MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 29th 2022
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Brazil: Police report says Bolsonaro's guilt proven in voting system leak
Brazilian Federal Police (PF) said President Jair Bolsonaro's “direct” and “conscious” action had been established when leaking confidential data about the country's electronic voting system.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Duque wants Caricom to be of help in cases of natural disasters
Colombian President Iván Duque Friday announced his intention to create a Regional Solidarity Fund, in order to serve the population in terms of health and in case of natural disasters. He made those remarks at the II Ministerial Summit of the Caribbean Community in Barranquilla.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Uruguayan women denounce “rape culture”
Thousands of Uruguayan women marched Friday down the streets of Montevideo to protest against what they called the “rape culture” and urged the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou to take measures aimed at protecting them.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Canadian truckers caravan converging at Ottawa against vaccination mandates
Canadian lorry drivers honked their horns Friday as their caravan converged on the capital city of Ottawa for a major demonstration against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vaccination mandates to cross the Canada-US border.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Repsol spill in Peru twice the size reported originally, minister says
Peru's Environment Minister Rubén Ramírez Friday denounced the amount of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean was almost twice as much as the amount reported so far.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Brazil's Anvisa outlines differences between pediatric COVID-19 vaccines
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday released a statement warning of the differences between COVID-19 vaccines for children to highlight the specifics of newly-released drugs.
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Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 02:40 UTC
Biologists to monitor South Atlantic fauna during 2022 Antarctic campaign
The Argentina Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar has added four biologists to its crew to monitor wildlife in the South Atlantic and around Antarctica, the news service Télam has reported.
