Argentina initiates a new containment at the worst moment of the pandemic
Argentina started this Saturday with nine-day total confinement. All non-essential activities are suspended in the country's high-risk areas due to...
May 22, 2021Topic
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Analysis: Brazil risks missing out on the post-pandemic rebound party
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After a global pandemic-related economic contraction of 3.3% in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
May 22, 2021
Authorities warn that Panama is facing a possible third Covid wave
A province in western Panama "is entering" a wave of covid-19. The authorities are taking measures to prevent it from...
May 21, 2021
Pandemic: Paraguay still in intensive care with new daily record numbers
The director of Health Surveillance of Paraguay, Guillermo Sequera, said Friday that the data on coronavirus infections, which remain at...
May 21, 2021
Peru elections: Castillo’s lead over Fujimori grows to more than 6 points
Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (far-left) has slightly increased his lead to more than 6 points over Keiko Fujimori (authoritarian...
May 21, 2021
President Alvarado signs the law for Costa Rica’s accession to the OECD
The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed this Friday the law of accession of his country to the Organization...
May 21, 2021
Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso, to prosper politically, must contend with powerful Correa legacy
Union for Hope (UNES), the progressive alliance that backs Correaism, is the main opposition force to the government in Ecuador...
May 21, 2021
High grain prices give Argentine economy some breathing room
The current high international grain prices represent a balm for Argentina's complex monetary and fiscal situation. This year will benefit...
May 21, 2021
Ninety-six percent of Venezuelan migrants see Ecuador as a destination
The vast majority of Venezuelan migrants arriving in Ecuador have this Andean country as their final destination, according to the...
May 21, 2021