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Fish bone lands Uruguays ex-president Jose Mujica in hospital AFP © Provided by Khaleej Times Fish bone lands Uruguays ex-president Jose Mujica in hospital Uruguays leftist ex-president Jose Mujica, 85, will undergo surgery for a fish bone lodged in his throat, staff at the hospital where he was admitted told AFP. The former guerilla fighter, known during his term as the worlds "poorest" president, will go under the knife later Tuesday for what his personal physician said was...

Uruguays Ex-president Pepe Mujica Home After Fish Bone Scare 04/28/21 AT 5:54 PM Uruguays leftist ex-president Jose Mujica, 85, returned home Wednesday after swallowing a fish bone and requiring surgery, doctors said. Surgeons found no foreign object in Mujicas esophagus, but observed an injury consistent with him having swallowed a fish bone, said Andres Munyo, who performed the procedure. "Sometimes, foreign objects cause damage... on their way to the digestive tract. Now we wait for this wou...

Chile’s Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday approved a bill to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide for those over 18. It now goes to the Senate for debate.

Once praised for its Covid response, Uruguay now facing severe health crisis 2 minutes read Montevideo, Apr 14 (EFE).- The coronavirus situation in Uruguay has now reached alarming levels. Formerly held up as an example of how to manage the pandemic, that small South American country now is seeing its health care system under severe strain as the number of confirmed cases steadily grows and the Covid-19 death toll is projected to climb to more than 1,200 in April. Yet even as the medical emer...

free, easy, and Interest Peruvian Politicians Cosplay Anime Characters to Score the "Otaku" Vote posted on 2021-04-14 15:45 EDT by Kim Morrissy Last Thursday, Spanish international news agency EFE profiled Peruvian politicians Jorge Hugo Romero and Milagros Juárez because of their distinctive strategy to score the " otaku" vote: Cosplaying as anime characters. Romero, who is a member of Perus Christian Peoples Party ( Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC), is known for dressing up as an Akatsuki ...

Ex-prostitute, Jesus actor line up for Peru Congress race Issued on: 07/04/2021 - 03:27 Angela Villon heads the Movement of Sex Workers in Peru and runs a shelter in Lima providing help to some 20 prostitutes seeking a new life Carlos MANDUJANO AFP 4 min Lima (AFP) Ex-prostitute Angela Villon is one of several unconventional candidates vying for a seat in Perus national congress in elections Sunday - a reflection of the countrys growing diversity. Th...

Reuters Reuters 9 March, 2021, 10:09 pm Venezuelan human rights activists protest to demand the release of 17 women they consider political prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan human rights activists protested on Monday to demand the release of 17 women they consider political prisoners, as well as to demand punishment for perpetrators of femicide, the term used for homicides that deliberately target women. In a demo...

“They are hostages,” Acosta said. Rights groups say that President Nicolas Maduro’s government is detaining at least 328 Venezuelans, including civilians and members of the military, for political reasons. Maduro’s government denies holding “political prisoners,” calling the detainees “politicians in jail” for crimes including terrorism. Neither Venezuela’s information ministry nor the Chief Prosecutor’s office immediately responded to requests for comment. Demonstrators als...

Twenty-two million fall into poverty in Latin America during 2020, UN finds In its 2020 Social Panorama report issued Thursday, the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) documents “unprecedented” social devastation during the COVID-19 pandemic, which set off the worst economic crisis in the region’s history. After years with negligible economic growth since the end of the commodity boom in 2014, the region saw its GDP fall 7.7 percent last year. This is far wor...

Uruguayan president presents his vision of first year in office Uruguayan president presents his vision of first year in office Montevideo, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Uruguays President Luis Lacalle Pou attends the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to present his vision of the first year in office leading a right-wing electoral coalition that shows cracks. The Colorado Party, Cabildo Abierto Party, Independent Party and Peoples Party are waiting with expectation for the speech by the president, of the...