Stories for July 15th 2021

Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Argentine President's prophecy becomes true, but it turns out to be worse

Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who had said earlier through the coronavirus pandemic that he would rather have 10% new poor people than 100,000 deaths is now faced with his prophecy.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
State of exception decreed in Ecuador due to covid-19 Delta variant and Delta Plus subvariant

Upon confirmation of the presence of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Sars-Cov-2, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Wednesday decreed a state of exception focused exclusively on the areas where those detections have taken place.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Cuban gov't to allow medicines, food and hygiene products into the country

Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices has allowed unrestricted entry into the country of medicines, food, and hygiene products as of next Monday in a measure to appease protests which erupted nationwide last Sunday.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Colleague of Colombian squad involved in killing of Haiti president says his friends were tricked into it

Former Colombian serviceman who was to be among the commandos involved in the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse a week ago has claimed they were not “mercenaries.”
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
France celebrates Bastille Day amid protests against Macron's mandatory vaccination announcements

Following French President Emmanuel Macron's announcements earlier this week regarding anti-covid vaccination, angered demonstrators clashed with police all over the country Wednesday during the Bastille Day holiday.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:20 UTC
Outbreak of covid-19 reported in Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group

Despite all personnel being fully vaccinated, a “small number” of covid-19 cases within Britain's Royal Navy has been reported.
Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:05 UTC
The mysterious killing of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse

By Gwynne Dyer – The presidential dogs were still alive, which meant that something was very wrong with the official explanation of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 7. In very poor countries even moderately prosperous people whose houses contain things worth stealing usually have large dogs, and those dogs are trained to attack intruders.