On Tuesday an appeals court confirmed “the sentence of three years in prison and 40 million dollars in damages against three executives of the newspaper El Universo and one of its editors, after President Correa began a lawsuit for slander.”
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Brazil President Dilma Rousseff spoke at the UN General Assembly, where he said that unemployment is a scourge and must be fought in order to not to spread the entire planet.
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In one of the main avenues in Boca del Rio city, Veracruz, Mexico, police found 35 bodies in two trucks abandoned on a bridge located opposite the Las Americas mall, and the authorities assume that was a crime by Los Zetas cartel.
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Hugo Chavez criticized the international human rights body after its order to allow politically his opponent Leopoldo Lopez.
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On Wednesday at dawn, a 5.9 earthquake struck central Chi, U.S. Geological Survey said.
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The National Electoral Council (CNE) ruled that elections for president of the 2013-19 period will be made on October 7 next year and not in December, as it was the original date.
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Today, Chile commemorated the 38th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Salvador Allende and installed the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which would last for 17 years. In this way, and remembering the more than 3000 victims of the regime, the demonstration ended with 20 arrested in clashes with police at a date which is controversial.
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The Haitian president, Michel Martelly, denounced and condemned the alleged abuse of a 18 year old by Uruguayan soldiers who was on a humanitarian aid mission.
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Cuban Catholic Church authorities denounced abuse by government supporters against the group of dissidents “Ladies in white” saying, “violence against helpless people has no justification.”
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Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand said, “The aircraft of the Chile Air Force (FACH) damaged Saturday in Juan Fernandez archipelago could have disintegrated while trying to land, so it will be difficult to recover the bodies of 21 people aboard.”
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As it was reported by Laura Pollan to Europa Press, “About 16 ladies in white and support women and families of political prisoners were arrested Sunday in the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, located in northwestern Cuba, as they marched toward different churches to attend mass.”
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The president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, announced two days of national mourning after it became aware that the 21 people aboard the plane that crashed near the Juan Fernandez archipelago died.
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Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand, said “the impact was such that there wasinstant death of all passengers.” The first four victims were identified and among them,two members of the TVN channel.
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Four bodies recovered from plane fell on the Chilean island of Juan Fernandez were taken to Santiago de Chile and tonight came from their identification in an atmosphere of commotion and a crowd gathered in front of National Television of Chile, where he was news crew traveling in the aircraft. “This accident touches the heart and soul of the Chileans,” Piñera
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September 3, 2011 The government offered budgetary changes system ones.Camila Vallejo, spokesman for the National Confederation of Students in Chile announced that the protests will continue until there is a concrete answer: “This instance does not mean that westrip off the movement.”The meeting held this afternoon after three months of protest for free education and quality did not reach a successful outcome for students. Protests continue despite the government’s half-hearted attempts to reach an agreement.For his part, Education Minister Felipe Bulnes, said it was ”an open [...]
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The Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, called the students to discuss in the Palacio de La Moneda, despite the crash of the plane of the Chilean Air Force. Along with his education minister, Felipe Bulnes, the government plans to listen to the demands of students who struggle to make the education system and higher education free and secular.
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Yesterday a Chilean military aircraft disappeared with 18 passengers and 3 crew near to Juan Fernandez archipelago located in the South Pacific, about 670 kilometers from the Chilean coast.
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Government officials in Chile reported that they gave pensions to 14 of the 33 miners who were rescued in the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Atacama Desert.
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U.S. scientists were responsible for the deaths of at least 83 Guatemalans during the 40′s, through experiments attempting to test the effectiveness of penicillin.
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The president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Jose “Pepe” Mujica, spoke at the opening of the Free Peoples train, which links Argentina with his country. He called for the union between the two countries and the region.
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