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Brazilian star Bruno Henrique accused of match-fixing for yellow card bet
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazilian soccer has once again been rocked by a match-fixing scandal involving sports betting. This time, the spotlight falls on Bruno Henrique, a high-profile forward for Flamengo, one of Brazil’s most storied clubs. On Tuesday, federal police indicted the 34-year-old player following an investigation that spanned more than 18 months. Authorities […]
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Read More 17 April 2025 | 9:30 pmMexico Won’t Renew Diplomatic Ties with Ecuador as Long as Daniel Noboa Remains in Office: President
Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her administration will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the recent election results that saw Daniel Noboa reelected. During her morning press conference, President Sheinbaum stated that as long as Noboa remains in office, Mexico will not resume diplomatic ties, as the now-reelected […]
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Read More 17 April 2025 | 8:14 am“Indigenous communities are not being asked whether they accept lithium mining or not”: The foundation pushing back on Chile’s mining plans
Experts and community representatives raise alarm over the cumulative impacts of mining projects in salt flat regions.
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Read More 15 April 2025 | 10:12 pmArgentina’s decade-old monetary “clamp” ends following Milei’s newly signed IMF deal
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Decade-old monetary restrictions imposed on Argentinians were lifted on Monday following President Javier Milei’s administration’s announcement on April 11 that the government had signed a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — the third for Argentina in the past seven years. After celebrating the deal (which includes $20 billion […]
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Read More 15 April 2025 | 5:43 pmVenezuelan Red Cross provides assistance to Maduro opponents seeking asylum in Argentine embassy
The Venezuelan Red Cross (CRV) on April 12 revealed that it had provided assistance to the five Venezuelans who have been seeking asylum in Argentina’s embassy in Caracas for over a year. The CRV published a statement reading: “Based on our fundamental principles of Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity, and Universality, and with […]
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Read More 15 April 2025 | 2:44 pmDaniel Noboa re-elected as president of Ecuador in runoff
Medellín, Colombia – Ecuador’s incumbent president, Daniel Noboa, defeated leftwing candidate Luisa González in a runoff election on Sunday. As of Monday afternoon, the National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that Noboa received 55.6% of the vote, with González winning 44.4%, with over 98% of the vote counted. The win is substantial for Noboa, given the […]
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized after emergency abdominal surgery
São Paulo, Brazil — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is recovering after undergoing emergency abdominal surgery on Sunday, April 13, at DF Star Hospital in the country’s capital, Brasília. The procedure — an exploratory laparotomy — lasted 12 hours and was performed to relieve a blockage caused by a fold in his small intestine, according […]
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Read More 14 April 2025 | 7:42 pmMassacre at rehab center highlights cartel war violence in Northwestern Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico — Armed men stormed a rehabilitation center in Culiacán, Sinaloa and opened fire on April 7, killing nine people and injuring five others. The next day, Mexico’s top security official, Omar García Harfuch, said the massacre at the Shaddai rehabilitation center was yet another violent episode in the ongoing civil war between […]
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Read More 12 April 2025 | 5:59 amIndigenous people from across the globe gather in Brazil, call for land demarcation, environmental protection
São Paulo, Brazil – Thousands of Indigenous people from as far off as Australia gathered in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, this week to voice their demands for territorial and human rights. The largest mobilization of Indigenous peoples in the country, “Acampamento Terra Livre” (Free Land Camp), drew an estimated 8,000 participants from across Brazil, neighboring Amazon […]
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Read More 12 April 2025 | 3:37 amVenezuela’s electoral body affirms July hack has been “solved,” but website remains down
On April 3, the Principal Rector of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Conrado Pérez, announced that a computer hack that the electoral body has been undergoing since the presidential election in July 2024, has been resolved. In an interview with Globovision, Pérez said that the hack was “practically solved” and that all political organizations will […]
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Read More 10 April 2025 | 5:40 pmArgentine government withdraws funding from dictatorship-era memory site
Javier Milei’s government has taken another step to halt the operations of “memory sites” dedicated to commemorating the brutal dictatorship which governed the country from 1976 to 1983. Last week, the government announced that it would be withdrawing funding to the former Navy Mechanics School (ESMA): a former clandestine detention center which was turned into […]
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Read More 9 April 2025 | 2:48 pmRebel deal a glimmer of hope for Petro’s peace amid Colombia’s mounting conflict
Bogotá, Colombia – On Saturday, April 5, the Comuneros del Sur rebel group began handing over arms to the government, marking the first successful demobilization under President Gustavo Petro’s ‘total peace’ plan. The group consists of roughly 250 members and split from the National Liberation Army (ELN) in May 2024 to pursue peace talks with […]
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Read More 9 April 2025 | 6:34 amExtraditing criminals to the U.S. remains a sore spot in Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia – Last month, infamous drug lord Carlos Lehder was arrested upon arrival at Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport for historic drug and arms trafficking offenses. The 75-year-old co-founder of the Medellín Cartel had already served over three decades in a U.S. jail cell after in 1987 becoming the first narcotics trafficker to be extradited […]
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Read More 9 April 2025 | 6:21 amEmergency Missions: the supportive community that transforms lives in Peru
Lima, Peru — In the most vulnerable corners of Lima, Peru, where hunger and despair seemed to have taken permanent residence, a man who once rejected faith is now leading a silent revolution of solidarity. Fabrizio Caciano, after 24 years away from faith, turned his own conversion into Misiones de Emergencia (Emergency Missions), an NGO […]
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