Stories for December 2021

Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Ecuador makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory

The Government of Ecuador has decided to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory, except for people with a medical condition that renders the shot counterproductive, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Falklands' capital Stanley aims for Platinum Jubilee city status in 2022

Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, has been confirmed as one of 39 applicants being considered for city status as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next year. The competition for this prestigious civic honour has been expanded, for the first time, to include British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Pele discharged yet again from Sao Paulo clinic after going through “chemo”

Brazilian football legend star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, has been released Thursday from the Albert Einstein Clinic in Sao Paulo after two weeks, in order to continue his treatment for colon tumor at home.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
All acquitted in Austral Fray Bentos crash probe

Argentina's Federal Oral Court number five Thursday acquitted all those under investigation for the 1997 fall of an Austral Douglas DC-9-32 in the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Eastern cancellations leave hundreds of Paraguayans stranded in Miami

Some 300 Paraguayan nationals who were stranded in Miami after Eastern Airlines canceled its Dec. 18 and 21 flights to Asuncion will be arriving shortly before midnight Friday, it was announced.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Chile to start applying fourth dose of COVID-19 vax in 2022

Chilean health authorities Thursday announced a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be administered to people over 60 years old, while a survey has shown an overwhelming support for mandatory vaccination at workplaces.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Uruguayan President leaves on morale boosting Congo mission

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Beatriz Argimón before departing for Congo, where he is to spend Christmas with troops stationed there as a part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:30 UTC
Almost 30 tons of illegally extracted coltan taken away from Colombian guerrillas

According to reports published this week, Colombian law enforcement authorities have seized some 30 tons of coltan in the last six months from Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) dissidents, who, according to the Prosecutor's Office, allegedly exploited indigenous people to extract the mineral.
Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:20 UTC
Argentina's oil exports on the rise

Two shipments of Vaca Muerta crude oil carrying around 490,000 barrels each from Puerto Rosales to Porto Alegre in Brazil represent a sizeable increase in exports from the Neuquén Basin, it was reported.
Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:03 UTC
Eduardo Bolsonaro says “Bolivarian Chile” to follow Venezuela's path

Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, has heralded that once President-elect Gabriel Boric takes office, “Chile will now follow a similar path to that of Venezuela” and admitted he favored far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.