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 …
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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 …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …