Stories for July 21st 2021

Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Brazil: Lula says “stupid” Bolsonaro shall not win 2022 elections

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) Tuesday asked current President Jair Bolsonaro to stop being “stupid” and forecast the latter shall not be reelected in October 2022.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Argentina announces the construction of an Antarctica Logistics Pole in Ushuaia

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez announced the construction of an Antarctica Logistic Pole in Ushuaia, which will demand an investment of some US$ 300 million, a long time aspiration of Argentine armed forces to mark or match a strong presence in the extreme south of the continent and in Antarctica.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC
Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina to start issuing gender-neutral ID cards to non-binary people

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has signed the decree and is to announce Wednesday morning the issuance of the first gender-neutral ID cards.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Peru's President-elect outlines plans which include people from every political background

Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo Tuesday sought to calm down a shaken country just one day after being declared the winner.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Demonstrators back to the streets of Colombia on Independence Day to push for reforms

Colombian demonstrators took once again Tuesday to the streets of the country's biggest cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Manizales to step up their demands against the Government of Iván Duque during the Independence Day holiday.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas architecture and urban planning exhibition in Ushuaia

The Town Hall of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina, together with the local branch of Malvinas war Veterans opened this week an exhibition under the title of “Architecture and Planning in Malvinas, 1764/1833” dedicated to the people that lived in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands during that period of time.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Three more suspects arrested in connection with killing of Haiti's President Moïse

Three additional suspects have been arrested Tuesday in connection with July 7's assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse which plunged the country into a political crisis.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 08:11 UTC
Indian-made vaccines still not cleared for shipment to Paraguay

India's laboratory Bharat Biotech is still waiting for clearance on the part of the Asian country's Government for the shipment of the 2 million doses of anticoronavirus vaccines purchased by Paraguay, it was reported Tuesday.