Vice president of the Valparaíso Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, Alejandro Álvarez, praised the massive turnout and its positive impact on the sector, stating that “the assessment of the Carnaval de los Mil Tambores is excellent. According to reports from affiliated hostels and hotels, occupancy reached 100%—a figure comparable only to New Year’s.”

A human tide—largely made up of Gen Z demonstrators—flooded downtown Lima on Saturday in a mass march centered on the Congress of the Republic

Jorge Rodríguez, who oversees Venezuela’s national dialogue, said Nicolás Maduro’s administration has reinforced security around the diplomatic mission, “which our government respects and protects.”

A CIPER investigation found that the SML identified four men executed and buried in Patio 29, but the State has yet to add them to the official registry; the Human Rights Undersecretariat told the outlet a PNB mechanism is forthcoming to close that gap.

Chile’s highest court ordered the state to pay 70 million pesos to a law student who survived being shot and thrown into the Mapocho River by Carabineros Intelligence agents in 1974.

“We must remember. These actors (the far right) are proposing setbacks that are unacceptable in a democratic society. Along with that comes a threat to hard-won workers’ rights and a danger for women,” said the lawmaker and District 10 re-election candidate in a conversation with La Mañanera.

The organization argued that instead of addressing Ecuador’s social demands, the Noboa government is responding with “more repression and the criminalization of Indigenous and social movements,” backed by “hate speech, racism, and media manipulation.”

José Luis Espert resigned his bid for a Buenos Aires congressional seat after being linked to a businessman accused of drug trafficking. The crisis exposes fractures within La Libertad Avanza and forces Milei to reorganize his political strategy in the country’s most important district.

Jeannette Jara leads the first round (27%) and, according to Criteria, would beat Parisi and Kaiser in a second round, while she would fall to Kast and Matthei in a runoff.

Seventeen years after Law 20.249, only 13 of the 28 approved Indigenous Coastal Marine Areas (ECMPOs) operate in Chile (46%). State inaction and bureaucracy are stalling implementation, while coastal communities demand effective protection for these territories of high cultural and ecological value.