Stories for March 2021

Friday, March 12th 2021 - 10:08 UTC
Argentina promises Bolivia's incorporation to Mercosur for the next bloc's summit

Argentina pledged on Thursday to manage Bolivia's entry into Mercosur, after both countries relaunched their trade relationship during the official visit of the Argentine Foreign Minister, Felipe Solá, who sees the need to approve the full entry of the Andean country at the next Mercosur summit to be held on March 26.
Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil's hospitals overwhelmed and in main cities stops receiving pandemic patients

Hospitals in Brazil's main cities are reaching capacity, health officials warned, as the country recorded the world's highest COVID-19 death toll for the second day running, 2,233, triggering restrictions in the main and richest states.
Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
All US surviving presidents (except Trump) release video of their inoculation; CDC says 92 million vaccinated

All surviving former US presidents except Mr Donald Trump have teamed up in a video urging Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Mr Jimmy Carter, Mr George W. Bush, Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Barack Obama - and the former First Ladies, appear in the one-minute spot released on Thursday, endorsing the US vaccination campaign and sharing what they miss about pre-pandemic life.
Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
Brazilian congress passes US$ 8 billion bill to help millions of poor families

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved the basic text of a bill on Thursday that revives a federal cash transfer program to help millions of poor families whose incomes have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Europe approves J&J single shot Covid-19 vaccine; some 200 million doses pledged by end of year

Europe approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and is expected to be delivered in a month. The COVID-19 shot is the fourth to be endorsed for use in the European Union after vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford University, and Moderna, and is recommended for those over 18 years of age, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said.
Friday, March 12th 2021 - 04:49 UTC
RRS James Clark Ross skipper gratitude message to people of the Falklands

Graham Chapman, Captain of RRS James Clark Ross sent a message of gratitude to the people of the Falklands when the polar research vessel left the Islands for the last time.
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.