Politics

Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Israel sees no imminent end to Gaza air strikes

Israel was still pounding Hamas positions inside the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Monday morning, just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that there was no end in sight to the operations.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 04:52 UTC
São Paulo mourn Mayor Bruno Covas who dies of cancer aged 41

São Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB) died at 8:20 am on Sunday at age 41, victim of cancer, it was announced.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Argentine President tells IMF head no more efforts from Argentine people acceptable

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday rounded up his one-week European tour with meetings in Rome with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Kristalina Georgieva and former US Secretary of State John Kerry before flying back to Buenos Aires.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
Chile going to polls this weekend to elect Constitutional Convention to replace Pinochet-era text

Chile is about to write another chapter in its history this coming weekend when members of an Assembly to write up a new constitution to replace the one left by the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet are elected.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Diplomatic rift with China results in shortage of active ingredient to produce vaccines in Brazil

São Paulo Governor Joao Doria Friday blamed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for a diplomatic crisis with China, which led to the suspension of supplies to manufacturing vaccines against the coronavirus.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Lula, CFK seal alliance regarding education of future political leaders

Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva Friday agreed to join forces for the future of the region.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Brazil bans entry of foreign travellers from India due to rising number of covid-19 cases

The Brazilian government has banned the entry of travellers from India as a result of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the Asian country, an extra edition of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) published on Friday.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 04:29 UTC
Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce in process of creation

Paraguayan exports to Mexico in the context of the coronavirus pandemic have grown to such an extent that the Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce is in the process of being created, it was announced on Friday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
Brazil could have bought Pfizer vaccines much earlier, but Bolsonaro ignored the offer

Carlos Murillo, general manager for Latin America at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, said Thursday that three offers were made to Brazil during 2020 to supply vaccines against coronavirus, but all were rejected by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.