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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:42:00 GMT
New round of negotiations between Venezuelan gov't opposition to kick off in Mexico
Venezuelan Government officials and dignitaries of the opposition will convene Friday in Mexico City to kick off another round of negotiations under the mediation of Norway, with the endorsement of the United States and the Eur...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:36:00 GMT
Paraguayans do not hold President Abdo in high regard
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez's ratings of approval have plunged significantly, according to a survey by the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (Celag), which showed 8 out 10 people had a negative image ...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:25:00 GMT
Opposition lawmakers to seek impeachment of Argentine President for violating quarantine he had decreed
Argentine opposition lawmakers Thursday announced they would be seeking the impeachment of President Alberto Fernández after the image of him holding a party in violation of his own urgency emergency decree (DNU) capping atten...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:18:00 GMT
Falklands: excellent set of GCSE results for FICS students
The Falkland Islands Community School is thrilled with this year’s GCSE results. Against a complex background following the cancellation of UK GCSEs and the continuation of ‘live’ international GCSE exams, students and st...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:31:00 GMT
Some 2,5 billion tons of food goes to waste, WWF
WWF and Tesco released Driven to Waste, a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally; revealing an estimated 2.5 billion tons of food goes uneaten around the world each year.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:35:00 GMT
PAHO set out to reverse low vaccination rates against COVID-19
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday reported that less than 20% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have been fully immunized against COVID-19 and announced actions will be taken to reverse that situa...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Rio de Janeiro riddled with cases of Delta variant in Brazil
According to data released Wednesday, Rio de Janeiro accounts for 36% of all coronavirus Delta variant detections in Brazil, making it the epicenter of that particular strain nationwide.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:38:00 GMT
Brazil finally revokes the National Security Law from 1983
The Brazilian senate passed on Tuesday a bill revoking the National Security Law dating back to 1983 when the country was ruled by military dictators. The new text adds several crimes against democratic institutions and the rul...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:34:00 GMT
South Korea/Mercosur round of trade talks at the end of the month
South Korea wants to advance with trade negotiations with Mercosur. Discussions started back in 2018 and at the end of the month, a seventh-round is slated to take place.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:13:00 GMT
Borders are closed but illegal crossing between Paraguay and Argentina is easier than ever
While borders between Argentina and Paraguay are technically still closed as a result of emergency sanitary measures due to the coronavirus pandemic. walking across the Parana river bed from one country to another is becoming i...



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