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, 2021Topic
Latin America News
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
LATAM Airlines Strengthens Domestic Connectivity within South American Markets
With the resumption of 11 routes in domestic markets across Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru, LATAM Airlines Group reported that...
January 17, 2021
Bolsonaro Blames Latin America’s Turbulence on São Paulo Forum
It has been a jittery few months for countries in South America. There have been protests and demonstrations in cities...
October 30, 2019