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Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Repsol ordered to stop loading or unloading crude in Peru's Pacific waters
Peruvian authorities Monday ordered Spanish oil company Repsol to stop loading and unloading crude oil on ships after a spill in January has caused a major environmental crisis in the Pacific Ocean off the province of Callao ne...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Britain helping the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo with a Covid-19 genome-sequencing project
The British government and the Pasteur Institute Montevideo, Uruguay, have announced they will be working jointly in a agreement that will help advance the genome-sequencing of Covid-19 project, through techniques under develop...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Latin America’s strong recovery is losing momentum, underscoring reform needs
By Ilan Goldfain, Anna Ivanova and Jorge Roldos (*) – Governments will need to combine fighting inflation with structural policies that reignite growth.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT
"Partygate", majority of Brits want Boris out, polls show. Chancellor Sunak best positioned to replace him
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is the strongest candidate to replace the United Kingdom's Boris Johnson if he eventually has to step down as prime minister because of the ongoing investigations to the so called "partyg...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?
As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management syst...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:45:00 GMT
Extreme Poverty in Latin America rises to 86 Million because of pandemic, ECLAC report
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:11:00 GMT
Argentina: Máximo Kirchner resigns as Lower House majority leader
The recent deal between the Argentine Government of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking its toll on the country's political leadership front after Lower House Majority Leader Máximo...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:03:00 GMT
Venezuelan NGO claims political prisoners risk never-ending trials
According to a Venezuelan Non-Government Organization, 13 inmates deemed to be political prisoners, have been transferred from the Ramo Verde detention center to regular jailhouses for ordinary criminals, which allegedly jeopar...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:00:00 GMT
UK PM not to resign after early findings from Gray's report are published
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's remaining in office hangs in the balance following the release Monday of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray which has supplied police investigators with over 300 photographs of the party...

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 22:55:00 GMT
Argentina decries British “show of force” in South Atlantic
Argentina's Foreign Ministry has labeled a new military deployment by the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands as “a new and unjustified show of force and a deliberate departure from the calls of the numerous resolutions of...



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