White smoke: A new pope has been elected


Vatican City.- The 133 cardinals participating in the conclave locked in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel have elected a new pope this Thursday and announced it to the world with the traditional white smoke or fumata from the chimney.

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Why is Peru on its way to having its eighth president in almost ten years of political crisis?

Lima.- The persistent political crisis in Peru seemed to have given the Andean country a respite just before its elections, but the new scandals surrounding the interim president, the right-winger José Jerí, open the door for him to be removed next Tuesday, and therefore there will be a new president, the eighth since this shredder […]

United States destroys another boat in the Caribbean and kills three crew members in the operation

Washington.- The United States armed forces eliminated another boat allegedly linked to drug trafficking structures in the Caribbean, near Venezuela, this Friday, and three crew members were killed during the operation. The operation was carried out on a route that Southern Command identified as usually used by organized crime in international waters of the Caribbean, […]

Trump says he will visit Venezuela but the date hasn't been decided yet.

Washington.- The U.S. President, Donald Trump, assured this Friday that he will visit Venezuela, although he admitted that the date of the trip has not yet been decided. "I am going to visit Venezuela," Trump responded to journalists at the White House today, and then explained that it has not yet been defined when this […]

A Colombian congresswoman denounces that her son has been detained for 18 days by ICE

Bogotá.- Colombian Congresswoman Ángela María Vergara reported this Friday that her son Rafael Alfonso Vergara has been detained for 18 days by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE, for its acronym in English) in "inhuman conditions". "A young man who doesn't even have a traffic violation, but who, like many Colombians, is living […]

Fire recorded at a Havana refinery has already been controlled

Havana.- The fire recorded this Friday at the facilities of the Ñico López refinery, in Havana, was controlled by the capital's fire department without any significant damage or injuries being reported so far, according to official media. The Ministry of Energy and Mines assured on social media at around 4:20 PM local time (8:20 PM […]

White House defends bill that would require people to verify citizenship to vote

Los Angeles (USA).- The government of President Donald Trump defended this Friday the approval of a broad bill that would require people who can vote to present proof of citizenship and photo identification to be able to vote in federal elections, which faces opposition in the Senate. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, defended […]