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Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:54:00 GMT
Face masks make compulsory return to some Uruguayan settings
Effective Thursday, Uruguay's health authorities have reinstated the mandatory wear of face coverings in certain indoor settings, in light of an increasing number of cases of COVID-19, it was reported in Montevideo.

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:47:00 GMT
Mexico would like to see OAS dissolved, FM says
In the absence of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), one of the regional leaders who chose not to attend the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for having excluded Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the even...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:32:00 GMT
Not the Summit we would have wanted, Argentine President tells LA conference
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Thursday delivered a controversial speech before the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which was anything but pleasing and obliging to the hosting country.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 22:55:00 GMT
Uruguayan Air Force to help trace possible mass graves
Uruguay's Air Force (FAU) will assist the Human Rights Institute in tracing possible burials of people forcibly disappeared during the military dictatorship using state-of-the-art laser technology, Defense Minister Javier Garc...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 22:53:00 GMT
Uruguay's President Lacalle hits all-time high disapproval
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has reached an all-time high disapproval rating since taking office in March of 2020, according to a study from the consulting firm Cifra released Wednesday.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Biden highlights democracy's role at LA Summit
US President Joseph Biden underscored the importance of democratic rule throughout the Americas but made no reference to his decision not to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to the IX Summit of the Americas held in Los Ang...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Resumption of Chile/Falklands air link, a “historic event”, says Argentine official Carmona
“A historic event” is how Guillermo Carmona, the Argentine Secretary for Malvinas, South Atlantic islands, and Antarctica affairs described the confirmed resumption of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas in Chile and t...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:46:00 GMT
Venezuela can become port of entry into LatAm, Maduro tells Erdogan
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Wednesday offered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to turn Venezuela into a port of entry into Latin America.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Food insecurity hits nearly 60% of Brazilians, study shows
A study from the Brazilian Research Network on Food Sovereignty and Security released Wednesday showed that 58.7% of Brazilians lived with food insecurity, which replicated data not seen since 1993.

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:40:00 GMT
OAS needs to stay away from coups, Argentine FM tells Summit
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Wednesday told attendees at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles that the Organization of American States (OAS) must never again legitimize destabilization processes in the regio...



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