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(BBC) The Venezuelan National Assembly has passed an amnesty bill which could free dozens of jailed opposition leaders. The opposition-controlled assembly passed the bill after a heated discussion late on Tuesday. President Nicolas Maduro said he would block the bill, which he argued would benefit “criminals and terrorists”. The opposition won the parliamentary elections in December […]
(BBC) Chile’s lower house of Congress has approved a proposal that lifts a ban on abortion in cases of rape, when there is health risk for the mother, or when the foetus is not viable. The draft, which was submitted by Michelle Bachelet’s government, needs Senate approval to become law. Despite being predominantly Catholic, Chile […]
(BBC) US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the Colombian government and the Farc rebels to redouble their efforts to reach a peace accord. He met both delegations in Cuba, where the negotiations are being held. Humberto de la Calle, the head of the Colombian government delegation, said the US had offered to help […]
(Reuters) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said impeachment proceedings launched against her in Congress amount to a coup attempt. In a speech to pro-government lawyers, Ms Rousseff said Brazilian democracy was under attack. “I have committed no irregularity. I will never resign,” she said. Opposition lawmakers are seeking to remove her over allegations that she […]
HAVANA, March 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on Sunday on a historic visit, opening a new chapter in U.S. engagement with the island’s Communist government after decades of animosity between the former Cold War foes. Obama landed at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport aboard Air Force One, the presidential jet […]
by Kurt Campbell The 23rd meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday morning with calls for the re – examination of the region’s relationship with the European Union and the strengthening of coordination among members states. CARIFORUM Secretary […]
(BBC) Venezuela’s Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz says the remains of four out of 28 miners who have been missing since 4 March have been found. The Venezuelan authorities are expected to give more details of the operation in the next few hours. Relatives said the 28 men were killed by a criminal gang after […]
(BBC) Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in a money laundering probe, officials say. The charges, which are related to a major corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras, still have to be formally accepted by a judge. Lula denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated. […]
(BBC) Sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). After an emergency committee meeting on Tuesday, the UN health agency also said there was increasing evidence of links between Zika and various birth defects. Zika is most commonly spread by mosquitoes but several countries […]
(BBC) A Venezuelan opposition coalition has announced how it plans to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office. The MUD coalition had been meeting for weeks to decide how to install a new government. It said it would pursue “all constitutional means” for change. The MUD said this would include a recall referendum, a constitutional amendment […]
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