South America

Australia & Oceania 01/19/22, 21:02

Peru warned about the ecological disaster caused by the waves resulting from the volcanic eruption in Tonga on Saturday Jan. 15 2022, according to Reuters. After heavy waves and flooding over the weekend caused by the oil spill from Repsol's Mare Dorium ship in the Lima coastal district of Ventanilla, Peruvian ...

South America 01/13/22, 16:06

Having reached more than one million followers on Telegram, again the mainstream media launched a campaign to discredit Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of promoting fake news to manipulate voters and predicting that he will try to do again what he did in 2018: win elections by campaigning on ...

South America 01/12/22, 16:05

According to the New York Daily News, a massive boulder fell on boaters at a major tourist spot in Brazil, killing six people and injuring scores more on Saturday, Jan. 8 2022. The carnage was captured in a disturbing video that quickly went viral. The tragedy occurred near Lake Furnas ...

South America 01/05/22, 14:16

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged this Wednesday, January 5, after being hospitalized for two days due to an obstruction in his intestines, sequel to the stabbing he received in 2018 in an assassination attempt by a socialist fanatic. Bolsonaro used his Twitter account to let his followers know ...

Central America 12/31/21, 15:42

With less than 24 hours to go before the end of 2021, border officials revealed that they apprehended nearly 2 million illegal immigrants during the year attempting to enter the United States through the southern border. Even worse, estimates indicate that about half a million managed to slip through and ...

Space 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 ...

Treatment 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 ...