Stories for 2021

Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Diplomatic rift with China results in shortage of active ingredient to produce vaccines in Brazil

São Paulo Governor Joao Doria Friday blamed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for a diplomatic crisis with China, which led to the suspension of supplies to manufacturing vaccines against the coronavirus.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Lula, CFK seal alliance regarding education of future political leaders

Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva Friday agreed to join forces for the future of the region.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Brazil bans entry of foreign travellers from India due to rising number of covid-19 cases

The Brazilian government has banned the entry of travellers from India as a result of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Asian country, an extra edition of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) published on Friday.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 04:29 UTC
Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce in process of creation

Paraguayan exports to Mexico in the context of the coronavirus pandemic have grown to such an extent that the Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce is in the process of being created, it was announced on Friday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
Brazil could have bought Pfizer vaccines much earlier, but Bolsonaro ignored the offer

Carlos Murillo, general manager for Latin America at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, said Thursday that three offers were made to Brazil during 2020 to supply vaccines against coronavirus, but all were rejected by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:28 UTC
Peru: Motion to impeach President Sagasti fails forlornly in Parliament

An overwhelming majority of Peru's Parliament Thursday voted in plenum against a motion seeking to oust President Francisco Sagasti.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Argentine President meets Italian PM, the Pope and a top World Bank official

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Argentine inflation for April set at 4.1%

Argentina's April inflation reached 4.1% for a cumulative rise of 17.6% in the first four months of 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported on Thursday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Colombian Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue.