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Russia and Panama sign visa waiver agreement

Russia and Panama have signed an agreement to visa free travel for their citizens.

12:48 18.12.2014

Ecuador extradites Serbian cocaine trafficker to Russia

Ecuadoran authorities have extradited Serbian national Ivan Savkic, who organized cocaine runs from South America to St. Petersburg, Russia on transatlantic ships, announced the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.

10:25 21.07.2014

Match Hospitality director arrested in Brazil over ticket scam - report

The Rio de Janeiro police have arrested Ray Whelan, director of the World Cup’s hospitality provider, Match Hospitality, as part of an investigation into the illegal sale of World Cup tickets, AFP announced.

11:17 08.07.2014

Hundreds of female prisoners escape earthquake-ravaged Chilean prison

After a powerful earthquake rocked coastal Chile on Tuesday night, upwards of 300 female convicts escaped from the Iquique Women’s Prison, Chile’s Interior Minister Rodrigo Peñailillo told the press on Wednesday.

11:27 02.04.2014

Venezuela considers expelling CNN

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday instructed Minister of Communications and Information Delcy Rodríguez to notify CNN of an administrative investigation of its activity as a result of which it could be expelled from the country.

11:37 21.02.2014

Uruguay legalizes growth, sale, consumption of marijuana – report

Uruguay legalized the growth, sale, and consumption of marijuana in a landmark legislative move Tuesday, Reuters reported. The law will reportedly be implemented in 120 days, and registered users are expected to be able to purchase marijuana in licensed pharmacies next April.

16:22 11.12.2013

Junta war criminal in Argentina escaped from custody

Alejandro Loveless, a war criminal and the member of the Argentinian Junta of 1976-83, convicted for kidnapping and torture, escaped from custody.

12:13 13.11.2013

Venezuela officially withdraws from Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Venezuela on Tuesday officially withdrew from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Earlier, President Nicholas Maduro declared that the Inter-American legal system is tailored to serve US interests.

11:18 11.09.2013

Russian journalists have to obtain work permit for Latin America

Journalists will have to apply for a work permit for business trips to Latin American countries to ensure that the reason for their visit is clear, the Foreign Ministry's Information and Mass Media Department reported in a statement.

14:38 15.07.2013

OAS Secretary General calls for recount of Venezuelan presidential vote

Secretary General of the Organization of American States Jose Miguel Insulza on Monday supported the opposition's call for a recount of all votes after the recent presidential election in Venezuela.

10:56 16.04.2013

Student protesters injured in clash with Maduro's supporters in Caracas

Seven people have been injured in a clash between Venezuela's government supporters and students who were protesting in one of the central squares in Caracas.

11:18 09.04.2013

Pablo Neruda exhumation underway as part of murder investigation

Chilean authorities have begun to exhume the body of world-renowned poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda based on allegations that his death may in fact have been the result of an assassination ordered by the Pinochet regime rather than prostate cancer, as previous suspected.

15:35 08.04.2013

Witness at ex-dictator's trial accuses Guatemalan leader of war crimes

Retired officer Hugo Leonardo Reyes alleged that President Otto Perez was involved in civil war massacres in his testimony at the genocide trial of ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

11:19 05.04.2013

Putin signs law protesting cultivation of coca plants in Bolivia

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law opposing the proposed UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs reservation which will allow Bolivia to grow coca plants.

14:48 15.03.2013

UN tribunal to rule on detained frigate

On December 15 the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will hand down a ruling on the Argentinean frigate Libertad, which is being held in Ghana, , the Argentinean media reported citing a statement by judge Rudiger Wolfrum.

13:21 30.11.2012

Colombia quits Hague Court jurisdiction after ruling over dispute vs Nicaragua

Colombia has decided to withdraw from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague due to its recent ruling in a maritime dispute with Nicaragua, announced Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin.

13:06 29.11.2012

Canadian company claims compensation for nationalization of Bolivian mine

Canadian mining company South American Silver is determined to seek compensation from Bolivia's government for nationalizing the company's Mallku Khota mine, according to a communique issued by the company.

11:47 06.08.2012

Russian citizen wanted by Interpol arrested in Ecuador

The Ecuadorian police have detained Russian citizen Grigory Basalygin, who is wanted by Interpol.

10:37 01.08.2012