Politics

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Mercosur partners sign e-commerce agreement

  

  The four founding and still full members of Mercosur - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – Friday signed in Montevideo the bloc's electronic commerce accord which had been agreed on at the Common Market Council virtual Meeting last December, it was announced.

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 08:16 UTC

  Maradona's death could have been prevented, court doctors say

  

  Medical experts appointed by the Office of the Prosecutor investigating the death of Diego Armando Maradona Friday concluded the Argentine football star lacked proper health care assistance and that he might have survived under different conditions.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Parliamentary Commission investigating Bolsonaro's handling of covid-19 pandemic starts sessions

  

  The Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) probing President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic convened Thursday for the first time as Brazil surpassed the 400,000-casualty barrier.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019

  

  Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 2019 protests, it was reported.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo hospitalized with respiratory problems

  

  Peruvian presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo was hospitalized Thursday with a “respiratory decompensation,” his party Peru Libre announced.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Sputnik V developers file libel suit against Anvisa for “false and inaccurate” rejection

  

  The Russian manufacturers of the Sputnik V vaccine have filed a libel lawsuit in Brazil against the country's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for “intentionally spreading false and inaccurate information” about the covid-19 inoculator after prohibiting its import, citing lack of data, the immunizer's Twitter account (@sputnikvaccine) reported.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 16:56 UTC

  Argos granted extension to Falklands production licence

  

  Argos Resources has successfully secured a 12-month extension to the second term of its Production Licence in the North Falkland Basin, the company announced this week. The extension, which runs until 1 May 2022, was approved by the Falkland Islands Government’s Executive Council on March 24.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 13:25 UTC

  Falkland Islands Defence Force: New motto approved

  

  A reception was held at Government House last night to celebrate the formal approval of a new motto for the Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF).

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Uruguayan schools to reopen gradually in May

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced a gradual return to on-site schooling for a third of nationwide students as of next Monday.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Paraguay's plans to open commercial office in Jerusalem delayed by pandemic but still on the agenda

  

  Israel's concurrent Ambassador to Paraguay (and Uruguay) Yoed Magen Wednesday announced the South American country was considering the opening of a commercial office in Jerusalem, after meeting in Asunción with President Mario Abdo Benítez.