(2024-12-31). Bolivian President swears in judges of the judiciary. plenglish.com In these partial judicial elections, only 19 of the 26 judges and councillors were elected, because the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP), which extended itself a year ago, decided that the elections would be partial, in response to appeals from candidates who had been postponed or marginalized in the pre-selection process. | Last Monday, at the headquarters of the Central Bank of Bolivia, the new judicial authorities received their credentials from the members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). | These are the four judges of the TCP (àÅngel Edson Dávalos, Boris Wilson Arias; Paola Verónica…
(2024-12-31). Venezuela's Supreme Court Fines Tiktok $10 Million. orinocotribune.com The social media corporation TikTok will have to pay a $10 million fine to the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) for "its negligence in controlling content and viral challenges" that encourage children and teenagers to cause harm to themselves. This ruling was declared by the constitutional chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on Monday, December 30. | The decision, read by the president of the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ, magistrate Tania D'Amelio, establishes that TikTok has an eight-day period to pay the fine. If the deadline is not met, "the Constitutional C…
(2024-12-31). Venezuela's Supreme Court Fines Tiktok $10 Million for Dangerous Viral Challenges. orinocotribune.com The social media corporation TikTok will have to pay a $10 million fine to the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) for "its negligence in controlling content and viral challenges" that encourage children and teenagers to cause harm to themselves. This ruling was declared by the Constitutional Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on Monday, December 30. | The decision, read by the president of the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ, magistrate Tania D'Amelio, establishes that TikTok has an eight-day period to pay the fine. If the deadline is not met, "the Constitutional C…
(2024-12-31). Venezuela joins Marathon of Love for Cuba. plenglish.com Caracas, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela joined the Marathon of Love for Cuba of the Continental Network of Solidarity with the island, announced here today the national coordinator of the Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity between the two countries, Yhonny García.
(2024-12-31). Brazil: Piquiá de Baixo's community members resettled to safe houses away from mining pollution. fidh.org
(2024-12-31). Chile's industrial output rises in 2024. plenglish.com The National Institute of Statistics (INE) informed this increase was pushed by the positive impact of two of the three sectors comprised in the figure. | Mining production showed an annual increase of 2.2 points, owing to greater activity in metal mining due to an increase in the extraction and processing of copper. | Manufacturing production also had an impact on the rise, with an increase of 0.6, mainly in the manufacture of paper and its derivatives. | On the contrary, the Electricity, Gas and Water Production Index dropped 0.7 percent compared to November 2023, due to reductions in two of the three activitie…
(2024-12-31). Over 800 injuries reported due to the use of gunpowder in Colombia. plenglish.com Bogotá, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) The National Institute of Health of Colombia (INS) has recorded 818 cases of gunpowder injuries since December 1 and until today, which represents an increase of 13 percent compared to the same period in 2023.
(2024-12-30). Network in Defense of Humanity Expresses Solidarity With Former Argentinian Ambassador to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Argentina chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) expressed its solidarity with the former ambassador of Argentina to Venezuela and former president of the South American Parliament (Parlasur), àìscar Laborde, following the attacks against him by Argentinian Security Minister Patricia Bullrich for delivering a letter to Argentinian policeman Nahuel Gallo, who is under criminal investigation in Venezuela. | "The ridiculous accusation of treason for the humanitarian gesture of delivering a letter from his family to the policeman detained in Venezuela, at the requ…
(2024-12-30). Network in Defense of Humanity Expresses Solidarity With Former Argentinian Ambassador to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Argentina chapter of the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) expressed its solidarity with the former ambassador of Argentina to Venezuela and former president of the South American Parliament (Parlasur), àìscar Laborde, following the attacks against him by Argentinian Security Minister Patricia Bullrich for delivering a letter to Argentinian policeman Nahuel Gallo, who is under criminal investigation in Venezuela. | "The ridiculous accusation of treason for the humanitarian gesture of delivering a letter from his family to the policeman detained in Venezuela, at the requ…
(2024-12-30). Realizarán cacerolazo verde por derecho al aborto en Argentina. radiohc.cu La Habana, 30 de dic (RHC) Miembros de organizaciones feministas y de derechos humanos participarán hoy en un "cacerolazo verde" para conmemorar los cuatro años de aprobada la Ley de Acceso a la Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo (IVE) en Argentina.
(2024-12-30). Selección argentina de fútbol gana premio a mejor equipo de 2024. cubadebate.cu La selección masculina argentina de fútbol ganó el premio al mejor equipo de 2024 otorgado por la Asociación Internacional de Prensa Deportiva. El equipo albiceleste, monarca de la Copa América, recibió 579 votos para llevarse el primer puesto, por tercera vez consecutiva. Los sudamericanos aventajaron a la escuadra española y el Real Madrid.
(2024-12-30). Brazil reduces teenage pregnancies in a decade. plenglish.com Brasilia, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Brazil has halved the number of adolescent births in the last decade, according to preliminary data from the Live Birth Information System, cited today by local media.
(2024-12-30). Brazilian pseudo-lefts work to divert campaign to cut workweek into dead end of parliamentary politics. wsws.org In recent months, a campaign for the reduction of the workweek has gone viral on social media and received significant attention from Brazil's corporate media.
(2024-12-30). Mujica recovering at home after being discharged from hospital. plenglish.com Montevideo, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's former president, José Mujica, is progressing 'as expected' after having a stent placed in the esophagus where cancer was detected in April.