers grow 165% in 2021

Household debt hits record level in March, says CNC

The share of families with debts, in arrears or not, in the country reached 77.5% in March this year. This is the highest proportion of people in debt since the beginning of

March 31, 2022

Brasil

Two minors confessed to the murder of the policeman who disappeared over the weekend in Cañete

The Prosecutor’s Office of Biobío, through Prosecutor Danilo Ramos, confirmed that there are two accused minors, arrested for the robbery with homicide of the 56-year-old retired police officer, Manuel González, who has

March 31, 2022

Chile

Colombia won the award for the Green Bond of the year 2022

The Ministry of Finance celebrated that Colombia was awarded the Green Bond of the Year award, in the sovereign category, in the Bond Awards 2022 of the publication Environmental Finance. (See: What

March 31, 2022

Colombia

The composition of the bolilleros for the World Cup-2022 draw

The Mexican team, led by Tata Martino, avoided a questionable path to achieve a direct quota in the Qatar World Cup. (Photo: AFP) The octagonal Concacaf qualifier for the Qatar-2022 World Cup

March 31, 2022

Paraguay

Outbreak of covid-19 in Junín schoolchildren: 14 students and a teacher who tested positive are isolated

Some 14 students and a teacher have been complying with home isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. The patients are from provinces of HuancayoChupaca and Tarma, 70% have a first dose of

March 31, 2022

Peru

Ceres Leading Index rose for the third month in a row

The Ceres Leading Index (CLI) increased 0.2% in March and completed three months of consecutive growth, indicating that the trend of economic activity in the first quarter of 2022 went up. After

March 31, 2022

Uruguay

AN approves Draft Agreement on the occasion of World Water Day

AN could elect TSJ magistrates today

In an ordinary session, the National Assembly plans today, Thursday, in the afternoon, to appoint the new magistrates who will make up the Supreme Court of Justice for the next 12 years.

March 31, 2022

Venezuela

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