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Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Bolsonaro critical of Chinese-developed Sinovac vaccine
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has once again raised doubts about the efficacy of covid-19 vaccines and defended early treatment against the disease with controversial medicines such as chloroquine.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Argentina ups restrictions on travellers from abroad
The Government of Argentina has decided to up its restriction on inbound travelers as of Saturday, in a move to prevent further cases of the SARS-Cov-2 Delta variant from entering the country.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Entertainment may resume in Uruguay July 5, but travellers face tougher restrictions
The Government of Uruguay Friday announced public shows, parties, social events, food courts, cinemas and amateur sports competitions may resume as of July 5, provided they comply with the anticoronavirus protocols in force.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Colombian President Duque unharmed as his helicopter is fired at
The helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Dique was fired on Friday. No casualties were reported.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Brazil eases entry restrictions on entry to Venezuelan migrants through Roraima land crossing
Brazil's Federal Government has allowed international land border crossings to and from Venezuela for residents of adjacent cities who shall be required to produce a borderline resident ID card, according to a new measure publi...

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:45:00 GMT
"Why Uruguay lost control of COVID," as reported in Nature magazine
By Luke Taylor – Complacency and a coronavirus variant help to explain why Uruguay, once a pandemic success story, couldn’t withstand the surge now rocking South America.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Mexican government accused of spying on non-acquiescent columnists
The Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been accused this week of mounting an espionage scheme to intimidate journalists, it was reported by the newspaper El Universal.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:40:00 GMT
HMS Protector makes history: sails further north than any other Royal Navy ship
Icebreaker HMS Protector sailed closer to the North Pole than any other Royal Navy ship in history on her first patrol of the Arctic. The survey and research ship crunched her way through polar ice to within 1,050 kilometres of...

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 03:14:00 GMT
Argentine Senate passes trans workers quota bill
Argentina's Senate has passed a bill mandating a quota of transvestite and transgendered workers be hired by all government agencies and now it is up to the Executive to pass it into law.

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 02:19:00 GMT
With passenger traffic not back to normal, Uruguayan port of Colonia undertakes improving its facilities
Managerial authorities of the Uruguayan port of Colonia have reached an agreement for renovation works over the next year at a cost of around UY $ 80 million (US $ 1,840,800), it was announced.



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