Stories for December 2021

Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Motion to vacate Peru's presidency turned down

Peru's Parliament Tuesday declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.”
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Bolivia: Áñez gov't sought military help from US and UK, letters show

Former interim President Jeanine Áñez had requested military assistance from the US and UK embassies “to repress the Bolivian people,” Citizen Security Deputy Minister Roberto Ríos said Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Chile's inflation: the highest since December 2008; Central Bank expected to further raise basic rate

Chile's Consumer Price Index, CPI, in November climbed 0,5%, in line with market expectations, according to a report from the Stats Office, INE, In the eleven months of the year the IPC reached 6,3% and 6,7% in the last twelve months, which is the highest since December 2008 (7,1%), and far above the Central Bank's target of 3%.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Some 300 Chinese fishing vessels crossing Magellan Strait to the South Atlantic, Argentine report

In a joint operation, the Argentine Navy and Coast Guard are monitoring and keeping track of an estimated 300 Chinese fishing vessels that are sailing from the Pacific to the South Atlantic across the Magellan Strait.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Bolsonaro voted most influential personality of 2021

Time Magazine readers have voted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as Personality of the Year 2021, it was announced Tuesday. However, the publication has the final say on who gets the traditional award, granted to whoever has had the greatest influence “for better or worse.”
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:28 UTC
Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of China's Winter Olympic Games

Australia will not be sending government officials to attend the Winter Olympics Games in China, joining the United States diplomatic boycott. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Beijing had not addressed concerns raised by Canberra on several fronts, particularly human rights abuses.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Some 6,700 Magellan penguins migrated to Brazil's coastline during winter

Brazil's Beach Monitoring Project, PMP, reports that more than 6,700 penguins have arrived mainly on Santa Catarina and Parana states coast during the migration season this year, which represents a 20% per cent increase in the number of marine birds coming over last year.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
Inflation once again brings on increase in poverty throghout Paraguay

Analysts foresee official data for the year 2021 will show an increase in poverty for the second straight year in Paraguay and will reach almost 30% due mainly to increasing inflation, analysts said Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Mar del Plata doctors successfully tackle COVID-19 from a different angle

A group of physicians from the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata have been trying a new therapy against COVID-19 of their own concoction which has so far yielded “very encouraging results,” according to press reports.
Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 20:08 UTC
German families seek shelter in Paraguay from vaccines and lockdowns

German citizens who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or put up to harsh mobility restrictions have fled their country and sought shelter in a community within Paraguay, it was reported.