Stories for July 2021

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.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms

Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpose of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Castillo to be Peru's next president after all

Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Ushuaia satisfied with the resurgence of its fishing industry

During the first half of the year, (Jan/Jun), 29,500 tons of fish products were landed at the port of Ushuaia which represents 53% over the same period a year (19,250 tons), according to the latest stats from Argentina's Fisheries Under Secretariat. Officials from Tierra del Fuego point out that much can be attributed to the fact that April 2020 was a “completely dead month”, because of the pandemic.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay launches vaccination “neighborhood by neighborhood” phase

Uruguayan health authorities Monday launched a new phase of their vaccination drive called “Barrio a Barrio” (are to the area - or neighbourhood to neighbourhood) to reach people who have not yet been immunized.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador

The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from power in 2019.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Canada to reopen land borders to vaccinated US nationals effective August 9

The Government of Canada Monday announced it will reopen its land borders to US citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of August 9.