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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:47:00 GMT
Future US Ambassador to Buenos Aires says Argentina needs an economic plan
Marc R. Stanley, the man chosen by US President Joseph Biden to become the next Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Tuesday said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate that the South American country needs an economic plan regar...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Argentina declares Maradona's childhood house as a 'National Historic Site'
Argentina authorities have declared the house in the low-income Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Fiorito where football legend Diego Armando Maradona spent his childhood a National Historic Site, it was announced learned Tues...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:09:00 GMT
Third doses and shots for foreigners announced in Argentina
Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Tuesday announced third doses of COVID-19 vaccines were to be applied to specific groups of patients as well as to foreign tourists.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:05:00 GMT
Bright future ahead for Paraguay's economy
Paraguay's Treasury Monday forecast economic growth of 4.5% by the end of 2021, it was announced.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:06:00 GMT
Argentine businessman found dead in Uruguay River
Argentine businessman Eugenio Schneider, who owned a successful sandwich restaurant near Paysandú in Uruguay, was found dead on the west side of the Uruguay river shore Saturday. His body was identified Monday by his family. H...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:17:00 GMT
Rural workers stage protest before Argentine Congress in support of Access to Land bill
Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday camped in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires in support of the Access to Land bill. The UTT, which claims to represent rural workers nationwide, who make up for 8 % of ...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Parts of Chile back under COVID-19 restrictions amid growing number of infections
Chile's capital Santiago and 14 other communes nearby communes are to return to phase 3 of the national Government's contingency plan, following 929 COVID-19 infections detected in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 1,677 nat...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer
Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis L...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Venezuelan children return to school after 19 months
Over 11 million Venezuelan pupils have returned to their schools Monday after a 19-month pause due to COVID-19. The Government had delayed the restart of on-site schooling several times, amid recurrent peaks in infections in ad...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Brazilian President says COVID-19 vax and HIV go hand in hand
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a video posting removed from Facebook after the social media administrators labelled it as “fake news” for linking COVID-19 vaccination to AIDS' HIV.



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