Stories for April 2021

Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentina interested in manufacturing Cuban vaccine against covid-19

Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá Wednesday discussed with Cuba's Ambassador to Buenos Aires the possibility of developing locally a Cuban-created vaccine against covid-19, it was announced.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Uruguayan schools to reopen gradually in May

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced a gradual return to on-site schooling for a third of nationwide students as of next Monday.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Paraguay's plans to open commercial office in Jerusalem delayed by pandemic but still on the agenda

Israel's concurrent Ambassador to Paraguay (and Uruguay) Yoed Magen Wednesday announced the South American country was considering the opening of a commercial office in Jerusalem, after meeting in Asunción with President Mario Abdo Benítez.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
STF magistrate rules census must go ahead in Brazil

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Marco Aurélio Mello Wednesday acquiesced to an appeal from the northeastern State of Maranhão and order the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a national census.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
RSF denounces two Spanish journalists killed in Burkina Faso

The non-government organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced the killing of Spanish journalists David Beriáin and Roberto Fraile together with Rory Young, a Zambian-born Irish conservationist. The journalists were on an anti-poaching mission in Burkina Faso.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 07:25 UTC
Chile on track to phasing out coal as source to generate electricity

Chilean plans to close half of the country's coal-fired electricity generating plants by 2025, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet assured Wednesday during a ceremony in which the generating company Engie vowed to either close or convert six of the oldest plants by 2024, with a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW).
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 07:12 UTC
Apollo 11 astronaut who orbitted the Moon dies at age 90

Apollo 11 Mission “odd-man-out” Michael Collins died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 90, his family announced.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Piñera's future in suspense after Constitutional Court ruling regarding pension funds

Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of a constitutional reform that Congress passed into law for a third withdrawal of 10 per cent of the pension funds.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina halts exports of oxygen to meet domestic health demand

Argentina is cancelling all exports of oxygen to cope with growing domestic demand, Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas announced Tuesday.