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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer
Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis L...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:50:00 GMT
China goes back to lockdown and other restrictions as Delta variant keeps spreading
Chinese authorities have decided to go back to restrictive sanitary measures as around 133 cases of COVID-19 were detected in 11 provinces last week. The Beijing marathon has also been suspended.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:35:00 GMT
Parts of Chile back under COVID-19 restrictions amid growing number of infections
Chile's capital Santiago and 14 other communes nearby communes are to return to phase 3 of the national Government's contingency plan, following 929 COVID-19 infections detected in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 1,677 nat...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:31:00 GMT
COVID-19 infections back on the rise
COVID-19 had been relatively calm in Argentina until last week the number of cases began soaring again, with 7667 infections detected against 946 the week before.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:58:00 GMT
Mapuches have accomplices within Argentine gov't, says Río Negro Governor
"There is complicity in some officials who instigate" violence in the province of Río Negro, said Governor Arabela Carreras in reference to the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI) amid the escalation of the Mapuche...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:24:00 GMT
Cubana de Aviación to return to Argentina next month but domestic air services stay grounded
Cuba's flag carrier Cubana de Aviación has announced it would resume flight between Havana and Buenos Aires starting Nov. 20. The airline will also offer a weekly service to Cayo Coco as of Dec. 27.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:03:00 GMT
Fuel goes up in Brazil amid international surge in crude oil
Brazil's oil company Petrobras Monday decreed an increase in the price of gasoline of 7.04% at refineries and 9.15% in the case of diesel fuel, it was announced. These adjustments were to impact the price consumers pay at pumps...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:54:00 GMT
Russia decrees “soft” quarantine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading
Russian health authorities decreed a shutdown from Oct. 28 to Nov. 7 in a move to curb COVID-19 infections, it was announced, after 1,036 deaths in the last 24 hours were reported.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Bolivia's FM says no lithium deal discussed with Russia's Gazprom
Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Sunday denied press reports according to which he had reached an agreement with the Russian government to exploit lithium from the Salar de Uyuni during his recent trip to Moscow.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Climate change tops agenda during encounter between Argentine, US officials
Argentina's Secretary of Strategic Affairs Gustavo Beliz and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a meeting in Washington DC to discuss the climate change agenda and the current negotiations with the International Mo...



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