Ecuador declares illegal mining a security threat
QUITO (HPD) — The government of President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday declared illegal mining a threat to state security, when gold is exploited without control in various parts of the …
Martinelli rejects US corruption charges
PANAMA (HPD) – Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli is evaluating with his lawyers and political advisers the statement by the United States that implicated him in alleged acts of corruption, …
Colombia: Former paramilitary “Jorge 40” aspires to court of peace
BOGOTÁ (HPD) — The feared former paramilitary chief Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” testified Thursday before Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace in what would be his last chance to …
Police protest violence against officers in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (HPD) — Disgruntled police officers rallied in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday, blocking roads and firing guns into the air to protest the gang killings of colleagues. …
They ask former US presidents to check if they have documents
WASHINGTON (HPD) — The US National Archives has asked former US presidents and vice presidents to check their personal belongings to see if they still have secret documents with them, …
Nicaragua: 10 years in prison for the family of an opponent of Ortega
MEXICO CITY (HPD) — Nicaraguan judicial authorities sentenced three relatives of exiled opposition leader Javier Álvarez to eight and 10 years in prison on Thursday, in the first sentence handed …
IDB warns that debt drowns Latin American economies
MIAMI (HPD) — The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean justifiably borrowed to face the pandemic, but now that debt is strangling their economies and it is urgent to …
Human rights NGO criticizes Peru’s “unprecedented brutality”
LIMA (HPD) — A leading Peruvian human rights organization said in a report Thursday that the government of President Dina Boluarte’s response to protests calling for her resignation and that …
US extends sanctions against Russia’s Wagner Group
WASHINGTON (HPD) — The US government on Thursday expanded sanctions against Russia’s Wagner Group and related companies and individuals for their role in the war in Ukraine and mercenary activities …
West crosses psychological barrier by giving tanks to Ukraine
The Western decision to send main battle tanks to the Ukraine was greeted with enthusiasm from Washington to Berlin via kyiv. At first, Moscow played it down, only to launch …
Lisa Marie carved her way through Elvis’s legacy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (HPD) — Nicknamed the “princess of rock,” Lisa Marie Presley carved her own place in music as a singer-songwriter, allowing her to express herself apart from — and …
USA: Illegal crossings of Cubans and Nicaraguans decrease
SAN DIEGO (HPD) — U.S. authorities have recorded a 97% drop in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting citizens of those …