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Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur
Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosu...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Latin America unemployment in 2021 forecast at 11.1%, according to ILO
The International Labor Organization (ILO) Friday issued a report according to which 28 million Latin Americans are in a situation of working poverty due to the pandemic, for an overall unemployment rate of 11.1% in the region ...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, "one of the worst in history"
Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal aff...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Keiko narrows the gap with leftist Castillo for Peru's presidential runoff
Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori now sitting in jail for human rights violations, closes in on leftist first-round winner Pedro Castillo for Sunday's presidential runoff in Per...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Colombian court bans Venom rocket launcher against protesters
A Colombian court in the city of Popayán has banned the use by law enforcement agents of the Venom ammunition launch system, Colombia, it was announced.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:18:00 GMT
Nicaraguan opposition leader under house arrest in what appears to be a politically-motivated maneuver
The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega has placed opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro under house arrest on charges of money laundering.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:16:00 GMT
Biden expected to announce the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines
US president Jose Biden is expected to announce this Thursday Washington's plan for the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines globally. The announcement was done by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit t...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Brazil insists Copa America to go ahead and signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday signed a contract with AstraZeneca for the local manufacture of that laboratory's vaccine against covid-19.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Argentina's trade with Brazil at its highest since 2018
A report released Tuesday showed that Argentina's trade with neighbour Brazil has reached its highest level since 2018, exports reaching US $ 4.2 billion until May, 33% better than in the first five months of last year, but 6% ...



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