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Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:59:00 GMT
Brazil: Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing Lula to run for president in 2022
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's convictions were annulled Thursday by the country's Supreme Court (STF) in an 8-3 ruling which clears the Workers Party (PT) iconic figure to seek a new term in 2022.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Third-place finisher in Peru's elections wants vote count review but shall not endorse Castillo at runoff
Rafael López Aliaga of Popular Renovation (Renovación Popular – a right-wing party founded in 2020), who finished third in Sunday's first round of Peru´s presidential election with 11.69% of valid votes, behind Pedro Casti...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Cost of living in Argentina rises 4.8% in March alone
Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Uruguay's GDP expectations lowered amid pandemic
Uruguay's Center for Economic Research (CINVE) Thursday submitted its latest report, which showed a projected Gross Domestic Product lowered from previous expectations, given the economic consequences of measures taken to curb ...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:04:00 GMT
US expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for SolarWinds hack
US president Joseph Biden Thursday ordered the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats for allegedly meddling with the elections in what became known as the SolarWinds breach.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Argentina reinstates beef exports registry
Argentina's government Thursday created a registry of beef exporters among other measures to curb under-invoicing, which authorities fear has been going on for a while now.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:09:00 GMT
Raúl Castro to step down as leader of Cuba's Communist Party
Iconic leader Raúl Castro is expected to step down as First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) as the VIII Congress of the PCC is set to start this Friday at the Havana Convention Center, under the title “The Congress...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina: curfew extended, on-site schooling banned in Buenos Aires amid coronavirus second wave
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease.

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:26:00 GMT
Argentine laboratory seeks to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine locally
The Argentine firm Laboratorios Richmond Wednesday launched the Financial Trust “Project V.I.D.A. (Project and Immunization for Argentine Development),” to seek financing for the development of the plant where the Russian-d...

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:06:00 GMT
Argentina to receive over 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca; Denmark stop giving that vaccine
The Argentine government has announced a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine is due at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport onboard a KLM flight this coming Sunday morning.



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