By Luis Jaime Acosta and Oliver Griffin BOGOTA, March 13 (Reuters) – Gustavo Petro, the front-runner for Colombia’s May presidential election, secured the nomination of the left-wing Historic Pact coalition on Sunday during voting in primaries. Centrist Sergio Fajardo and right-winger Federico Gutierrez, both former mayors of Colombia’s second city Medellin, also secured nominations from […]

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By Megan Janetsky BBC San Pedro de los Lagos, Colombia Orlando Rufino stands in the bed of the river that he says has been “life-giving” for his people for hundreds of years. “It’s life, because it’s what gives us everything,” he explains. A key source of transport, food and income for families like Mr Rufino’s, […]

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By Katy Watson BBC South America correspondent The US and Venezuela have not seen eye-to-eye for several years now. This past week, however, has displayed signs that the relationship might be blossoming – or at least that seeds of co-operation are being planted, after the first high-level talks between US and Venezuelan officials in years. […]

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China records more local COVID cases this year than in whole of 2021 Residents line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chaoyang district of Beijing, China March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang BEIJING, March 14 (Reuters) – China has reported more local symptomatic COVID-19 […]

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Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 11, 2022 Today’s Headlines Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes hit near airports in western Ukraine on Friday as the military offensive widened, and invading troops kept up pressure on the capital Kyiv…Read More Biden relief plan: Major victory […]

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Jamaica Observer- THE Caribbean Community (Caricom) has left each member nation to decide what it will do about the possible imposition of sanctions on Russia after discussing the issue at the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government in Belize, as noted in a communique issued this week. The decision followed sanctions from the European […]

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14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 10 March 2022 — The situation at the Panamanian Embassy in Havana has worsened 24 hours after the chaos generated this Wednesday after it was learned that the country had begun requesting transit visas from Cubans. Hundreds of people arrived at the entrance of the consulate yesterday to find out […]

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Parana, Brazil Reuters- More than 100 churches stand in the southern Brazilian town of Prudentopolis, many built in ornate Byzantine style by Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in such large numbers from the late 19th century that it became known as Little Ukraine. In recent days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, dubbed a “special operation” […]

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By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, March 10 (Reuters) – Six South American nations are proposing the exclusion of fertilizer from sanctions on Russia, a major world producer whose invasion of Ukraine has disrupted supplies, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Thursday. She said Brazil has secured the support of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay […]

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