Brazil’s Covid-19 strain detected in 16 Latin American countries
Scientists are still unsure if the virus strain is more aggressive, but it is indirectly leading to more deaths due...
May 17, 2021Topic
Chile
Independents and opposition to dominate Chile’s constituent convention
Independent citizens and the center and left-wing opposition, which was fragmented in the historic elections of the weekend in Chile,...
May 16, 2021
Young people, the driving force behind the new era that is beginning in Chile
A year and a half ago, young people put the system in check with a revolt for a fairer model,...
May 16, 2021
First day of voting concludes in Chile; 23,000 soldiers guard ballot boxes overnight
More than 23,000 militaries guarded the ballot boxes. More than three million Chileans cast their vote this Saturday in the...
May 16, 2021
Polling stations open in historic constituent elections in Chile
The 2,731 polling stations opened their doors this Saturday to begin the most important elections in Chile's recent history, in...
May 15, 2021
Four countries in the Americas have defaulted during the coronavirus pandemic
Sovereign bond defaults have grown at a dizzying pace in Latin America since the beginning of the pandemic. First it...
May 15, 2021
Brazil and Turkey currencies still lower against US dollar than before pandemic period
Despite the improvement, the real is still one of the only emerging country currencies traded at lower prices than before...
May 14, 2021
Fire in the north of Chile consumes 35 houses of an encampment
A fire in the region of Antofagasta, in the north of Chile, consumed a total of 35 houses located in...
May 13, 2021
Background: De-privatization of water, the great promise to constituents in Chile’s new constitution
Rosalba Quiróz, a descendant of a family of small cattle ranchers in Petorca, a rural town in central Chile, lives...
May 13, 2021