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Sat, 06 Mar 2021 09:35:00 GMT
Norway's Equinor, YPF and Shell will operate a block in North Argentine basin
Norway's Equinor and YPF have entered into an agreement with Shell to jointly farm-down 30% non-operated interests in the CAN 100 block in the North Argentine basin, offshore Argentina.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Pandemic has pushed 20 million Latin Americans into poverty, UN report
More than 20 million people were pushed into poverty during pandemic-plagued 2020 across Latin America and the Caribbean, the U.N. economic agency for the region announced this week.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Colombia and Peru want to centralize gold purchases to combat illegal extraction
Colombia and Peru are studying the possibility of centralizing gold purchases, in an effort to combat illegal and informal extraction. Colombian President Ivan Duque said his government is considering the move to stymie the rol...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:56:00 GMT
After all Americans have been vaccinated, US willing to discuss the issue with Mexico
Reuters – The Joe Biden administration downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, arguing it is focused on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Am...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:59:00 GMT
The Biden administration has no immediate plans to review sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba
The new administration of president Joe Biden is in “no rush” to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela but would consider easing them if President Nicolas Maduro takes confidence-building steps showing he is ready to negotiate s...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:21:00 GMT
Uruguay starts vaccination campaign on Monday counting 600 deaths due to Covid-19
Without a great media hype, the first 192,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac arrived in Montevideo in the early hours of Friday morning. However, a police operation was deployed throughout the da...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:17:00 GMT
Final approval for Delta-Latam "trans-American Joint Venture Agreement"
The final approval for the Delta-LATAM joint venture has been given this week by Brazil. The agreement, which has also been given the nod from Uruguay, still needs approval in some other jurisdictions. The news was released by ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:10:00 GMT
Peruvian justice makes exception and authorizes euthanasia to psychologist
Peru authorized for the first time to respect the decision of a psychologist to end her life when she deems it convenient and ordered the medical authorities to elaborate a protocol for the fulfillment of her wish.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Gangs' war in Ecuadorian jails death toll climbs to 79, and remains out of control
Ecuador raised the death toll from riots in four jails to 79, including 18 prisoners who were found dismembered at one site, one of the bloodiest outbreaks of prison violence in the country’s history.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:33:00 GMT
Covid-19 vaccines: “where's the universal brotherhood” ask Mexican and Argentine presidents
REUTERS – The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the UN and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to Covid-19 vaccines, arguing efforts are grossly inadequate so far.



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