Brazil Bars Entry for South African Visitors to Slow new Variant’s Spread
Brazil on Tuesday barred entry for visitors from South Africa to stop the spread of a new coronavirus variant from...
January 27, 2021Topic
Latin America News
Chilean President Supports Argentine Sovereignty in Falklands/Malvinas Dispute
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera ratified his administration's support for “Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands,”...
January 27, 2021
Peru Trials for Sinopharm Vaccine Resume after Volunteer Dies; She Had Received Placebo
The 54-year-old woman, apparently healthy before being administered the two doses, died in Peru.
January 27, 2021
Chile’s Senate to Debate Pardon for Prisoners of Social Unrest
The Human Rights Commission of Chile's Senate approved on Monday to legislate an initiative that seeks to pardon on humanitarian...
January 26, 2021
Venezuela’s Maduro Says He’s Willing to Establish ‘New Path’ with US
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday he was willing to "turn the page" with the U.S. under President Joe Biden,...
January 25, 2021
Mexico Lets Governors Obtain Vaccines for Their Own States
exico's pandemic cases continued at a high level Friday as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave state governors permission to...
January 25, 2021
Bitcoin Exchanges from Chile, Mexico and Argentina Will Have Brazilian Competition
The Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin announced on January 21 that it is preparing an expansion in Latin America that...
January 25, 2021
CEO of Brazil’s Eletrobras Resigns, Citing Personal Reasons
Wilson Ferreira Jr, chief executive of Brazilian state electricity company Eletrobras , has resigned from his position citing “personal reasons”,...
January 25, 2021
Latin America’s Foreign Trade Drops to 12-Year Low: UN Agency ECLAC
Latin America and the Caribbean's foreign trade in 2020 saw its worst performance since the 2008 global financial crisis, mainly...
January 23, 2021