South America
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:48:00 GMTArgentina halts all flights to/from Brazil, Chile and Mexico
Starting this coming Saturday, no passenger flights will be allowed into Argentina from covid-ridden Brazil, Chile and Mexico, in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the Amazon or P1 strain as we...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:03:00 GMTBrazil: over 100,000 new Covid-19 infections detected in just one day
More than 100,000 Sars-CoV-2 infections in a 24-hour period were reported Thursday in Brazil for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic which has already killed over 300,000 people nationwide.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 06:15:00 GMTChile lockdown 86% of its population due to new strains of covid
The government of Chile Thursday decided to tighten the anti-covid-19 measures already in force after 64 cases of the British strain and 45 of the Brazilian ones were detected out of a total of 7,023 new daily cases of coronavi...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 06:00:00 GMTUruguayan sportscaster Alberto Sonsol dies of covid aged 63
Charismatic Uruguayan sportscaster Alberto Sonsol passed away Thursday at the age of 63 after a battle with the covid-19 disease that lasted for about three weeks. His son Alejandro posted on social media “Dad doesn't suffer ...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:55:00 GMTUK: Green energy transition backed by the historical North Sea deal
The United Kingdom becomes the first G7 country to agree a landmark deal to support the oil and gas industry’s transition to clean, green energy. The UK government announced on Wednesday a landmark North Sea Transition Deal i...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:34:00 GMTUruguayan Air Force helicopter carrying Pfizer vaccines crashes: total losses
An Uruguay’s Air Force helicopter carrying two boxes of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 crashed on Thursday morning in the Eastern state of Rocha and the 3-member crew was taken to a local hospital with non-serious injuries....
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:58:00 GMTBolsonaro appoints committee of experts as Covid-19 kills over 3,000 daily in Brazil
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced the creation of a committee of experts which is to convene weekly to guide the government's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as it spreads rapidly causing over 3,000 deat...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:15:00 GMTArgentine VP points fingers at US, Macri and the IMF during Memory, Truth and Justice Day ceremony
Argentine Vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wednesday headed a ceremony in Las Flores, a small town in the province of Buenos Aires, to mark a new anniversary of the coup d'état by the military Junta which overthr...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:00:00 GMTSevere impact on world commerce: traffic at Suez Canal blocked as megaship runs aground
A Panama-flagged cargo ship which ranks among the largest ever built, ran aground sideways late Tuesday in the Suez Canal, hindering all traffic in either direction.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:14:00 GMTSergio Moro's ruling on Lula was biased, says Brazil's Supreme Court
In a 3-2 split ruling, Brazil's Supreme Court Tuesday determined that Judge Sergio Moro's sentencing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2011) on corruption charges in the Lava Jate case was biased.