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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:38:00 GMT
Protests in Brazil against Bolsonaro for his handling of the pandemic
Brazilians took the streets over the weekend calling for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under fire for his government's handling of COVID-19, which has raged through the country claiming more than 216,000 l...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:07:00 GMT
Work starts at Antarctica's Rothera Research Station Discovery Building
The next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica has started and to avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station, the construction team spent tw...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:59:00 GMT
South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery recertified with flying colors
Following its five-yearly Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has, for the third time, been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, according to the ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:51:00 GMT
Gentoo penguins in South Georgia enjoying an enlarged no-fishing zone
Gentoo penguins are benefiting from a newly enlarged no-fishing zone (known as a No-Take Zone NTZ) around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) tracking research commissioned by the ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Cristina Fernandez releases a picture of her receiving a Russian Sputnik shot
Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez released on Sunday a picture of her being inoculated with the first doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine against Covid-19. “Not only I am looking after myself, but also looking afte...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:23:00 GMT
Bolivia announces new biodiesel production plan
Bolivia will build ecological diesel and biodiesel plants to reduce imports of liquid fuels, Hydrocarbon and Energy Minister Franklin Molina announced over this past weekend.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMT
Global FDI collapsed in 2020, down 37% for Latin America, and 2021 does not look much better, UNCTAD
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) collapsed in 2020, falling 42% from US$ 1.5 trillion in 2019 to an estimated US$ 859 billion, according to a UNCTAD Investment Trends Monitor released on Sunday.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMT
Two earthquakes and confusing alert messages, shake Chile
Two earthquakes of 7 and 5.9 degrees of magnitude on the Ritcher scale shook Chile on Saturday, just thirty minutes apart, at Antarctica and in the center of Chile, with Chilean authorities calling to evacuate the coastal areas...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Uruguay will receive first batches of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines late February or early March: US$ 120 million investment
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Saturday that his government will be purchasing "vaccines for 2,8 million people", and the first doses are expected in the country in March, with an overall investment of some 1...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:31:00 GMT
Pfizer and BioNTech anticipate 2 million doses for Uruguay during 2021
Pfizer Uruguay and BioNTech SE said in a release that Uruguay will be receiving 2,700,00 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine, based on ARNm, against the SARS-CoV-2 and delivery will take place “progressively during 2021”



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