Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) SANTIAGO – The former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed yesterday in a photo exhibition held in the civic center of the Forest (Santiago)that she will be presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in November. Bachelet ruled Chile between 2006 and 2010 by adhering...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) BUENOS AIRES – Around 4pm on Wednesday, the white smoke announced that there was had a new pope. But no one imagined that a Latin American, an Argentine would occupy the top most position of the Catholic Church. So when French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran...
Javier Jorquera & Helena Lins CARACAS - At 16:25 PM on March 6, the Vice President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced at a press conference the tragic news of the death of the head of the Bolivarian revolution. One of the most important Latin American leaders in recent times, Hugo...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) QUITO – Last Sunday, Ecuador’s people elected Rafael Correa as president for the consecutive third time . The Correa-Glas coalition won with the 56,92% of the votes to the political party commanded for Lasso- Solines. Also, the Alianza PAIS party headed by the president,...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) SANTA MARIA – On Sunday morning, Brazil awoke to the sad news of the tragedy at the disco ‘Kiss’ in Santa Maria, located in Rio Grande Do Sul (Southern Brazil) that left around 235 people dead and 130 wounded. Recent research suggests that pyrotechnics threw...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) SANTIAGO DE CHILE – In recent weeks, there were fires in the Araucania region that left 2 dead people. After these incidents were brought to light, the Mapuche ethnic group was considered responsible. As a result, the police arrested two members of that community....
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) BUENOS AIRES – The Fragata Libertad is the Argentine training ship left the port of Buenos Aires on June 2 with 69 sailors on board for a training trip in which they planned to visit ports in South America, Europe and Africa. However, on...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) On January 3, the Ministry of Communication of Venezuela announced the latest press report on the health of the country’s current president, Hugo Chavez. He suffered a relapse of his illness, cancer pelvis, after winning the elections on October 7. The statement says that...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) BUENOS AIRES - Many people were expecting the 7D (for December 7) on which the monopoly Clarín were to give up some of their licenses and comply with the new law in effect since 2009. But none of this happened, because on December 6 the...
Javier Jorquera, Correspondent (South America) BUENOS AIRES – The case of Marita Verón it’s the most popular example of trafficking people in Argentina. María de Los Ángeles Verón was kidnapped at the corner of her house on April 3rd, 2002, when she was 23 years old. Since that day,...
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