Stories for April 2021

Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil: Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing Lula to run for president in 2022

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's convictions were annulled Thursday by the country's Supreme Court (STF) in an 8-3 ruling which clears the Workers Party (PT) iconic figure to seek a new term in 2022.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Third-place finisher in Peru's elections wants vote count review but shall not endorse Castillo at runoff

Rafael López Aliaga of Popular Renovation (Renovación Popular – a right-wing party founded in 2020), who finished third in Sunday's first round of Peru´s presidential election with 11.69% of valid votes, behind Pedro Castillo (19.12%) and Keiko Fujimori (13.37% ) has requested Thursday the revision of all the voting records but warned he will not support “Communist” Castillo at the June 6 runoff.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Cost of living in Argentina rises 4.8% in March alone

Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Uruguay's GDP expectations lowered amid pandemic

Uruguay's Center for Economic Research (CINVE) Thursday submitted its latest report, which showed a projected Gross Domestic Product lowered from previous expectations, given the economic consequences of measures taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
US expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for SolarWinds hack

US president Joseph Biden Thursday ordered the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats for allegedly meddling with the elections in what became known as the SolarWinds breach.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Argentina reinstates beef exports registry

Argentina's government Thursday created a registry of beef exporters among other measures to curb under-invoicing, which authorities fear has been going on for a while now.
Friday, April 16th 2021 - 08:09 UTC
Raúl Castro to step down as leader of Cuba's Communist Party

Iconic leader Raúl Castro is expected to step down as First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) as the VIII Congress of the PCC is set to start this Friday at the Havana Convention Center, under the title “The Congress of the historical continuity of the Cuban Revolution.”
Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina: curfew extended, on-site schooling banned in Buenos Aires amid coronavirus second wave

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease.
Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:26 UTC
Argentine laboratory seeks to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine locally

The Argentine firm Laboratorios Richmond Wednesday launched the Financial Trust “Project V.I.D.A. (Project and Immunization for Argentine Development),” to seek financing for the development of the plant where the Russian-designed Sputnik V vaccine is to be manufactured locally.
Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
Argentina to receive over 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca; Denmark stop giving that vaccine

The Argentine government has announced a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine is due at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport onboard a KLM flight this coming Sunday morning.