Politics

Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 13:47 UTC
Community contagion of coronavirus Delta variant confirmed in Paraguay

Paraguay's Health Ministry has confirmed six cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in patients with no recent travel history, it was reported.
Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina second worst Latam country in terms of foreign direct investment

Argentina's poor performance in the 21st century when it comes down to direct foreign investment is only surpassed by that of Venezuela; it was reported Sunday by Infobae.
Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 08:13 UTC
Paraguay stays “Ba1” according to Moody’s risk rating scale

The risk assessment agency Moody's continued to give Paraguay a stable “Ba1” rating at the end of July, despite the current shaky coronavirus economic scenario.
Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:46 UTC
Duque says Colombia willing to sort out together with Panama the crisis of migrants trying to reach the US or Canada

Colombian President Iván Duque has called on Panama's authorities to find a negotiated solution to the crisis of migrants stranded at the border on their way to the United States.
Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:27 UTC
Bolsonaro's “army” of followers show nationwide support to voting system reform in Brazil

Scores of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in support of President Jair Bolsonaro's drive towards the approval of a paper ballot voting system for next year's elections.
Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:10 UTC
Uruguay's Labor Ministry ratifies vaccination not mandatory for workers

Uruguay's Labor Ministry has announced employers shall not be allowed to demand a vaccination certificate when hiring workers, according to high-ranking officials quoted Sunday by the Montevideo daily El País.
Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:32 UTC
“Only a miracle can save Argentina's economy,” says Brazilian President Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said in his social media broadcast that “only a miracle will save the Argentine economy,” as he referred to the administration of his colleague Alberto Fernández as “a regime that did not work anywhere in the world.”
Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Former Haiti First Lady considers running for president

Martine Moïse, the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, is considering running in the next elections, according to an interview published Friday by The New York Times.
Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 07:22 UTC
Bad start for Peruvian president Castillo, two trips in two days

Another bump in the head for the stubborn Peruvian president Pedro Castillo who took office this week. Not only his nomination for prime minister Guido Bellido has been questioned as a former admirer of a terrorist group that ravaged Peru in the eighties and nineties, but now repeats with his foreign minister, Hector Béjar, a former guerrilla member, with academic background who in his books praises armed revolution, “with no forgiveness”.
Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 06:56 UTC
Russia plans to dominate Arctic sea routes with the largest fleet of icebreakers

Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas.