Politics

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro fights back fall in opinion polls: promises free LPG bottles to low income families

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is fighting back his collapse in public opinion polls ahead of next year's what seems certain his reelection bid, by reaching out to what he once described as corrupt political parties and system, but also with more handouts to the vulnerable population.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Uruguayan town puts historic support to Soviet troops during Battle of Stalingrad on display

  

  The support from the Uruguayan town of San Javier to the Soviet Army in the Battle of Stalingrad has been put on display for visitors to see at an exhibition in Fray Bentos.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine Health Minister speaks of “periodic vaccinations” and perks for those who take the shots

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted over this past weekend that third doses of coronavirus vaccines were under consideration to face the surge in cases of Delta variant.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Deforestation of Amazonia takes turn for the worse despite Brazilian President's promises

  

  Brazil's National Institute Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has released over this past weekend updated data regarding the deforestation of Amazonia between August 2020 and July 2021.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:13 UTC

  Outside rightwing economist jumps into Argentine politics to fight immoral rulers

  

  Economist Javier Milei delivered a speech before a large, young crowd as he launched his candidacy this weekend to run for a seat in Congress representing the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires on behalf of the Avanza Libertad party.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina apologizes to Chile for saying Magellan Strait and Drake Passage are shared spaces with joint control

  

  Argentina had to back step and apologize to Chile following on statements that the Magellan Strait and the Drake Passage, were “shared spaces”, and which “both countries jointly explored, studied and controlled”.

• Sunday, August 8th 2021 - 13:02 UTC

  Migration crisis in Ecuadorian border town: Clandestine crossings and lack of government support

  

  By Sebastián Astorga (*) – A border town divided between two countries, where before the Covid-19 pandemic people passed through without custom controls, is now divided by fences on the two bridges that cross from Ecuador to Peru in its vicinity, cutting off almost completely the only commercial activity on which it survived and further burdening the situation of the more than ten thousand migrants who are passing through, many of them on foot.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Nicaraguan electoral authorities ban opposition party altogether

  

  After weeks of arresting individual politicians and candidates, Nicaraguan authorities Friday upped their ante and chose to fully outlaw an entire opposition party.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Biden picks new US ambassador to Argentina following envoy's lunch with President Fernández in BA

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday had lunch at the Olivos residence with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to deepen the common agenda between the two countries. After the meeting, President Joseph Biden chose the next US Ambassador to Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina goes easier on COVID-19 restrictions, increases quota of travelers from abroad

  

  The Government of Argentina has devised a program of “sustained and progressive openings” to ease down current restrictions imposed as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Friday.