Tag: pandemic

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  CFK amazed at Biden plan's similarities with Argentina's economic policies

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday was full of praise for US President's Joseph Biden's message before Congress, citing resounding Keynesian resemblances to her economic policies both in the current term since 2019 and also when she was President between 2007 and 2015.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Argentina's metallurgic industry back at pre-pandemic levels

  

  The Association of Metallurgical Industries of the Argentine Republic (Adimra) Sunday reported nationwide output had grown 24.9% in March of 2021, making it the seventh straight month in the upward direction.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Foreign tourism in Chile drops 92.6% in first quarter of 2021

  

  Foreign tourism in Chile registered a 92.6% drop year-to-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to a study published Sunday bu the journal Barómetro del Turismo (Tourism Barometer), released by the government's Tourism Undersecretariat and the National Tourism Service (Sernatur).

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Parliamentary Commission investigating Bolsonaro's handling of covid-19 pandemic starts sessions

  

  The Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) probing President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic convened Thursday for the first time as Brazil surpassed the 400,000-casualty barrier.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Brazilian airline Gol reports millionaire losses due to travel restrictions

  

  Brazilian airline Gol Thursday reported losses of US $ 473 million for the first quarter of 2021 due to the travel restrictions effective worldwide as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Paraguay's plans to open commercial office in Jerusalem delayed by pandemic but still on the agenda

  

  Israel's concurrent Ambassador to Paraguay (and Uruguay) Yoed Magen Wednesday announced the South American country was considering the opening of a commercial office in Jerusalem, after meeting in Asunción with President Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Israeli medical team and supplies arrive in Uruguay to help fight covid-19

  

  Israel's ambassador to Uruguay, Yoed Magen, welcomed in Montevideo the delegation of health care professionals from the Sheba Medical Center who arrived in the country Monday morning to contribute to the effort against covid-19.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Chilean truck drivers retaliate for roadblocks, isolate Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego continues to be isolated from the mainland since this past weekend as lorries keep blocking the Chilean road linking it to the Province of Santa Cruz, leaving the only sea and air travel available.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentina: Buenos Aires prepares for stricter measures against Covid-19

  

  A group of advisers to the Argentine President assessed the coronavirus situation Monday, after which further restrictive measures to be announced shortly appear inevitable.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Chile's borders to remain closed in light of little progress fighting covid-19

  

  Chilean authorities decided Monday not to reopen the borders throughout May to try to prevent the entry into the country of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Health Undersecretary Paula Daza announced.