Stories for March 11th 2021

Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Lula launches 2022 presidential campaign: “health, jobs and justice for Brazil”

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva launched on Wednesday the campaign for the 2022 presidential election, which is anticipated will be dominated by attacks on Jair Bolsonaro on the pandemic, a weak economy and deep political polarization.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Falkland Islands Government publishes legal framework for Environment Trust

The Falkland Islands Government this week published the legal framework to establish the Falkland Islands Environment Trust: a mechanism designed to collect funds and award grants to support persons engaged in “conservation, management, and enhancement of the environment.”
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:51 UTC
UN human rights investigating the “La Vega massacre” in Caracas by Maduro police forces

United Nations human rights are looking into allegations that Venezuelan police forces from president Nicolas Maduro's regime had killed 200 people this year and investigators raised concerns about possible summary executions in a neighborhood of Caracas.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Mexico to join the club of countries that decriminalize cannabis

Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that would decriminalize cannabis for recreational, medical and scientific uses, bringing it a step closer to creating one of the world's largest markets for the plant.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Rich countries block a Covid-19 vaccines patent rights waiver

The rich members of the World Trade Organization blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday to waive patent rights in an effort to boost the production of Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil overtakes US in daily Covid-19 deaths, 2,286 on Wednesday

New Covid-19 infections in Latin America are still rising, particularly in Brazil where a resurgence has caused record daily deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
IATA expects a return to personal and leisure travel from the second half of 2021

Personal and leisure travel will return from the second half of this year as borders reopen to tourists hungry to be free again and to reunite with families and friends, Alexandre de Juniac, director of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) said in an interview with The Straits Times from Singapore.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Spain expects to roll out vaccine “Digital Green Pass” by May 19 for FITUR tourism fair

Spain could be ready to start rolling out coronavirus vaccine ‘passports’ by the end of May, paving the way to welcome back holidaymakers, Minister of tourism, María Reyes Maroto, said on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:23 UTC
Biden family dogs sent back to Wilmington following a “biting incident”

US President Joe Biden has sent his two dogs back to his family home in Wilmington, Delaware, after the younger of the two German Shepherds was involved in a “biting incident” with a White House security agent, US media reported.
Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Fans march in Buenos Aires demanding “Justice for Diego. Trial and punishment of the guilty”

Argentine football idol Diego Maradona was always surrounded by controversy both in life and in death. Just remember the chaos when his funeral held at Government House attracted hundreds of thousands, and this Wednesday, Argentines again took to the streets to demand what they say is justice for Diego, a medical inquest into how he died and whether there had been any negligence in his care.