South America
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:55:00 GMTCrowds disregard social distancing at burial of late Argentine Transport Minister Meoni
Argentina's late Transport Minister Mario Meoni was laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of Junín in the province of Buenos Aires in an event which proved both how much he was appreciated where he had been mayor for eight yea...
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:48:00 GMTIndonesian submarine found at sea bottom cracked in three - all 53 crew dead
The Government of Indonesia has announced the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, which disappeared about 60 miles off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning, has been found split in three on the seafloor - none of the 53...
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:41:00 GMTAnvisa expected to decide Monday on fate of Sputnik V vaccine in Brazil
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will evaluate this coming week the feasibility of importing the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19.
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:38:00 GMTBolivia's YPFB eyes oil income of US $ 1,900 million for this year
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Wilson Zelaya announced the state-run company projected an oil income above 1,900 million US dollars for the year 2021, which would represent a 35% growth compared to 202...
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 03:52:00 GMTParaguay takes starker approach at Covid-19 with further restrictions
The government of Paraguay decided this weekend to impose tighter restrictions effective April 27 through May 10 in an attempt to slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which is reportedly reaching unprecedented reco...
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 23:21:00 GMTWorld Penguin Day once again celebrated in times of Covid-19
This Sunday, April 25, is World Penguin Day's celebration, a creation by researchers at the McMurdo Station, an American scientific center on Antarctica's Ross Island to mark every year's migration of Adeline penguins to the no...
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:12:00 GMTBiden tells it like it is: The killing of Armenians in WWI was “genocide”
US President Joseph Biden tells it like it is and calls the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I “a genocide.”
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:59:00 GMTRecapture of South Georgia will always be a part of the story of the Falkland Islands
39 years ago, Operation Paraquet – a subsidiary of Operation Corporate – led to the successful recapture of South Georgia by British Armed Forces. This followed an initial incursion on 3 April by the Argentine military, whi...
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:40:00 GMTArgentine Transport Minister Meoni dies in car crash aged 56
Argentina's Transport Minister Mario Meoni died Friday evening in a car crash en route to his hometown of Junín in the province of Buenos Aires, it was reported.
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:08:00 GMTApple retailer iPlace lands in Montevideo thanks to better tax conditions than those in Argentina
Apple's largest retailer in South America, iPlace, which is present in 27 Brazilian states has landed this week in Uruguay. The company iPlace chose Montevideo to start its international expansion to be able to keep an eye on t...