Politics

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Two center-left candidates to vie for Chile's presidency on November 21

  

  Chile's Progressive Party (PRO) leader Marco Enríquez Ominami Monday announced he would run for the country's presidency, which dealt an unexpected blow to the centre-left's efforts following the launch of Christian Democrat Yasna Provoste's candidacy Saturday.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  LATAM denies any hostile attempt to take over its Brazil operations, as reported by Wall Street Journal

  

  LATAM Airlines strongly denied on Monday it has intentions of getting rid of its operations in Brazil, given the interest of its main competitor Azul airlines, as was reported by the Wall Street Journal indicating that there were ongoing conversations with Latam creditors to purchase its Brazilian affiliate.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Chile's Mapuches interrupt air traffic at Temuco airport and destroy forestry machinery

  

  Growing unrest in Chile's Araucanía region, where the aboriginal communities mainly Mapuches are demanding the government honours treaties dating back to the Spanish conquest and later when Chile emerged as an independent country.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination closer to becoming mandatory after FDA approval of Pfizer's, now rebranded Comirnaty

  

  United States health authorities Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, which will now be marketed under the Comirnaty brand. Moderna's drug is expected to be approved shortly.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Most of Brazil's politicians against Bolsonaro's impeachment request against STF Judge De Moraes

  

  Ten Brazilian political parties agreed to question President Jair Bolsonaro's request for the impeachment of Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  First case of Delta variant in Argentine province of Mendoza spotted in woman who had been in Spain

  

  Just when the Government of Spain has decided to lift a mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving from Argentina and other countries in the region, the first case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in Mendoza in a patient who had arrived from there.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Falklands Police finds no evidence of human remains at Teal Inlet; Red Cross satisfied with excavation results

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) has continued to investigate reports of a burial site at Teal Inlet, alleged to contain the remains of unidentified Argentine soldiers.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Black Ribbon Day in remembrance for victims of Communism and Nazism

  

  This Monday most European countries, plus the United States and Canada recalled that 23 August is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, known as Black Ribbon Day.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Former Bolivian interim President harms herself in apparent suicide attempt

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Janine Áñez was hospitalized following self-inflicted injuries believed to be a suicide attempt after learning she had been charged with genocide for two massacres in the 2019 events surrounding the resignation of Evo Morales and her accession to power.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine private plane falls down on approach to Punta del Este killing two

  

  An Argentine-registered single-engined aircraft fell Sunday in the Sierras de las Ánimas, in the Uruguayan department of Maldonado, near Punta del Este. Both occupants died.