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Montevideo, November 14th 2025 - 07:30 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

    Argentina: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses

    Vizzotti also highlighted that avoiding isolation implied a high degree of social responsibility

    Argentine Health Authorities have decided Tuesday that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:50 UTC

    Argentina's covid Miracle

    Professor Stiglitz with Argentine economy minister Martin Guzmán

    By Joseph Stiglitz – Unlike the United States, which could spend one-quarter of its GDP protecting its economy from the COVID-19 fallout, Argentina entered the pandemic with the deck stacked against it. Yet, thanks to the current government’s policies to strengthen the real economy, the country has been enjoying a remarkable recovery.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 11:42 UTC

    Carmona launches Argentina's Antarctic Annual Plan

    “Both the scientific research that Argentina promotes in Antarctica and all the logistical operations that the Armed Forces carry out ... are linked to the question of sovereignty,” Carmona explained.

    In the absence of Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero who had to isolate himself after having been a close contact during last week's Celac Summit of his Bolivian colleague Rogelio Mayta, who tested positive for COVID-19, Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Secretary Guillermo Carmona presided over Monday's ceremony where the 2021-2022 Antarctic Annual Plan was launched.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    European Parliament Speaker David Sassoli dead at 65

    Sassoli had been hospitalized since December 26 owing to “a serious complication due to a dysfunction of the immune system.”

    Former Italian journalist David Sassoli, who was currently holding the office of president of the European Parliament, has passed away at the age of 65. His spokesperson Robert Cuillo conveyed the news on Twitter, writing that Mr. Sassoli had died at 1.15 am Jan. 11 at a hospital in Aviano, Italy.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

    Ortega sworn in for fifth term, fourth in a row, and second with his wife

    Ortega's diatribe against the United States and the European Union (EU) was present as usual

    Commander Daniel Ortega Monday received the Nicaraguan presidential sash from Parliament Speaker Gustavo Porras at Managua's Plaza de la Revolución during a ceremony attended by allies such as Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Foreigners wanting to enter Paraguay to be required full COVID-19 vaccination

    People who enter by land from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay will no longer be required any COVID-19 tests

    Effective Jan. 12, the Government of Paraguay will require at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to anyone who wishes to enter the country, it was announced, except for people who have been treated with single-dose drugs.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

    Colombian woman finally granted euthanasia procedure

    Sepúlveda was first scheduled to be euthanized Oct. 10

    Just one day after Víctor Escobar became the first non-terminal patient to die through euthanasia in Colombia following a long legal battle, the 51-year-old Martha Sepúlveda followed suit. She suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

  • Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:45 UTC

    Regional pensions among the worst, according to Mercer's GPI

    “In Argentina, women have financial challenges that have not yet been adequately resolved,” Mercer's Estevarena explained

    According to the Global Pension Index (GPI) issued by the Mercer Institute, Latin America's systems appeared among the worst of the 43 countries surveyed, with Argentina in 42nd place, only one notch above Thailand.

  • Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:36 UTC

    Venezuela's inflation for the year 2021 reaches “only” 686.4%

    The economy is on a path to some stability, but at what price?

    Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV) has confirmed December's 7.6% marked the 12th consecutive month with inflation below 50% for an yearly total of 686.4%, it was announced.

  • Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:33 UTC

    Colombian President removes tariffs from agricultural inputs

    The measure is aimed at making the ecological transition towards a more sustainable agriculture easier

    Colombian President Iván Duque has signed into law the new initiative which applies 0% tariffs on imports of inputs for agriculture and livestock production while creating a fund to benefit small and medium local businesses. The measure seeks to lower costs for medium and small farmers, in addition to encouraging the use of environmentally friendly inputs.