Latin America

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictive measures: Costa Rica reopens land borders after over one year

  

  The Costa Rican Government is reopening its land borders Monday in a step towards the gradual return to normal life, it was announced, after their March 18, 2020 closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Life almost back at normal in Paraguay except for curfew and crowd limits

  

  Paraguay's government Sunday issued Decree 5,071 whereby the strict measures implemented during Easter Week have been lifted, but a curfew from midnight to 5am shall remain in force, it was announced.

• Saturday, April 3rd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Over 25 million cases of Covid-19 reported in Latin America, Caribbean

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean have altogether exceeded 25 million covid-19 infections amid an unprecedented advance of the pandemic which has led to the most severe restrictive measure by some countries, it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, April 3rd 2021 - 06:45 UTC

  Peruvian cod shipments bounce back thanks solely to US purchases

  

  Peru's cod exports, which had seen consecutive falls in previous years (2018, 2019 and 2020), totalled 180,046 US dollars in January 2021, compared to 144,122 US dollars during the same period of 2020 for a most welcome 24.9% growth, the Extractive Industries and Services Management of the Association of Exporters (Adex) reported Friday.

• Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  One power plant starts operating in Argentina, foundations laid for another

  

  The 21 MW thermoelectric power plant of Río Turbio Carboniferous Field Wednesday at 8 am began to generate electricity and deliver it to the National Interconnected System, it was announced.

• Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Remains of new dinosaur species unearthed in Argentine Patagonia

  

  Argentine scientists Thursday confirmed fossils of a dinosaur found in the province of Neuquén belonged to the Llukalkan aliocranianus, known as “the one that causes fear.”

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 06:22 UTC

  Manhattan judge rules against Argentina over mishandling of INDEC data

  

  US Federal Judge Loretta A. Preska of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday ruled against Argentina and in favour of the plaintiffs with regards to the South American country's handling of the official figures upon which profits were to be measured for the bondholders.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 04:04 UTC

  Lawmaker wants referendum on province of Mendoza's independence from Argentina

  

  Deputy José Luis Ramón Tuesday announced he would submit a bill to Congress to hold a referendum in his native province of Mendoza so that its citizens can decide whether they want to remain a part of Argentina.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Lacalle gets vaccinated – insists on need for flexibility on the part of Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday stood by the words he said during Friday's virtual Mercosur Summit which led to a rife with his Argentina counterpart Alberto Fernández.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  All but South African coronavirus strains circulating in Argentina's community

  

  Argentina's Science Ministry Monday confirmed community circulation of the Manaus strain in the country had been established. The new variant is said to be more contagious and others also dare suggest it is even more lethal. Of the various Sars-CoV-2 strains known to science, only the South African one remains to be spotted in the country.