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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:36:00 GMT
Uruguayan schools to reopen gradually in May
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced a gradual return to on-site schooling for a third of nationwide students as of next Monday.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:45:00 GMT
Science journal: Glaciers melting faster, sea levels on the rise
According to a study published Wednesday by the prestigious scientific journal Nature, glaciers are melting at a faster pace than previously thought, which may have serious consequences.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:40:00 GMT
Argentina interested in manufacturing Cuban vaccine against covid-19
Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá Wednesday discussed with Cuba's Ambassador to Buenos Aires the possibility of developing locally a Cuban-created vaccine against covid-19, it was announced.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:25:00 GMT
Chile on track to phasing out coal as source to generate electricity
Chilean plans to close half of the country's coal-fired electricity generating plants by 2025, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet assured Wednesday during a ceremony in which the generating company Engie vowed to either close or...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:12:00 GMT
Apollo 11 astronaut who orbitted the Moon dies at age 90
Apollo 11 Mission “odd-man-out” Michael Collins died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 90, his family announced.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Piñera's future in suspense after Constitutional Court ruling regarding pension funds
Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of a constitutional reform that Congress passed into law for a third withdrawal of 10 per cent of the...

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile
Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it...

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Argentina halts exports of oxygen to meet domestic health demand
Argentina is cancelling all exports of oxygen to cope with growing domestic demand, Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas announced Tuesday.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Uruguay: Pepe Mujica recovering after surgery to remove fishbone from his throat
Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica was recovering well following an emergency procedure to remove a fishbone from his throat, according to medical sources.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:53:00 GMT
Wealth tax returns twice as much as expected in Bolivia
Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as originally estimated through the “very rich tax.”



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