Stories for 2021

Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:34 UTC
Total deaths in Rio favela police raid reach 28

Rio de Janeiro Governor Cláudio Castro Friday stood by the police's actions in Jacarezinho, claiming that the suspects' response had been “brutal.”
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:22 UTC
Dredging starts off Argentine port of Bahía Blanca

Dredging has started off the Argentine port of Bahía Blanca this week to restore the main channel so that ships up to 45 feet deep or 50 50 feet at high tide can be allowed in.
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:15 UTC
Argentina's inflation for the year 2021 forecast at 47.3%

Argentina's monthly inflation for April 2021 is expected to be around 3.8%, according to consulting firms surveyed by the Central Bank.
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:08 UTC
Coronavirus version found in Rio de Janeiro a mutation from the Manaus one

A new variant of the Brazilian coronavirus has been identified this week, according to Rio de Janeiro health authorities.
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 06:41 UTC
Paraguayan President Abdo meets with Spain's FM

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday welcomed Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya at the presidential residence of Mburuvicha Roga in Asunción. The presence of Spain's top diplomat is linked, among other issues, to Mercosur's trade deal with the European Union.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Colombia still shattered by unrest and demonstrations

Colombia's National Unemployment Committee, an opposition group which brings together some 40 organizations, Wednesday staged another row of demonstrations nationwide against policies carried out by President Iván Duque, who insisted on regarding these actions as “extreme vandalism and urban terrorism”
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Brazilian FM underscores China's significance to the South American country

Brazil's Foreign Minister Carlos França Thursday expressed his country's intentions to expand and diversify its economic and trade relations with China, which has grown to become its largest trading partner.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Warlike tensions between UK, France over Jersey fisheries subside, for now

The Royal Navy late Thursday withdrew two vessels off Jersey Island, thus easing tensions with France over fishing rights and a demonstration by trawlers in demand of access to waters under a different legal status since Brexit.
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
China open to trade deal either with Uruguay or with all of Mercosur, says Ambassador

China's Ambassador in Montevideo Wang Gang Wednesday underlined his country's “open attitude” towards a trade agreement “either bilateral or en bloc” with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) “when Uruguay or the bloc as a whole are ready.”
Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Butantan head points fingers at Bolsonaro for shortages of covid-19 vaccines

Butantan Institute Director Dimas Covas Thursday blamed President Jair Bolsonaro's anti-Chinese stance for the delay in the arrival and distribution of anti-covid-19 vaccines into Brazil.