Stories for October 7th 2021

Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 23:51 UTC
Entire Mercosur out of Britain's travel red group, which is now focused solely on other LatAm nations

The United Kingdom has removed 47 destinations from its travel red list, which has been narrowed down to just seven nations, all of them within Latin America and four from South America, it was announced Thursday.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 23:12 UTC
Argentine also affected by sharp increase in the price of freight

The Argentine Agroindustrial Council (CAA) Thursday issued a statement whereby it warned that “the marine logistics collapse is severely limiting agri-food exports.”
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 21:12 UTC
Israeli embassies worldwide on alert for possible terrorist attack

The Israeli Government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett government has placed all of its embassies and diplomatic missions worldwide on alert in view of threats of attacks from Iran that were disclosed following the arrest of a suspect who allegedly planned to murder Israeli businessmen in Cyprus.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 11:49 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro's situation looks worse by the hour and Lula sets up shadow cabinet

The Brazilian Senatorial Committee investigating President Jair Bolsonaro's management of the COVID-19 crisis Wednesday describes the head of state's “insane” and in “denial” of reality.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:53 UTC
New Peruvian cabinet sworn in after major reshuffle

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday took the oath of office to the new prime minister and the other new members of cabinet following his first government reshuffle just a little after barely two months as head of state.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine Senate unanimously rejects Chile's decree regarding continental shelf

Argentina's Senate Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring Chile's announcements concerning the continental shelf as in clear violation of the Peace and Friendship Treaty signed in 1984.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Peru's President Castillo sacks far-left Prime Minister Bellido

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has suffered his first ministerial reshuffle Wednesday following the resignation of Prime Minister Guido Bellido.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
IMF praises Uruguay's handling of the pandemic and forecasts 3,4% recovery this year

The IMF elaborated and presented this month a preliminary statement on the situation of the Uruguayan economy based on Article IV mission findings.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:37 UTC
Uruguay eyes energy exports from sea wind farms

The government of Uruguay is willing to promote the generation of energy for export, by installing wind farms with wind turbines on the maritime platform, it was reported Wednesday in Montevideo.
Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:23 UTC
UK helping Brazil to tackle vaccine innovation and R&D policies

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments across the world are turning their eyes to the importance of having a strong national life sciences industry – one that is capable of conducting fast, quality research and develop new health technologies to tackle incoming global health security threats.