Latin America News Dispatch

A major issue in yesterday’s vote was the contentious peace deal with the former rebels of the FARC which won the outgoing president Juan Manuel Santos a Nobel peace prize.

Schools and universities have been closed for weeks, and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights raised the death toll to 161 but other human rights organizations still have a lower figure of 148 deaths.

Currently, abortion in Argentina is only legal in cases of rape or when the life or health of the woman is at risk, and women in such cases have to apply to a judge for permission.

At least five people died and 12 were injured yesterday during the ongoing confrontations.

The arson case was tried under Chile’s anti-terrorism laws because Werner Luchsinger and Vivianne Mackay owned lands that were disputed as Mapuche ancestral territory.

The Venezuelan Society of Public Health, a non-governmental doctors’ association, had announced it had identified three suspected cases in an indigenous community and was waiting for confirmation from exams.

No formal plan was reached as Daniel Ortega requested a “period of reflection” to consider the bishops’ proposal, which was not made public.

Carlos Algarra and René Vásquez are Venezuelan citizens and were arrested in mid-April during a widespread corruption probe of the oil sector that led to the detention of more than 80 executives at PDVSA.

The death toll from Sunday’s eruption was raised to 75 by the National Institute of Forensic Sciences, with 23 of those already identified.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded from Caracas by accusing the U.S. of pressuring countries to side with it by threatening to withdraw financial aid and even impose sanctions.

On Saturday, accusations of fraud and corruption to keep Daniel Ortega in power pressured the chief of the Supreme Electoral Council, Roberto Rivas, to resign.

The second round will happen on June 17.

Turnout for the election was exceptionally low despite polling stations remaining open hours after their normal closing time.

The number could be higher since it only includes those who entered Colombia via official migration points.

The embargo was put into place by the United States in 1962.

The Trump administration has taken an aggressive position on Venezuela ever since entering the White House.

Álvaro Uribe is a part of the country’s current opposition party.

President Trump and his supporters argue that the conditions in Honduras have improved since the hurricane and emphasize that the protections were never meant to be permanent.

Investigators are still working to serve all 53 arrest warrants,

Anti-riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse rock-hurling protesters who were decrying what they see as a fraudulent presidential election late last year.

The administration also said that it had reached tentative agreements with Argentina, Australia and Brazil.