Sebastián Piñera SANTIAGO, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chileans head to the polls Sunday in a second day of voting to elect 155 people who will rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution in a bid to address deep-seated social inequality that gave rise to deadly protests in 2019.Some 14 million people are…

BRASILIA, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four months into a Covid-19 vaccination campaign marred by shortages and delays, hard-hit Brazil is still struggling to find enough doses, as political and diplomatic blunders prolong its pandemic nightmare. Around 33 million people — 15 percent of the population — have received at least…

An asylum seeking family is transported on a Border Patrol bus  WASHINGTON, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The White House has vowed to investigate reports that migrant children were forced to remain on board buses overnight as they waited to be re-located away from the border. Biden press secretary Jen Psaki called it “outrageous”…

MONTEVIDEO, May 15 (NNN-A-TELESUR) — Uruguay’s Trade Union Confederation (PIT-CNT) announced a 24-hour general strike on June 17 to denounce hunger and inequality and demand better working conditions in the country. The strike will cover all the nation’s sectors except health services, especially health care centers assisting COVID-19 patients and…

WASHINGTON, May 15 (NNN-TELESUR) — Fuel shortages caused by the shutdown of the Colonial pipeline over a ransomware attack last week in the southeastern United States have been exacerbated by panic buying and hoarding. “Long lines, sharp words and pumps gone dry greeted unhappy drivers from the Alabama foothills to…

BOGOTA, May 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Colombian government of President Iván Duque insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue. “We are ready to sit down to negotiate,” said the government’s High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel…