Paraguayan public prosecutor Erico Ávalos has issued an arrest warrant for the extradition of seven members of the music group Safira.

The new council will be chaired by Bolivian president, Evo Morales. In his absence, it will be presided over by the vice president, Álvaro Garcia Linera, or the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It will also be integrated by the ministries of Defense, Government, Transparency, Environment and the Attorney General.

A technical mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) is in Bolivia to advance the coordination of an audit of the electoral roll of the Andean country, Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) stated.

Motorists in Argentina are fueling up their vehicles on the border.

The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) and the Chamber of Trade of the Republic of Cuba signed a collaboration agreement to encourage the development of trade and economic relations between the two countries.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, visited Peru to sign trade agreements. Brazil is Peru’s main partner at a regional level with a trade of US $3,000 million in 2015.

After the participation of four other countries in 9 past editions of the Dakar Rally in South America, a fifth country will be participating in the 2017 edition. 

With two fifths of the countries having some freedom of the press, two fifths having complete freedom of the press, and one fifth of the countries having absolutely no freedom of the press, the Americas have varying degrees of liberty when it comes to journalism. 

People in the more remote areas that were hit the hardest by the earthquake continue to go days without food and water, and humanitarian aid fails to arrive. 

Raúl Castro recently warned against the “reactionary rush” that could include “coup actions” in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Brazil and El Salvador.