Paraguay moves its embassy in Israel back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. The government of the new president Mario Abdo Benítez finds the decision of the predecessor of Abdo, Horacio Cartes, unwise and undiplomatic.
A plane that, among others, the Paraguayan Minister of Agriculture Luis Gneiting had to bring back to the capital Asunción has crashed. This has been said by the director of the national aviation authority against the local media. The device suddenly disappeared from the radar on Wednesday evening not long after taking off in Ayolas.
Spain wants a responsible policy with regard to migration, but does not always include boats with refugees who are refused elsewhere. 'Spain is not a rescue brigade' said the Spanish Minister of Public Works, José Luis Abalos, on Monday in an interview on TV.
It is not given to everyone, but Iñaki Urdangarin, the brother-in-law of the Spanish king Felipe VI, was allowed to choose his own prison. He chose one where he is the only male inmate between 162 women.
A Spanish court has condemned the pivot of a corruption scandal around the Spanish government party PP (People's Party), Francisco Correa, to almost 52 years in prison for fraud and money laundering. A former treasurer of the party, Luis Bárcenas, must according to the verdict over the age of 33 in the cell and 44 million euros fine, including tax evasion. His wife Rosalía Iglesias received cell as an accessory for fifteen years.
Jens Weidmann, chairman of the Bundesbank, is receiving more and more German support as candidate-successor to ECB chairman Mario Draghi. On Saturday he himself mentioned the possibility of his candidacy.
The former Bolivian dictator Luis García Meza died at the age of 88. The general died of the consequences of a heart attack.
The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, died on Sunday at the age of 91. That is what his lawyer Luis Rosales has announced.
In Spain, a fossil of a chicken from 127 million years ago was found. The bird was only five inches tall and must have weighed about ten grams when it was alive. The chick was very young and just out of the egg when it died; his bones were still weak and it could not fly yet.
FC Barcelona has invited a survivor of the bloodbath in the American Parkland to meet his football heroes. The seriously injured Anthony Borges (15) was also sent a signed competition shirt.
Venezuelans are increasingly involved in attacks by ELN rebels in Colombia. That said the Colombian minister Luis Carlos Villegas (Defense), who is going to consult with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino about the security measures on the more than 2200 kilometers long border.
The ELN rebels are, according to the Colombian authorities, behind recent attacks on police stations. The explosions caused seven deaths last weekend. Dozens of people were also injured.
In Colombia, 77 soldiers were injured by lightning. The soldiers of the 29th Army Brigade had trained at their headquarters in the city of Popayán for a military ceremony when the lightning struck just a few meters from them, a spokesman for the army said.
In Central America, 22 dead have already fallen due to the tropical storm called Nate, which draws across the region. Especially Costa Rica and Nicaragua are affected. The authorities fear more and more victims.
The Venezuelan opposition has denounced Wednesday's talks with President Nicolás Maduro's government to resolve the deep political crisis. The chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Foreign Parliament, Luis Florido, said that the conditions for the talks in the Dominican Republic were not met.
The Mexican authorities are still looking for three days for possible survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit the country on 19 September. However, the probability that someone else will be taken alive, according to the rescue services coordinator, is low.
The benefit night for Hurricane Harvey and Irma, who was held last night in the United States, has already delivered more than 44 million dollars (37 million euros). That reports ABC News. Hand in Hand Action helped a large group of Hollyster stars.
Latin singers and singers scored the most views on YouTube this summer, so the video site was known. In the top 25 most viewed summer hits, there are 16 songs from an artist from Latin America. Despacito is in the first place.
The Miami police are investigating, in their own words, robberies in the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Deputy police chief Luis Cabrera said to the Miami Herald that four people have been arrested on Sunday evening.
Jeanne Moreau refused to use makeup on the stage as well as in movies, which initially did not help. For years, she had to do it on the white canvas with side rolls in B movies. Only in 1957 did she play her first major role. Director Louis Maille cast her in L'Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud.
Thanks to its breathtaking views, it is a regular part of many traveling through the west of the United States, a ride on Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A landslide recently destroyed a part of the iconic highway.
In Mexico an unknown amount of radioactive material has been stolen. A search report has been issued in nine states. These include the states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacan, San Luis Potosi, Durango and Zacatecas.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has to appear as a witness in a corruption case against members of his conservative People's Party (PP). Although the prosecutor did not need to call on the Prime Minister, a majority of the judges decided according to the newspaper El Pais that he must still be heard.
Mexico will not participate in the plan of US President Donald Trump to millions of illegal immigrants to deport. Interior Minister Ángel Osorio Chong said Friday that Mexico no illegals will accept if it does not have the Mexican nationality.
Mexican government officials have expressed 'concern and irritation' on migration that is going to enter the US president Donald Trump. Luis Videgaray and Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Minister for Foreign- respectively the Interior, conferred Thursday with their US counterparts Rex Tillerson and John Kelly.
Rex Tillerson American Ministers of Foreign Affairs and John Kelly of Homeland Security arrive Wednesday in Mexico to talk about security and immigration. They remain two days and can expect a cool reception in the country showered with criticism by President Trump.
Two journalists Tuesday live shot during a radio broadcast in the Dominican Republic.
a policeman killed in a dramatic accident in a sperm bank in the US Augusta. The officer came up to a report of a chemical spill when he was in the warehouse was hit by a blast from a plant with liquid nitrogen.
The visit by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to Donald Trump still continues. This enables the Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray.
A former general of the Colombian police sentenced to thirty years in prison for his involvement in the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán. Political assassination is almost as long ago as the height of the jail: Galán was shot dead in 1989 in front of thousands of people.
