Politics

Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Argentine Health Ministry eyes shortening isolation for those fully vaccinated

The Government of Argentina is monitoring the Uruguayan case closely to determine whether it is still useful to isolate COVID-19 close contacts who are already vaccinated against the disease, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said the day after she announced a reduction in the number of quarantine days.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Nicaragua hands over Taiwanese Embassy to Chinese authorities

Nicaragua's Government has seized former Taiwan's Embassy in Managua and handed it over to China, which maintains the Asian island is nothing but a rogue province.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC
France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:26 UTC
Bolsonaro under criticism for turning down Argentine aid

Brazilian opposition leaders Thursday criticized President Jair Bolsonao's decision to reject humanitarian aid offered by Argentina to assist the victims of the floods in the state of Bahia, where 24 people have died and over 91,000 other have been displaced from their homes.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil's Industry Confederation expects 1,2% to 1,8% GDP growth in 2022

Brazil's GDP is forecasted to expand by 1,2% in 2022, according to the Brazilian National Industry Confederation (CNI). However since 2022 is an election year and public opinion is strongly divided, the estimate is simply that, an estimate, following on a reasonably dynamic 4,7% growth this year with record exports.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:39 UTC
Peru closes all beaches for New Year's celebrations to keep strains at bay

Peru's Health Minister Hernando Cevallos Thursday said closing the countries' beaches for the remainder of the Summer season was not on the agenda.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:37 UTC
Unvaccinated Bolivian VP does not intend to take the treatment

Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca has not taken any COVID-19 vaccine and said he did not intend to either, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Ushuaia Logistics Pole to compete with Falklands and Punta Arenas as Gate to Antarctica

Argentina's Antarctica Logistics Pole to be built in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, at the current naval base will be totally financed, managed and autonomous, no strings with any of the leading powers in the ice continent and intended to compete with the Falkland Islands and the Chilean complex of Punta Arenas, as the gate to Antarctica.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia

Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Argentina accountable for disappearance of two Uruguayans in the 1970s

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has determined Argentina was internationally responsible for the forced disappearances of Uruguayan nationals Mario Roger Julien Cáceres and Victoria Lucía Grisonas Andrijauskaite “perpetrated within the framework of the systematic plan of repression implemented in the 1976-1983 period and in the context of Operation Condor,” it was announced in San José, Costa Rica.