South America

South America 12/26/21, 00:42

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space after years of delay, which is expected to help open human eyes to cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Webb was launched on an Ariane ...

South America 12/15/21, 02:13

Two major Uighur activist groups announced that they are preparing a genocide lawsuit against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Argentina because the federal courts of the South American country have already accepted more than one criminal complaint of universal jurisdiction. Even in one of them, a judge requested the ...

South America 12/14/21, 01:54

Federico Gonzalez, a top adviser to the President of Paraguay, confirmed with Reuters on Dec. 10 that his country would continue diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite China. The affirmation came as Central American country Nicaragua opted for China's ties over Taiwan. Both Nicaragua and the South American nation Paraguay have been among the ...

South America 12/04/21, 17:35

Venezuelan state-owned television network VTV premiered this week fragments of a new cartoon series called "Super Mustache." The main character represents Nicolás Maduro, the socialist dictator, who confronts "the empire" of the United States. The transmitted fragments of the series show Maduro's facial hair, which makes him easily recognizable. In addition, ...

South America 12/03/21, 17:10

A group of electoral observers from the European Union (EU) was in Venezuela monitoring the controversial regional elections of Nov. 21. However, after reports indicating possible corruption cases by the government, the regime decided to expel the mission members without even arguing its decision.  Bloomberg reported that the observers were expelled ...

South America 11/29/21, 02:17

According to Peru's civil defense police commander, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday, Nov. 28, at least four people were injured and 220 houses were damaged. The earthquake also destroyed a 16th-century Catholic church tower. "We have four injuries that are very minor, but they are being treated in ...

South America 11/20/21, 17:15

The hiring of mercenaries in Argentina by the company China Overseas Security Group (COSG) used in the countries part of the Belt and Road project raises concern because Argentina is not linked to this massive project. The company, which presents itself as a "private" security company, "awakened endless questions regarding the motives behind ...

South America 11/17/21, 16:13

A woman became the world's second documented patient to naturally reverse her HIV infection on Nov. 16. Clinicians have confirmed an anonymous Argentine woman, who is widely known as the "Esperanza patient," cured herself without medication or treatment. "I do not have to medicate, and I live as though nothing has happened," ...

South America 11/15/21, 16:20

The ruling Peronist party in Argentina has been defeated in the mid-term elections in Buenos Aires and most of the country's provinces. Thus, Peronism, represented by the Frente de Todos coalition, lost control of the Senate for the first time in almost 40 years. Amid a deep economic crisis and uncontrolled ...

South America 11/09/21, 15:50

Joe Biden proposed to invest in a handful of global infrastructure projects as part of a program that rivals communist China's foreign influence on Nov. 8. A senior White House official confirmed U.S. representatives recently visited Ghana and Senegal to inspect infrastructure projects. They shortlisted at least 10 prospects for the ...

South America 11/07/21, 15:19

A Brazilian celebrity is dead after her plane crashed on the way to a concert on Nov. 5. Singer Marília Mendonça's private jet crashed between her hometown and a city north of Rio de Janeiro. Local authorities did not know exactly how the accident happened at the time of publication. Investigators are ...

South America 11/04/21, 16:27

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that it would begin a formal investigation into crimes against humanity in Venezuela during the regime of Nicolas Maduro.  ICC prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in the Caribbean country on Monday. His arrival was marked by several demonstrations by those denouncing political arrests and ...

South America 11/03/21, 14:55

Colombian media reports state that in a joint operation between local authorities and the U.S. embassy, they dismantled a gang of five people who sold newborn babies to networks of human traffickers in Europe, who resold them to 'mafias' involved in satanic sects. El Heraldo de Colombia reported that after several months of ...

Central America 10/30/21, 15:21

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced the “Termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP),” better known as the “Remain-in-Mexico” asylum policy, even though a court had ordered the Biden administration to restore it. Starting in 2019 during the Trump administration, the policy forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until ...

South America 10/25/21, 18:00

Both Chile and Argentina are suffering from the resurgence of a radicalized left that promotes the goal of "destroying and paralyzing" infrastructure and business investment in the region. The new left has taken the form of native peoples, identifying themselves as Mapuche natives who seek to vindicate their supposed rights ...

Central America 10/25/21, 17:11

A group of more than 2,000 migrants, mainly from Central America, are marching through a Mexican city en route to the United States. The migrants broke out of Tapachula, a southern border city in Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 24, and continued their mass trek toward the United States, more than 1,000 ...