Politics

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 20:09 UTC

  Third doses and shots for foreigners announced in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Tuesday announced third doses of COVID-19 vaccines were to be applied to specific groups of patients as well as to foreign tourists.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 20:05 UTC

  Bright future ahead for Paraguay's economy

  

  Paraguay's Treasury Monday forecast economic growth of 4.5% by the end of 2021, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 18:17 UTC

  Rural workers stage protest before Argentine Congress in support of Access to Land bill

  

  Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday camped in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires in support of the Access to Land bill. The UTT, which claims to represent rural workers nationwide, who make up for 8 % of the national workforce, planned to stay mobilized for 4 days in a row.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Parts of Chile back under COVID-19 restrictions amid growing number of infections

  

  Chile's capital Santiago and 14 other communes nearby communes are to return to phase 3 of the national Government's contingency plan, following 929 COVID-19 infections detected in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 1,677 nationwide, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer

  

  Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis Lacalle Pou hopes to lure more foreign tourists into the country for the Summer season.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Venezuelan children return to school after 19 months

  

  Over 11 million Venezuelan pupils have returned to their schools Monday after a 19-month pause due to COVID-19. The Government had delayed the restart of on-site schooling several times, amid recurrent peaks in infections in addition to vaccination delays.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazilian President says COVID-19 vax and HIV go hand in hand

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a video posting removed from Facebook after the social media administrators labelled it as “fake news” for linking COVID-19 vaccination to AIDS' HIV.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  China goes back to lockdown and other restrictions as Delta variant keeps spreading

  

  Chinese authorities have decided to go back to restrictive sanitary measures as around 133 cases of COVID-19 were detected in 11 provinces last week. The Beijing marathon has also been suspended.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 08:10 UTC

  Military forces take control of Sudan; arrest PM and politicians

  

  Sudan's Army Monday has taken control of the capital city of Khartoum and arrested acting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as well as members of the sovereign council and other leading politicians. The coup has been condemned around the world, and the US halted US $ 700 million in aid, it was reported.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 22:58 UTC

  Mapuches have accomplices within Argentine gov't, says Río Negro Governor

  

  “There is complicity in some officials who instigate” violence in the province of Río Negro, said Governor Arabela Carreras in reference to the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI) amid the escalation of the Mapuche conflict in Patagonia.