Bolsonaro calls “coup” charge against Bolivia’s ex-president “completely unfounded”
President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, March 16th, criticized the arrest of Bolivia's ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez, during an online meeting...
March 17, 2021Section
Regional
Covid-19: How Uruguay shifted from Latin America’s exception to having the highest rate of new cases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "We are inexorably losing our privileged position. We must restrict our mobility and physical contact...
March 17, 2021
Uruguay records over 1,000 coronavirus cases in five consecutive days; government considers new measures
Limitation to the right of assembly, reduction of opening hours in public establishments and suspension of classes are among the...
March 16, 2021
Chile places 28 towns under quarantine amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Chile's Health Ministry announced on Monday, March 15th, that 28 communes (towns) in the South American country will go into...
March 16, 2021
Chilean miner Antofagasta says it is close to pay deal after profit jump
Chilean miner Antofagasta expects to reach a pay deal with its workers this month, it said on Tuesday after posting...
March 16, 2021
Exclusive Reuters: Mexico focuses vaccine loan request on U.S. stockpile of AstraZeneca doses
Mexico has asked the United States to share doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine it has in stock, a senior diplomat...
March 16, 2021
Argentina expects more than 6% growth in industrial output in 2021: minister
Argentina’s industrial output should grow more than 6% this year versus 2020 as Latin America’s No. 3 economy rebounds from...
March 16, 2021
OAS rejects Argentina’s allegations of involvement in alleged coup in Bolivia
Amid controversy over the arrests of Jeanine Áñez and 5 of her ministers, the Organization of American States (OAS) on...
March 16, 2021
Bolivian court ordered four-month detention of ex-president Áñez and her ministers
The Bolivian Justice ruled on Sunday the preventive detention of ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez for four months in a prison...
March 16, 2021