Stories for August 25th 2021

Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 18:41 UTC
Uruguay to open up Ankara embassy following FM Bustillo's Turkish tour

Uruguay and Turkey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby a Political Consultation Mechanism as Francisco Bustillo, Foreign Minister of the South American country, rounds up his diplomatic tour.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguay has vaccinated 70% of its population with two doses against COVID-19; Brazil only 26.83%

Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) Tuesday announced 70% of the population had already received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines such as CoronaVac, Pfizer or AstraZeneca, while a private survey showed only 26.83% of Brazilians were at the same level.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 09:26 UTC
COVID-19 vaccines keep pouring into Argentina, including those of Pfizer for teenagers

Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Tuesday announced the first 580,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were slated to arrive in the country next month. These chemicals will be allocated chiefly to adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age, Vizzotti explained.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 08:41 UTC
Brazilian Senate agrees to two more years of Augusto Aras as Attorney General

Brazil's Senate Tuesday approved by 55 votes against 10 and one abstention in a secret ballot to extend Augusto Aras' tenure as Attorney General for two more years.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 08:36 UTC
Former Uruguayan Tourism minister forced to resign has many influential friends in the political system

“Please be careful with the management of public monies”, Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou advised the newly appointed Tourism minister, lawmaker Tabare Viera, who on Monday replaced German Cardoso, also elected lawmaker but extremely pragmatic in his political alliances, and audaciously close on occasions to redlines.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 08:01 UTC
Eastern Airlines cancellation leaves 140 passengers bound for Montevideo stranded

About 140 passengers who should have already landed at Montevideo's Carrasco international airport were stranded in Miami after Eastern Airlines canceled its August 23 service “due to a crew problem.”
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:57 UTC
Argentina prosecution sustains Tierra del Fuego bill banning salmon breeding

Argentina's Prosecution office considered that the Tierra del Fuego province bill establishing limits, and rulings for the breeding and production of salmon species in provincial jurisdictional waters “do not exceed limits of the reasonable” and besides were approved by the Legislative in “the full exercise of its environmental competence, which privilege the conservation of natural resources above considerations of other nature”.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:36 UTC
Royal Navy helping to survey devastation in earthquake hit Haiti

Royal Navy aviators are helping to survey the devastation in Haiti as they fly dawn-to-dusk flights over the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. A helicopter from support ship RFA Wave Knight has been in the air since Friday, flying over parts of the Tiburon Peninsula – epicenter of the quake which struck on August 14 – to locate villages, towns and infrastructure urgently in need of help.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:11 UTC
Colombian President kicks off South Korean tour in search for paths to economic recovery

Colombia's President Ivan Duque has landed in Seoul to start his South Korean investment-seeking tour to try to reactivate the South American country's economy after setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:00 UTC
Punta Arenas Antarctic International Center bidding process scheduled for next February

The biding conditions and process for the construction the International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas, should be ready before the end of the current government of president Sebastián Piñera, according to Magallanes governor Jorge Flies and Jennifer Rogers, presidential delegate for the region.