Stories for July 2021

Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:11 UTC
Rural producers stage protest against Argentine government policies

A massive demonstration by Argentine rural producers convened Friday in the town of San Nicolás de Los Arroyos in the province of Buenos Aires to celebrate Independence Day and express their disapproval of the policies undertaken by the administration of President Alberto Fernández.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguayan President off to Miami, his sister in law among the Champlain Tower dead

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday announced he would be traveling to Miami in the United States after the bodies of close relatives of his wife were retrieved from the ruins of the Surfside Champlain Towers which collapsed in June.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 07:53 UTC
Fourth case of Delta variant in Brazilian state of Paraná concerns Paraguayan authorities

Paraguayan authorities Friday voiced their concern over the appearance of four cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in the Brazilian neighboring State of Parana due to the daily crossing of people through the Friendship Bridge linking Foz do Iguazu with Ciudad del Este.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay insists it has no intention of infringing Mercosur rules, just increasing trade opportunities

The Mercosur trade block, now under the chair of Brazil for the next six months, will be facing one of its most significant potential disruption challenges after the virtual summit with the presidents of the four founding members openly exposing their differences, despite a limited coverage of the event.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Opposition files for referendum in Uruguay after collecting far more signatures than required

Uruguayan opposition politicians Thursday filed a petition before the Electoral Court to call for a referendum to repeal several articles of the Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) passed last year.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Cap of 600 daily passengers allowed daily into Argentina to stay in force

The Government of Argentina looked determined Thursday to extend for four additional weeks the cap of 600 passengers a day to be allowed through the Ezeiza international airport, albeit with some exceptions.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Bolsonaro refuses to answer questions regarding alleged corruption in purchase of vaccines

Brazil's Senatorial Committee (CPI), which is investigating the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday sent a letter to President Jair Bolsonaro asking him to address the allegations surrounding an obscure overpriced deal to purchase Covaxin immunizers.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Retired Colombia military allegedly involved in killing of Haitian president

Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano Thursday confirmed Interpol had requested information about retired military personnel who were allegedly involved in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 08:07 UTC
Former Argentine President Macri behind overthrowing of Evo Morales in Bolivia, document shows

The Government of Bolivia Thursday disclosed documentation that would prove Argentina was behind the revolt that ended up in the toppling of former President Evo Morales.