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Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguay on 24-hour strike for lost wages and in favor of repealing Government’s Law
Uruguay is going through a 24-hour strike called by the labour union Pit-Cnt to demand better wages and working conditions, to defend national development and state-run companies and, most importantly, to say “yes” to the r...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:21:00 GMT
Remains of Argentine combatants identified at last by ICRC mission
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Second Humanitarian Project Plan has identified the remains of four Argentine combatants from the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war buried in grave C.1.10 at Darwin's military cemet...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Pelé discharged from ICU but stays hospitalized
Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pelé, has been discharged from São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital's Intensive Care Unit Tuesday but will remain in the institution to continue...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:31:00 GMT
New Falklands port gets green light to proceed as part of ambitious infrastructure investment program
Last Friday 10 September 2021, the Falkland Islands port project received ExCo (Executive Council) approval to proceed to Stage One B, Detailed Design, which will take place over the next 13 months. Stage One A began in July 20...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:55:00 GMT
Vaccination of children aged 6 to 12 starts in Chile with Coronavac
Chile's health authorities have started vaccinating children aged between 6 and 12 against COVID-19 with the Chinese Coronavac drug to keep up the country's high immunization rate, which is among the most prolific worldwide.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:51:00 GMT
Brazil's STF may sentence Bolsonaro to pay fine over homophobic statements
A lawsuit filed against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for statements made in March 2011 during a TV show at the time he was a deputy Monday reached the country's Federal Superior Court (STF).

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:33:00 GMT
Relief in Brazilian markets, on the truce between Bolsonaro and the Justices
Brazil's Sao Paulo stock exchange recovered on Monday, helped by the positive climate in global markets plus the relative truce following the political-institutional clash of last week between president Jair Bolsonaro and the S...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Uruguay's Congress hit by coronavirus infections
A few Uruguayan lawmakers tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 forcing 48 people from the national Congress to go into isolation, it was reported Monday.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Paraguayan FM keeps taking steps towards reopening of Argentine borders
Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Monday met with the Governor of the Argentine Province of Salta Gustavo Sáenz to further discuss an improvement in bilateral ties which would eventually lead to the reopening of the...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Uruguayan government warns border municipalities that reopening of border crossings with Argentina will take two months
Uruguayan federal authorities Monday conveyed to mayors of Salto (Andrés Lima), Paysandú (Nicolás Olivera) and Río Negro (Omar Lafluf) that the reopening of land crossings with Argentina will take at least two more months.



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