Stories for October 2021

Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Chile: 60% of people in favour of impeaching Piñera over Pandora Papers

An Ipsos survey released Thursday has shown that 60% of Chileans were in favour of launching the impeachment process against President Sebastián Piñera for the obscure deals for which his name ended up included in the so-called Pandora Papers investigations.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro hints appointing STF judges involved “gifts”

Video footage portraying Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asking how much it would cost to appoint a Supreme Federal Court (STF) judge has gone viral Thursday.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Argentine Central Bank wants tourists to exchange money through formal channels

As borders are about to reopen and tourists are expected to pour in, Argentine authorities have devised a mechanism whereby foreigners may exchange currency (US dollars) at a rate closer to the unofficial (“blue”) one.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:52 UTC
Justice De Moraes fears digital militias will spread fake news ahead of 2022 elections in Brazil

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes Thursday said: “digital militias” allegedly linked to President Jair Bolsonaro were planning to spread fake news ahead of the 2022 elections, it was reported.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Argentina: Paraguayan guaraní becomes hard currency in the absence of US dollar bills

The demand for Paraguayan guaranís in the Argentine province of Misiones has been developed as desperate locals are unable to find US dollar bills with which to protect their savings from rampant devaluation and growing inflation, it was reported.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 21:59 UTC
Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list

The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:48 UTC
France opens museum dedicated to Dreyfus Affair

France's President Emmanuel Macron has opened this week a museum dedicated to one of history's most emblematic cases of antisemitism: “The Dreyfus affair”.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:33 UTC
US under permanent threat from ISIS, Pentagon official says

ISIS could launch an attack on US territory any time, according to statements from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl Thursday.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil's Central Bank increases Selic rate above expectations

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided once again Wednesday to increase the basic Selic interest rate from 6.25% to 7.75% annually, in what turned out to be the sharpest rise since December 2002, it was announced.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Over 53% of Brazilians fully vaccinated, report says

Brazil's much-criticized anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive has already reached 53% of the population with full treatment, while 72% of patients have at least taken the initial dose, according to a health report released Wednesday.