South America

NPK fertilizer plant bringing income to Bolivia

Published on: March 4, 2025
08:56

La Paz, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The NPK Fertilizer Plant generated 4,555 tons during 2024, according to a report from the Bolivian Hydrocarbon Industrialization Company (EBIH).

Trial begins against Peru’s former president

Published on: March 4, 2025
08:34

Lima, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Peru's prosecutor's office launched a trial against former president Pedro Castillo, who is facing a 34-year sentence for rebellion and other crimes. Castillo is in the prison for high-ranking officials where he has been locked up for more than two years.

Arreaza describes far right wing as fascist and anti-Venezuela

Published on: March 3, 2025
16:56

Caracas, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) The executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, on Monday described the the far right wing that called for sanctions against the country as fascist and anti-Venezuela.

Chilean court orders compensation for psychologist tortured

Published on: March 3, 2025
12:39

Santiago de Chile, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) A civil court in Santiago today ordered the Treasury to compensate Victor Manuel Martinez, a psychologist from the University of Chile arrested and tortured in 1973, after the coup d'état led by Augusto Pinochet.

BSC requests, analysis of withholding of Bolsonaro’s son’s passaport

Published on: March 3, 2025
12:09

Brasilia, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of Brazil's Supreme Court, reportedly sent to the Attorney General's Office a request for withholding the passport of federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Chile prepares for possible mega-earthquake

Published on: February 28, 2025
08:21

Santiago de Chile, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (SENAPRED) is prepared to face future emergencies, given the predictions of scientists about the possibility of a large earthquake in Chile.

Migrants apply for residency by roots in Uruguay

Published on: February 26, 2025
09:39

Montevideo, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) Some two thousand immigrants started procedures to regularize their situation through the residency by roots, an instrument implemented to facilitate the settlement of some 24 thousand people, it was reported.

Unemployment in Uruguay rises in January

Published on: February 26, 2025
09:33

Montevideo, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) announced on Wednesday in its monthly report that unemployment increased from 7.4 percent to 8.1 percent in January.

Venezuelan President received religious authority of Lebanon

Published on: February 26, 2025
09:30

Caracas, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received here the Great Muslim Religious Authority of Lebanon, Ali Muhammad Al Ghazzawi, which ratified the brotherhood and fraternity between both peoples, it was reported.

Indian envoy to visit Uruguay, Bahamas, Barbados and Nicaragua

Published on: February 26, 2025
08:31

New Delhi, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) The Indian Foreign Affairs and Textile Minister, Pabitra Margherita, will reportedly begin next Friday a nine-day tour of Latin America, which comprises Uruguay, Bahamas, Barbados and Nicaragua.

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