Latin America

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Desperate Peru will begin Covid-19 vaccine testing with volunteers next month

  

  Peru will start testing coronavirus vaccines from China's Sinopharm and US drug maker Johnson & Johnson in September, researchers said, which should help the country gain faster access to inoculations once the vaccines are approved.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  J&J added Chile, Argentina and Peru volunteers to conduct trials for its vaccine against Covid-19

  

  United States pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has added Chile, Argentina, and Peru to the Latin nations where it plans to conduct Phase III trials for its vaccine against COVID-19, the company confirmed on Wednesday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands/Chile LATAM link remains suspended until at least January 2021

  

  LATAM Airlines have confirmed to the Falkland Islands government that the Punta Arenas-Santiago route will remain suspended until at least 2 January 2021, and the situation will be reviewed near that date.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Executive and Congress in Peru clash over bill allowing citizens to draw on their state pensions' funds

  

  Peru's Congress approved a law that allows citizens to partially draw down their contributions to the state pension fund, a few months after doing the same with the private system and despite fierce opposition from the government.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian quarantine will move to “selective” beginning September first

  

  Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, and will be part of Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Mexican president exposes “abusive ethane contract” that skimmed billions from consumers

  

  Mexico’s president said an “abusive” ethane supply deal he has pushed to cancel between a consortium backed by Brazilian firm Odebrecht and Mexican state oil firm Pemex had likely cost taxpayers around 15 billion pesos (US$ 683 million).

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Peru: Guerrilla outbreak linked to drugs leaves six dead, including two soldiers

  

  Two Peruvian security force members were killed Monday in an armed clash with remnants of the Shining Path guerrilla movement in a key coca-growing region, the government said.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Nightclub owner where thirteen peoples died crushed condemned in Peru

  

  Peruvian government officials condemned the owner of a nightclub after at least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a party raided by police because it violated coronavirus restrictions.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Chinese fleet next to Galapagos Islands “complying with fishing regulations” and most are jiggers

  

  Chinese fishing vessels operating in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands are complying with international fishing regulations on the high seas and none have been reported for illegal activities, China's ambassador to Ecuador said on Monday.

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Peru: Thirteen people crushed to death as they try to flee a clandestine party raided by police

  

  At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions.