Stories for May 7th 2021

Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Colombia still shattered by unrest and demonstrations

Colombia's National Unemployment Committee, an opposition group which brings together some 40 organizations, Wednesday staged another row of demonstrations nationwide against policies carried out by President Iván Duque, who insisted on regarding these actions as “extreme vandalism and urban terrorism”
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Brazilian FM underscores China's significance to the South American country

Brazil's Foreign Minister Carlos França Thursday expressed his country's intentions to expand and diversify its economic and trade relations with China, which has grown to become its largest trading partner.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Warlike tensions between UK, France over Jersey fisheries subside, for now

The Royal Navy late Thursday withdrew two vessels off Jersey Island, thus easing tensions with France over fishing rights and a demonstration by trawlers in demand of access to waters under a different legal status since Brexit.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
China open to trade deal either with Uruguay or with all of Mercosur, says Ambassador

China's Ambassador in Montevideo Wang Gang Wednesday underlined his country's “open attitude” towards a trade agreement “either bilateral or en bloc” with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) “when Uruguay or the bloc as a whole are ready.”
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Butantan head points fingers at Bolsonaro for shortages of covid-19 vaccines

Butantan Institute Director Dimas Covas Thursday blamed President Jair Bolsonaro's anti-Chinese stance for the delay in the arrival and distribution of anti-covid-19 vaccines into Brazil.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
LATAM Airlines goes environment conscious for the years to come

LATAM Airlines Group has launched Wednesday in Santiago, Chile, an environmentally conscious plan for the coming years named LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy, to offset 50% of emissions from its domestic operations by 2030.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Deadliest clash with police leaves 25 dead in Rio de Janeiro favela

An anti-drug raid by Rio de Janeiro law enforcement agents Thursday left 24 suspects and one police officer dead in the precarious Jacareizinho favela.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:28 UTC
Unemployment in Uruguay falls bellow 10% in March

Uruguay's labour market showed some recovery Thursday as unemployment in March fell to 9.7% from February's 11.1%, according to a report released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).