Stories for April 2021

Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Argentina: Buenos Aires prepares for stricter measures against Covid-19

A group of advisers to the Argentine President assessed the coronavirus situation Monday, after which further restrictive measures to be announced shortly appear inevitable.
Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Chile's borders to remain closed in light of little progress fighting covid-19

Chilean authorities decided Monday not to reopen the borders throughout May to try to prevent the entry into the country of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Health Undersecretary Paula Daza announced.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Venezuela remains the most “miserable” country - Argentina not far behind

Venezuela easily held to the dubious honour of being at the top of the list of the 2020 Global Economic Misery Index, while Argentina was merely seven notches behind.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Crowds disregard social distancing at burial of late Argentine Transport Minister Meoni

Argentina's late Transport Minister Mario Meoni was laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of Junín in the province of Buenos Aires in an event which proved both how much he was appreciated where he had been mayor for eight years and that there are exceptions to the rule of social distancing.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:41 UTC
Anvisa expected to decide Monday on fate of Sputnik V vaccine in Brazil

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will evaluate this coming week the feasibility of importing the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Bolivia's YPFB eyes oil income of US $ 1,900 million for this year

Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Wilson Zelaya announced the state-run company projected an oil income above 1,900 million US dollars for the year 2021, which would represent a 35% growth compared to 2020.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Indonesian submarine found at sea bottom cracked in three - all 53 crew dead

The Government of Indonesia has announced the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, which disappeared about 60 miles off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning, has been found split in three on the seafloor - none of the 53 crew survived.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 06:19 UTC
Guardiola's Manchester City win League Cup, shake up books of records

Spanish football manager Pep Guardiola Sunday became the first manager to win the League Cup in four consecutive seasons when Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspurs 1-0 in the Carabao Cup final in front of 8,000 fans at Wembley.
Monday, April 26th 2021 - 03:52 UTC
Paraguay takes starker approach at Covid-19 with further restrictions

The government of Paraguay decided this weekend to impose tighter restrictions effective April 27 through May 10 in an attempt to slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which is reportedly reaching unprecedented records.
Sunday, April 25th 2021 - 23:59 UTC
Recapture of South Georgia will always be a part of the story of the Falkland Islands

39 years ago, Operation Paraquet – a subsidiary of Operation Corporate – led to the successful recapture of South Georgia by British Armed Forces. This followed an initial incursion on 3 April by the Argentine military, which was one of the earliest flashpoints of the Falkland Islands War.