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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Guedes insists in privatizing Petrobras, since the world is heading for “a green and digital economy”
Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes underlined on Wednesday that the announced privatization plan of the government (some 100 companies) must include oil giant Petrobras because the “future is green” and in not so many ...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:52:00 GMT
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights conseque...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Chile's Lower House votes against legalizing abortion
Chile's Lower House Tuesday turned down a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy by 65 votes against, 62 in favor and one abstention. Thus the initiative will be shelved.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:48:00 GMT
Macri charged with espionage against relatives of ARA San Juan crew
Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri has been charged with espionage against the relatives of the doomed ARA San Juan submarine. Upon deciding the measure, Federal Judge Martín Bava Wednesday ruled the former head of stat...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Antarctica, Falklands and South Georgia will see a total and partial solar eclipse
On Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, some people in the Southern Hemisphere, Falklands, South Georgia Islands, will have the chance to experience a total or partial eclipse of the Sun, according to US space agency NASA.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Fernandez and Bolsonaro seal close relations in the Day of Argentine/Brazilian Friendship
In anticipation of the coming Mercosur presidential summit, 16/17 December when Argentina will hand the rotating chair of the group to Brazil, and celebrate the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Foz de Iguazu Declaration, ...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:37:00 GMT
Tennis player Peng Shuai mystery: WTA suspends all WTA tournaments in China and Hong Kong
The president of the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Steve Simon announced on Wednesday "the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong," as a result of the situation with Chinese ex-player Peng ...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Peru highlights OAS' role defending democracy in the region
Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Wednesday signed bilateral agreements at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:15:00 GMT
Omicron makes landfall in Brazil but all patients are in good health
Brazilian Health authorities have reported Wednesday cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 have been detected in several places nationwide with three confirmed patients in São Paulo and many other suspected in Brasilia an...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Argentina and China strengthen cooperation on several issues
The governments of Argentina and China Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral ties, particularly in science and technological developments, it was reported.



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