Bolivia’s ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez goes on hunger strike in prison
Añez was arrested last Saturday and is serving 4 months in preventive custody awaiting trial as part of the 'coup...
March 19, 2021Section
Regional
Europeans are still the happiest countries in the world, even in times of COVID
The coronavirus did little to alter the ranking of the world's happiest countries, with Finland at the top for the...
March 19, 2021
Peruvian ex-president Vizcarra avoids pretrial jail time; corruption probe continues
Former Peruvian president and current congressional candidate Martin Vizcarra escaped pretrial detention after a judge on Thursday, March 18th rejected...
March 19, 2021
Argentina’s YPF to invest more than US$300 million in Santa Cruz province
Argentine state oil company YPF said on Thursday, March 18th, it will invest more than US$300 million in the Patagonian...
March 19, 2021
Chile signs agreement with Europe’s largest port to export “green” hydrogen
The Port of Rotterdam Authority in the Netherlands and Chile’s Ministry of Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),...
March 19, 2021
Clash between Mexican police and ‘Familia Michoacana’ drug cartel left 13 officers dead
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexican authorities have confirmed the murder of 13 officers after they were ambushed by alleged...
March 19, 2021
Chile: 24 communes to enter quarantine after Covid-19 infections surge
Much of Chile's capital and several communes across the country will return to a full quarantine starting next Saturday, March...
March 19, 2021
Analysis: Twenty years on, EU turns cold on Mercosur trade deal
After twenty years of negotiations, the EU-Mercosur deal faces renewed skepticism. What changed and whether the deal can survive. Expert...
March 19, 2021
Chile’s economy shrank 5.8% in 2020 due to pandemic: the worst drop in four decades
The novel coronavirus pandemic, currently experiencing a second wave in Chile, caused the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to contract...
March 18, 2021