Vaccination of Brazil’s elderly prevented at least 43,000 deaths in 2021 – study
Vaccination against Covid-19 could prevent the deaths of more than 43,000 Brazilians in 2021, according to a study by researchers...
June 21, 2021Topic
Latin America
Brazil’s base interest rate SELIC to soar to 6.5% this year – Focus survey
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The projection for the benchmark interest rate at the end of this year has risen...
June 21, 2021
Bolivia increases natural gas shipments to Argentina for winter season
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - State-owned oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) confirmed an increase in natural gas shipments...
June 20, 2021
On July 4 Chile starts to write its new Constitution
Chile will start writing its new Constitution next July 4, the day on which the first session of the Constitutional...
June 20, 2021
Paraguayan parties start elections for candidates for the municipal elections
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president, Mario Abdo Benítez, was one of the many Paraguayan affiliates who voted this...
June 20, 2021
Rio de Janeiro starts mass vaccination against Covid on its Paquetá Island
Rio de Janeiro starts mass vaccination against Covid on its Paquetá Island
June 20, 2021
Brazil surpasses 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, says media consortium (June 19)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil su rpassed the 500,000 covid-19 deaths mark on Saturday, June 19, at a time...
June 19, 2021
Peruvian interim president rejects letter from military suggesting coup d’état
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The interim president of Peru, Francisco Sagasti, described this Friday, June 18, as "unacceptable" the...
June 18, 2021
Only 1 in 10 Latin Americans is vaccinated, plus other key Covid-19 facts in the Americas (June 18)
In Latin America and the Caribbean, only one in 10 people are vaccinated against covid-19 even though cases continue to...
June 18, 2021