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Montevideo, December 25th 2024 - 16:10 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Covid 19: Sales of facemasks and alcohol gel on the rise in Argentina

    There is a considerable number of positive cases in the pediatric age group in Argentina

    Despite the ongoing economic crisis, a sharp increase in sales of facemasks (15%) and alcohol gel (10%) was reported amid a surge in Covid-19 detections, the Argentine Union of Pharmacists and Biochemists (SAFyB) said. In this scenario, federal health authorities have again recommended people update their vaccination scheme against the malady.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

    Kenya led UN law and order mission to Haiti ruled 'unconstitutional'

    Kenya had been prepared to send up to 1,000 police and security personnel across the Atlantic, the first 300 of whom had been expected to arrive this month.

    The troubled island of Haiti, desperate for a multinational force to help combat rising gang violence, with over 5,000 people murdered last year, and several UN failed sponsored peace missions, has again been disappointed. The offer from the east African nation of Kenya to help with such a force has faced the country's top court ruling of 'unconstitutional'.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei: Cabinet crisis, diplomatic clash with Colombia and Argentina “closer” to dollarization

    Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo said the taxation chapter of the Omnibus Law bill was left for later and admitted he would be taking over Infrastructure after Ferraro's sacking

    While Argentine President Javier Milei said Friday that his country was closer to dollarizing its economy, Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo announced that the taxation part of the so-called Omnibus Law bill was being spared for a later date in a move to have the legislation passed as soon as possible to achieve a zero deficit. However, the Chief of State's plans clash with other conflicts within the cabinet and also in diplomatic matters.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    French PM says his country would not endorse EU-Mercosur deal

    President Macron “has always opposed” such an understanding, Attal explained

    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal Friday announced his country's decision once again to oppose the free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur amid protests from local farmers objecting to President Emmanuel Macron's latest measures affecting agrifood production.

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Gaza crisis has repercussions in South America

    Milei attended a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Buenos Aires

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry Friday issued a statement urging Israel to abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling and prevent the ongoing conflict in Gaza from escalating into genocide, Agencia Brasil reported. Itamaraty also called for the immediate release of all Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas.

  • Friday, January 26th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

    Venezuela and Guyana to keep discussing Essequibo issue peacefully

    No significant progress was achieved on Thursday, although none was expected

    After more than five hours of conversations, diplomatic delegations from Venezuela and Guyana agreed on Thursday in Brasilia to discuss the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory peacefully. The gathering at the Itamaraty Palace resulted from talks between Presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali on December 14 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

  • Friday, January 26th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Covid-19: Facemasks mandatory again at Bolivian schools

    Facemasks will be mandatory for pupils, teachers, and school staff when classes resume next week

    Bolivian health authorities will be requiring school pupils to wear facemasks upon returning to classes next week as part of a set of preventive measures taken given an increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, Ministers María Renée Castro (Health) and Édgar Pary (Education) announced in La Paz.

  • Friday, January 26th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Ecuador gives US useless Russian weapons despite Moscow's warning

    Ecuador has all the legal right to receive the US and other countries' cooperation in security matters, Sommerfeld insisted

    Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld admitted that his country sold useless Russian-built weaponry to the United States in exchange for operational arms to wage the South American country's war against drug trafficking gangs. The measure was adopted despite Moscow's advice against it, it was explained.

  • Friday, January 26th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    Milei sacks untrustworthy Infrastructure Minister

    Ferraro allegedly leaked to the press some embarrassing details about a cabinet meeting

    Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday sacked Infrastructure Minister Guillermo Ferraro after the latter allegedly leaked to the press some details about a cabinet meeting that should have not gone public, specifically an outburst by the head of state who pledged to “leave without a peso” those provincial governors who did not instruct their federal lawmakers to pass the Libertarian Government's so-called Omnibus Law bill.

  • Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:45 UTC

    Guyana and Venezuela discussing Essequibo in Brazil

    Foreign Ministers Yvan Gil (Venezuela) and Hugh Hilton Todd (Guyana) will be heading their respective delegations

    Diplomatic teams from Venezuela and Guyana are to discuss Thursday in Brazil the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area in control of the latter since the 1890s.