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Indigenous organizations denounce violence and one death due to police repression

Protests intensify in Ecuador. Photo: AFP The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) denounced a strong repression, with at least one death, exerted by the police forces on the protesters who

June 20, 2022

Argentina

CAF approves $400 million credit to support Bolivia’s budget management

CAF-Development Bank of Latin America-approved a loan of up to US$400 million to support the fiscal management of the General Treasury of the Nation (TGN) of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The

June 20, 2022

Bolivia

Government of Minas opens public consultation on highway concession

Gunmen kill 8, kidnap 38 in churches in Nigeria

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on churches in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state last Sunday, an official with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Monday.

June 20, 2022

Brasil

UN willing to work with the incoming government of Gustavo Petro

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Anthony Guterres congratulated the Colombian people for their participation and historic attendance at the polls in the second round of the presidential elections, which resulted

June 20, 2022

Colombia

They promote improvements of avenues of Asunción

Through a minute, the councilman of Asunción, Álvaro Grau, requested that the municipality of the capital begin to prioritize the avenues, since they together form the landscape that locals and strangers perceive

June 20, 2022

Paraguay

MEF will grant S/ 319 million to the Regional and Local Governments that win the FIDT 2022 Contest

The Technical Secretariat of the Investment Fund for Territorial Development (FIDT), in charge of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), published the list of winning proposals for the FIDT 2022 Contest,

June 20, 2022

Peru

President Lacalle Pou led national events for the birth of José Artigas

This Sunday the 19th, the President of the Republic, in the company of ministers and members of the Executive Power, placed a floral offering at the foot of the mausoleum where the

June 20, 2022

Uruguay

Cabello: With Petro a new path to dialogue is opened

The president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, assured this Monday that the victory of President Gustavo Petro in Colombia opens a new path to dialogue between Colombia

June 20, 2022

Venezuela

ARA San Juan: they denounce that Mauricio Macri “gets what he wants” from the court that handles his case

The lawyer Valeria Carreras, from the majority complaint of the victims of the ARA San Juan, denounced that Mauricio Macri He enjoys certain privileges despite the investigation being carried out against him

June 20, 2022

Argentina

Electricity bills continue with extra value

Procel saves 22.7 billion kilowatt-hours in 2021

The National Electric Energy Conservation Program (Procel) was responsible for saving about 22.73 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in 2021, which corresponds to 4.54% of total electricity consumption in Brazil. This volume

June 20, 2022

Brasil

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