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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:47:00 GMT
Ecuador president's plane makes emergency landing in Washington before meeting with IMF chief and Biden officials
The aircraft carrying Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno, the First Lady, and a delegation of top officials was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday in Washington at the end of an official visit, the country's communic...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:24:00 GMT
Bolivia will be among the first to benefit from WHO's Covax vaccine program
The United Nations mission in Bolivia celebrated the fact that this country will be one of the first to receive vaccines from the multilateral Covax system, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guarantee access to...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:55:00 GMT
Canada and Uruguay, the Americas' countries with the less corruption perception
Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index, which is not very generous with Latin American countries, including Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, with Uruguay the great exceptio...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:47:00 GMT
Falklands: MPC access limited to essential travel because of Covid-19 positive case
The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Thursday that a military medic involved in quarantine surveillance swabbing has tested positive for Covid-19 as a result of displaying symptoms.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Hess Exploration investing heavily in its Guyana oil offshore operations
The Hess Exploration company is betting strongly in the opportunities of its Guyana operations. With a 30% interest in the Stabroek Block, it has allotted more than 80% of its capital and exploratory budget of US$1.9 billion fo...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:51:00 GMT
Over a million people have died from Covid-19 in the Americas
More than one million people have died from COVID-19 in North and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported. Last week two million more cases were reported in the Americas, with the United States the m...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Colombian defense minister and respected politician dies of Covid-19
Colombia's defense minister has died in hospital after contracting coronavirus, the government announced. Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, was taken to hospital with Covid-19 earlier this month and had developed viral pneumonia.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:31:00 GMT
Argentina and Chile “indissolubly twinned countries”, underlines president Fernandez
Argentina and Chile are “indissolubly twinned countries”, said Argentine president Alberto Fernandez during the ceremony at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago where, next to his peer Sebastián Piñera, and members of the...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:22:00 GMT
State of the art USCG Stone docks in Montevideo heading for the South Atlantic
One of the US Coast Guard newest vessels docked in Montevideo early Monday looking for supplies and fuel, but given the strict sanitary isolation measures no member of the crew will be disembarking or anybody visiting the vesse...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:52:00 GMT
Uruguay's Jose Pepe Mujica bestowed with the highest honor of Argentina
Uruguayan former president, Jose Pepe Mujica has been bestowed by the Argentine government, the country's highest honor, the Collar of the San Martin Liberator Order. The honor is extended to foreign officials, civilian or mili...



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