MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 16th 2021
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Mercosur: Argentina, Paraguay agree to review CET
Argentine Foreign Ministers Santiago Cafiero Friday welcomed his Paraguayan counterpart Euclides Acevedo at the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral issues.
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Peru's ruling party diverts from proposed cabinet
The leader of Peru's ruling party Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, Friday said he believed the proposed cabinet had changed course from the movement's original guidelines in an “undeniable political turn towards the centre-right, where the 'caviar' representatives increased.”
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina has become a Chinese Yuan testing ground in trade and investment
Following several currency swaps by which China has helped to support the Argentine central bank depleted international reserves, the administration of president Alberto Fernandez intensified relations with Beijing and a year ago allowed transactions between the two countries to be made in Yuan.
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
British Catholic MP stabbed to death
British Conservative MP David Amess has died of the wounds he received after being stabbed during an event in southeastern England which shocked a country still recovering from the 2016 murder of Labor MP Jo Cox.
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Jet SMART's new nonstop destination from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque
Budget carrier Jet SMART's flight took off from Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) Thursday at 5.19 pm for Jujuy's Gobernador Guzmán (JUJ) airport, marking the first flight of the airline's new nonstop service three times a week.
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Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 06:57 UTC
Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB) and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
