Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo hope to find more missing grandchildren thanks to covid-19 vaccination pictures

  

  Argentine victims of disappearances and child abductions during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 are relying on vaccination efforts to help them find some of their 300 missing grandchildren.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Bringing all Argentines stranded abroad back home at a rate of 600 daily passengers might take up to five months

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Airlines (JURCA) issued a statement over this weekend, warning that bringing back all travellers banned from reentering the country following a cap of 600 airborne passengers a day might take up to five months.

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:37 UTC

  IATA warns Argentina may face grave consequences for banning international flights

  

  International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s Regional Vice President for America Peter Cerda Friday said Argentina was doing just the opposite compared to the rest of the world regarding aviation services and that such mercurial management might entail unwanted consequences.

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:25 UTC

  Argentina green lights arrival of US-developed vaccines by means of an emergency decree

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has yet again issued another emergency decree (DNU) which would allow for the purchase of anticoronavirus vaccines from suppliers other than those already cleared to be handled in the country.

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:07 UTC

  Flybondi resumes services after pandemic-caused travel restrictions in Argentina

  

  Argentine budget carrier Flybondi is to resume domestic services after 15 months grounded due to restrictions on the circulation of people owing to sanitary reasons, it was announced.

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 10:31 UTC

  Colombian President says the rule of law has prevailed

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque said that during the past months of political and social unrest, “the rule of law, institutionality, and democracy has prevailed,” despite the numerous cases of police brutality and human rights violations that have been reported.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile's economy grows 18.1% thanks to pension withdrawals and state emergency funding

  

  Chile's Central Bank Thursday reported an 18.1% economic growth in May, which has brought it back to the pace of prepandemic levels.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Vaccine passport allows for reopening of Europe's internal borders as Delta variant sneaks in

  

  The European Union has started using unanimously the so-called “vaccine passport” as a travel document that allows holders to cross through borders within the bloc.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  World Bank names new LatAm, Caribbean Chief Economist

  

  The Washington DC headquarters of the World Bank Thursday announced William Maloney has been appointed as of July 1 as its new Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”