Politics

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Macri, “in Argentina if your want to make money, you must avoid paying taxes”

  

  Argentine former president Mauricio Macri in the midst of the campaign for next Sunday's political parties primary admitted during a television interview that “we are living in a country where if you want to make money, you must avoid taxes”

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentine right-wing candidate rounds up campaign before large crowd and with endorsement from Bolsonaro Jr

  

  Neoliberal right-wing candidate Javier Milei Sunday closed his electoral campaign ahead of next weekend's Open Primary, Simultaneous and Mandatory elections (PASO) at Buenos Aires' Parque Lezama before a crowd of between 20,000 and 50,000 depending on the sources.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentine Health Minister admits Mu variant watched closely

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Sunday admitted the new SARS-CoV-2 variant named “Mu” and which was first detected in Colombia was being watched closely, although the now more common Delta version remained the main source of concern.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentina recants opening border crossings with Uruguay for now over sanitary concerns

  

  The Government of Argentina has finally decided not to go ahead with the reopening of the bridge crossings into Uruguay, citing COVID-19 epidemiological reasons.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Bill affecting checks and balances between branches of government sparks controversy in Peru

  

  A bill that seeks to curtail the discretionary power of heads of state to dissolve Parliament being able to dissolve Congress and call for new legislative elections has sparked controversy within Peruvian lawmakers.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil confirms two cases of atypical mad cow; suspends beef exports to China and reports to OIE

  

  Brazil' Ministry of Agriculture confirmed over the weekend the existence of two atypical cases of Bovine Encephalopathy Spongiform, BES, commonly known as “mad cow” which triggered the immediate temporary suspension of beef exports to China from Sunday 5 September, according to an official release.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Argentine Air Force delivers medical supplies to ailing COVID-19 ailing Cuba

  

  An Argentine Air Force Hercules C-130 aircraft has landed Sunday in Cuba to deliver syringes, needles, surgical masks, gloves and other medical supplies furnished by the White Helmets and the Argentine Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, among other organizations.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 07:12 UTC

  More arson and terrorist attacks in Mapuche claimed territory, south of Chile

  

  Following on another arson attack in the Chilean region of La Araucanía, the land of the Mapuche indigenous communities, the presidential delegate Victor Manoli has called on Congress to speed legislation “to pursue and arrest the culprits of these terrorist actions”

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:46 UTC

  LATAM must reimburse boarding fees to travelers who did not fly

  

  LATAM will have to reimburse boarding fees to all those consumers who purchased air tickets and for different reasons were unable to travel. The decision is a Collective Voluntary Procedure from the Chilean National Consumer Service, Sernac and is estimated to benefit some 400,000 consumers involving some 600 million dollars.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands stand at Montevideo Show: as a matter of courtesy UK ambassador informed her Argentine peer

  

  As a “matter of courtesy” on Friday UK ambassador in Uruguay Faye O'Connor informed her Argentine peer, Alberto Iribarne that in the coming agribusiness show in Prado 2021 the Falkland Islands will have a stand.