Paraguay

Southern Cone

Argentina: ex-dictator gets life in Operation Condor

A court in Argentina sentenced the country’s last military dictator Reynaldo Bignone to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during his rule in 1982 and ’83.

Southern Cone

Argentina: provincial court blocks Monsanto facility

Monsanto encounters resistance in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, where environmentalists and residents have at least temporarily blocked construction of a plant.

Palestine

Latin America protests attack on Gaza

The Mercosur trade bloc expressed “strongest condemnation of the violence unleashed between Israel and Palestine,” while Cuba and Venezuela issued stronger statements.

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Argentina: ex-dictator gets life in Operation Condor

Argentina: provincial court blocks Monsanto facility

Latin America protests attack on Gaza