Politics

Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:02 UTC
Bolsonaro praises SPIEF's role in a world with changing geopolitical demands

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Friday hailed the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) during his virtual appearance at Eurasia’s key economic and business event, it was reported.
Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
Latin America unemployment in 2021 forecast at 11.1%, according to ILO

The International Labor Organization (ILO) Friday issued a report according to which 28 million Latin Americans are in a situation of working poverty due to the pandemic, for an overall unemployment rate of 11.1% in the region for the year 2021.
Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Anvisa allows for limited imports of Sputnik V and Covaxin into Brazil

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday approves, albeit with some restrictions, imports of Covaxin and Sputnik V doses for use in up to 1% of the country's population, it was announced.
Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:21 UTC
Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, “one of the worst in history”

Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal affairs.
Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 07:46 UTC
Environment Day: UN “global call to action” to heal the Earth

Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth”, on World Environment Day, Jun 5.
Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”
Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Argentina to launch local production of Sputnik V vaccine, but subject to availability of active ingredient

Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Vladimir Putin of Russia are to launch Friday the beginning of local production at the South American country of the Sputnik V vaccine.
Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
Uruguayan judge halts extradition of Pepín pending outcome of political asylum request

Uruguay's judiciary system Thursday decided to postpone any decision on Argentina's request for the extradition of former President Mauricio Macri's aide and current Parlasur Deputy Fabián Rodríguez Simón, also known as “Pepín,” until his political asylum request is answered.
Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Chile stops 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine as case of thrombosis detected

Chilean health authorities Thursday decided to halt until further notice the anti-covid-19 vaccination of people under 45 years of age with the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca immunizer following the occurrence of one case of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.
Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Keiko narrows the gap with leftist Castillo for Peru's presidential runoff

Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori now sitting in jail for human rights violations, closes in on leftist first-round winner Pedro Castillo for Sunday's presidential runoff in Peru, a study showed Thursday.