Stories for May 14th 2021

Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
Brazil could have bought Pfizer vaccines much earlier, but Bolsonaro ignored the offer

Carlos Murillo, general manager for Latin America at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, said Thursday that three offers were made to Brazil during 2020 to supply vaccines against coronavirus, but all were rejected by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:28 UTC
Peru: Motion to impeach President Sagasti fails forlornly in Parliament

An overwhelming majority of Peru's Parliament Thursday voted in plenum against a motion seeking to oust President Francisco Sagasti.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Argentine President meets Italian PM, the Pope and a top World Bank official

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Argentine inflation for April set at 4.1%

Argentina's April inflation reached 4.1% for a cumulative rise of 17.6% in the first four months of 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported on Thursday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Colombian Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC
US advises against travel to Israel as violence escalates in conflict

The Government of the United States has advised against travel to Israel after evacuating some 120 Pentagon staff members from the war-torn region, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC
Bolivia suspends train tests to Chile after truckers protests

The tests to reactivate a cargo rail line that connects the Chilean port of Arica (north) with Viacha, Bolivia (southwest), will be suspended, Bolivian authorities announced this Thursday, after several days of roadblocks by truck drivers against the initiative.