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Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:50:00 GMT
New Zealand under total confinement until next Tuesday; 11 Delta variant cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday that New Zealand will remain under confinement unit next 24 August because of the spread of a Covid 19 outbreak detected earlier this week in Auckland.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguayan Tourism Minister resigns amid corruption allegations
Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Germán Cardoso Friday handed in his resignation amid allegations of corruption.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Investors wary of South American debt in local currencies
South American debt in local currency has become a painful experience for international investors, with little signals of relief and reversal of the situation.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:15:00 GMT
Fed could announce this week the assets purchase reduction calendar
The United States Federal Reserve could begin withdrawing economic stimuli sometime in the next four months and advances of such a program could be anticipated this week at the Jackson Hole central bankers meeting 26/27 August.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Bolsonaro asks Brazilian Senate to depose Justice De Moraes
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army captain, Friday launched his counterattack against Federal Supreme Court (STF) and Electors Supreme Court (TSE) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and requested his dismissal to the Sen...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:56:00 GMT
Former Peruvian Foreign Minister back in office
Peruvian former Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua has been appointed again for the job to replace Héctor Béjar, who resigned earlier this week after just 19 days in office.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:52:00 GMT
Bolivian Prosecution files genocide charges against former President Áñez
Bolivia's Attorney General Juan Lanchipa announced Friday that his office had filed charges of “genocide” against former interim President Janine Áñez for the massacre of several opposition protesters in the 2019 events w...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:19:00 GMT
Paraguayan truckers reach agreement, lift strike and road blockades
Paraguayan lorry drivers and authorities from the Government's National Directorate of Transport (Dinatrán) have reached an agreement among all parties involved, which resulted in the lifting of the road blockades and other me...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:03:00 GMT
Paraguay insists on reopening borders with Argentina and supports bid for Celac presidency
The Foreign Ministers of Paraguay and Argentina met Friday in Buenos Aires to discuss several items such as the reopening of the land borders between the two countries and the host's candidacy in 2022 to the annual presidency o...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Corn replacing soybeans as the main crop for Argentine farmers
Argentine farmers are expected to sow more corn than ever this season, while soybeans will fall to an all time 15-year minimum because of the export policy of the current administration and the lack of the regulatory framework ...



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