Latin America
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:42:00 GMTUruguay, one the very few "full democracies" in the world, The Economist
Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked fifteenth at world level, while the ot...
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:38:00 GMTLufthansa lands in Falklands with scientists; returns to Germany on Wednesday
Lufthansa’s longest flight ever has landed in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft departed Hamburg at 21:23 on Sunday, landing at Mount Pleasant Complex at 09:00. The flight, which is also the longest flight to have departed H...
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:47:00 GMTEcuador 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 GMTBolivia 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 GMTCanada 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 GMTFalklands: 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 GMTHess 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 GMTOver 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 GMTColombian 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 GMTArgentina 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...