South America
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:50:00 GMTArgentine Health Pass coming up, mandatory vaccination not compulsory “for now”
Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has admitted a Health Pass was coming up effective Dec. 1 as new strains of the coronavirus were being detected in other continents. The new pass would be mandatory for higher risk act...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:49:00 GMTPinochet's political heir not likely to win presidential runoff in Chile
Chilean far-left presidential hopeful Gabriel Boric from the coalition between the Broad Front and the Communist Party would easily beat his far-right opponent José Antonio Kast in the Dec. 19 presidential runoff by 53.9% of t...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:46:00 GMTArgentine fisheries exports in ten months reached 408,000 tons and US$ 1,731bn
Argentina exported some 408,000 tons of fish products during the first ten months of the year with a value of US$ 1,731bn, which is 18% above 2020, but 11% below 2019 the last year before the pandemic. However, the evolution of...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:45:00 GMTScores of Peruvians demonstrate against President Castillo and call for his removal from office
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been under heavy criticism over the past few days as people are still trying to understand who the head of state's allies is.
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:40:00 GMTFormer British Ambassador to BA to take over as Scotch Whisky Association CEO
Former British Ambassador to Buenos Aires has been chosen to head the Scotch Whisky Association, something which was no surprise at all in the Argentine capital, where he proved to be quite a connoisseur on the subject.
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:35:00 GMTArgentines withdrew a record US$ 137 million during October
Uncertainty and lack of confidence in Argentine politics is not only reflected with ballots in the polls. In effect despite all the limitations and clamps to the purchase of US dollars, limited to 200 per individual, per month ...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:29:00 GMTLATAM presents reorganization plan, rejects Brazilian group offer, and has to wait until January 27
LATAM Airlines Group said on Friday it had filed a reorganization plan, proposing a US$8.2 billion injection of capital in a bid to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and at the same time announced it had rejected the Braz...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:15:00 GMTOmicron: UK enforces strict measures including compulsory face covering
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new temporary and precautionary measures following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the United Kingdom. The Omicron variant contains a large number of spike protein mutations as...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:10:00 GMTSaudi Arabia's FM visits Buenos Aires to strengthen ties with Argentina
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal al Saud said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Buenos Aires' daily Infobae that “Argentina is our friend and ally, that will not change at the IMF.” The diplomat th...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:07:00 GMTUK calls for emergency G7 meeting over Omicron
The Government of the United Kingdom Sunday announced it would convene an “emergency meeting” to address the coronavirus Omicron variant and the new health map resulting from it.