Stories for 2021

Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Tourism in South America will not bounce back at least until 2022

In the absence of foreign travellers from Europe, the United States, Canada or Japan, tourism in South America is unble to hide its fragility going through the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused a major drop in visitors, it was reported. And there's not a single sign of recovery before 2022, according to industry analysts.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Argentine opposition agrees to postponing primary, general elections

The Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change - JxC) opposition coalition Thursday agreed to reschedule this year's primary and general mid-term election to allow for a better anti-covid-19 campaign, it was announced.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 08:33 UTC
Bolivia bans beef exports to guarantee domestic supply

The Government of Bolivia Thursday decided to halt all beef exports to prevent international demand from leading to an increase in price domestic consumers could not afford, Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Remmy Gonzales announced. “We have already talked with the sectors and we have already taken the measures to suspend exports while the domestic market is not supplied,” he told the media.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 05:07 UTC
Biden's climate summit starts on Mother Earth's Day

US President Joseph Biden Thursday pledged to reduce his country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2030 during the opening speech of a virtual Climate Summit he convened featuring several world leaders and which is regarded as a preliminary encounter leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this coming November.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 04:38 UTC
Brazil, Judge orders beaches and bars of Rio de Janeiro must go back to business as usual

The beaches of Rio de Janeiro were allowed to start welcoming visitors again since Wednesday, following a court order which found Mayor Eduardo Paes' ban was unconstitutional.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 04:20 UTC
Argentina to open new consulate in Playa del Carmen

The Argentine Government is to open a new consulate in the Mexican beach resort of Playa del Carmen, as announced in the Official Gazette.
Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 20:44 UTC
Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands leading to search engine's temporary collapse

An Argentine internet user claimed realized ownership of the google.com.ar domain had expired Wednesday, April 21 and since it was available, he decided to purchase it for reportedly AR $ 540 (around the US $ 3.85 at the unofficial exchange rate) leading to a temporary shutdown of the search engine ending in “.ar”.
Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine President calls for international treaty on pandemics to boost WHO's role

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday called all countries to ”reinforce the role of the World Health Organization (WHO)“ through ”an international treaty on pandemics.”
Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Vaccine passport reportedly coming up in Uruguay soon but no official announcement yet

Uruguay's Tourism Minister Germán Cardoso Wednesday raised again the issue of vaccination certificates for foreign travellers to “guarantee the sanitary status” of the country.
Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Uruguayan President: competition between countries must not prevail to fight covid-19

During his speech at the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is held in Andorra although most participants make only video appearances, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday launched an appeal to his fellow leaders to find new ways in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic.