Stories for July 2019

Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC
 Canadian mining firm apologizes and compensates demonstrators shot at Guatemala mine

Canadian mining firm has apologized after reaching an agreement with demonstrators shot and wounded while protesting the company's Guatemalan gold and silver mine, according to statements on Tuesday from both sides.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:03 UTC
Sao Paulo airport major gold heist: police have arrested three suspects

Brazilian Police have arrested three people suspected of having participated in the theft of 718.9 kilos of gold committed in the cargo terminal of Guarulhos international airport, the largest in the country, according to official sources. These are three workers from the airport itself, located in Sao Paulo metropolitan region, according to news sources confirmed the case.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 03:23 UTC
Piñera says both Allende and Pinochet belong in Chile's presidential wax museum

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday said both his predecessors Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet belong in the wax museum in the Las Condes area in Santiago.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 14:01 UTC
Maduro's government keeps flying voluntary refugees back to Venezuela

Return to the Fatherland flights for migrants who want to return to Venezuela will resume Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nicolás Maduro administration announced.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 13:24 UTC
Peru confident on double digit growth in foreign tourism for 2020

Tourism in Peru is bound to experience a double-digit growth thanks to President Martín Vizcarra's policies, according to the country's Chamber of Turism CEO Carlos Canales.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil's efforts to improve ties with the US, “need not worry China, we never had a problem with China”

Brazil’s efforts to build better ties with the United States need not worry China, the South American economy top trade partner, because it had never had a problem with China, the Brazilian foreign minister stated. At issue in the past has been how previous Brazilian administrations handled relations with China, Ernesto Araujo said.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro says no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered, as police probe the killing in the remote region.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina's opposition presidential ticket tries to amend differences on Venezuela and the food situation

Argentina's opposition presidential candidate Alberto Fernández took distance from her mentor and vice president companion, Cristina Fernandez, saying that the food situation in Venezuela is under no means comparable to Argentina.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Killing of Brazilian indigenous leader under federal investigation

Brazilian federal authorities are investigating the alleged murder of a leader from the aboriginal Waiãpi tribe at Mariry, a village in the Amapá region as conflicts between explorers and indigenous communities are on the rise.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Royal Navy submariners honored for mission to help locate missing Argentine sub ARA San Juan

British submariners have been recognized for their efforts to help Argentina find missing sub San Juan. An eight-strong military team and one civilian were flown to the South Atlantic as part of the massive search effort sparked when the submarine vanished in November 2017. They have earned a commendation from the UK’s second most senior sailor, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd.