Latin America
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:53:00 GMTGuyana physicians warned against unethical advise regarding COVID-19 vaccines
Guyana's Medical Council has warned that doctors who denigrate the COVID-19 vaccination drive are "unprofessional and dangerous” in addition to being “constitutionally unethical."
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:20:00 GMTSão Paulo Mayor wants Guarani to become city's 2nd language
São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes Thursday sent a by to the local City Council whereby Guarani would be declared the second official language of South America's largest city.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:16:00 GMTArgimón becomes Uruguay's interim president until Sept. 24
Due to President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Mexico and the United States on his first mission abroad lasting more than 48 hours, Vice President Beatriz Argimón has become the country's interim head of state.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:45:00 GMTOrtega leads Nicaragua towards authoritarianism, says Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday said Nicaraguan President and former guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega was leading the Central American country “down the dark path of authoritarianism,” as most political opponen...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:35:00 GMTBrazil’s STF suspends revisiting case involving ancestral lands
Brazil's Federal Superior Court (STF) Wednesday decided to call off debating a land case which involves requests from indigenous groups, at the request of one Justice, who asked for “more time”
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:25:00 GMTIDB President sees a plethora of opportunities ahead in Uruguay
“Uruguay could be a Silicon Valley of the south”, said Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone Wednesday after meeting in Montevideo with President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:40:00 GMTMaduro appoints jailed ally, with pending extradition to US, to political talks with the opposition in Mexico
Venezuela has announced that it will incorporate the government delegation in negotiations with the political opposition in Mexico, Alex Saab, a close ally jailed in Cape Verde, Africa who is to be extradited to the United Stat...
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:34:00 GMTArgentine government said to be eyeing injecting pesos into the market to bounce back from electoral loss
The Frente de Todos coalition ruling Argentina is said to be going through an internal crisis following last Sunday's results at the Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections where it lost some 4.8 million votes...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:01:00 GMTUruguayan government warns border municipalities that reopening of border crossings with Argentina will take two months
Uruguayan federal authorities Monday conveyed to mayors of Salto (Andrés Lima), Paysandú (Nicolás Olivera) and Río Negro (Omar Lafluf) that the reopening of land crossings with Argentina will take at least two more months.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:50:00 GMTParaguayan Ambassador in Cuba dies of COVID-19
Paraguay's Ambassador to Cuba Bernardino Cano Radil has died Sunday of COVID-19 in Havanna, it was reported. He was 65.