Latin America

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Uruguayan President signs decree outlining conditions for foreigners to reenter as of September 1

  

  Foreign owners of real estate property in the country will be allowed back into Uruguay starting September 1 and bring along family members up to the second degree, provided they have all been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Peru's cabinet survives Parliamentarian vote of confidence

  

  The Government of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo and Prime Minister Guido Bellido has survived a vote of confidence motion at the national single-House Legislature controlled by the right-wing opposition.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazilian President says “everyone should buy a rifle”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said that “everyone should buy a rifle” in order not to be enslaved.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine President indicted for skipping lockdown, pleas to buy his way out of trial

  

  A federal prosecutor indicted Argentine President Alberto Fernández for violating the sanitary restrictions he had himself decreed, after evidence surfaced of a large gathering at the Olivos Residence in July 2020 to celebrate the First Lady's birthday while the rest of the country was placed under quarantine.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President Sanguinetti compares his country with Argentina during a celebration of Democracy

  

  Former two-time Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti Thursday claimed “Argentina infects us with adjectives,” as he appeared together with former heads of state Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera and José “Pepe” Mujica during a celebration of Democracy staged at Montevideo's Parliament building.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Legislator from the Argentine province of Corrientes shot during a campaign speech

  

  Peronist provincial lawmaker Miguel Arias was shot at during the party's closing ceremony not far from the town of Paso de Los Libres as the province of Corrientes gets ready for this coming Sunday's elñections where the offices of Governor and Vice Governor will be at stake.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazilian airline Gol will require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19

  

  Brazilian carrier Gol Linhas Aéreas Thursday announced that starting in November, it will require all its employees to have taken a full COVID-19 vaccine treatment.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Pfizer-BioNTech signs deal for Brazilian production of COVID-19 vaccines

  

  The multinational Pfizer-BioNTech consortium has reached a deal with Brazilian laboratories Eurofarma to produce its famous COVID-19 vaccine in the South American country, it was announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguay has vaccinated 70% of its population with two doses against COVID-19; Brazil only 26.83%

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) Tuesday announced 70% of the population had already received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines such as CoronaVac, Pfizer or AstraZeneca, while a private survey showed only 26.83% of Brazilians were at the same level.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:36 UTC

  Royal Navy helping to survey devastation in earthquake hit Haiti

  

  Royal Navy aviators are helping to survey the devastation in Haiti as they fly dawn-to-dusk flights over the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. A helicopter from support ship RFA Wave Knight has been in the air since Friday, flying over parts of the Tiburon Peninsula – epicenter of the quake which struck on August 14 – to locate villages, towns and infrastructure urgently in need of help.