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Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:13:00 GMT
Brazil needs to appoint new brass after mass resignation
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday accepted the resignations of the current heads of the three armed forces – General Edson Pujol (Army), Admiral Ilqes Barbosa (Navy) and Brigadier Antonio Carlos Bermudes (Air Force) j...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:51:00 GMT
Paraguay: Foreign Minister cries for US, Taiwan help with Covid-19 vaccines
Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Tuesday cried out to the world, particularly Taiwan and the United States, for anti-covid-19 vaccines to curb the spread of the disease which has killed over 4,000 people so far.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:47:00 GMT
LADE makes maiden flight for Comodoro Rivadavia-Puerto Madryn route
A De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter of Argentina's Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) took off from Comodoro Rivadavia airport Tuesday morning and landed at Puerto Madryn at 10.10 am in what became the new route's maiden ...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:22:00 GMT
Manhattan judge rules against Argentina over mishandling of INDEC data
US Federal Judge Loretta A. Preska of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday ruled against Argentina and in favour of the plaintiffs with regards to the South American country's handling ...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:06:00 GMT
World leaders seek international treaty under WHO for pandemics to come after covid-19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other top world leaders agreed Tuesday in a joint news article published in various top world newspapers that the international community should work t...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:04:00 GMT
Lawmaker wants referendum on province of Mendoza's independence from Argentina
Deputy José Luis Ramón Tuesday announced he would submit a bill to Congress to hold a referendum in his native province of Mendoza so that its citizens can decide whether they want to remain a part of Argentina.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Lacalle gets vaccinated – insists on need for flexibility on the part of Mercosur
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday stood by the words he said during Friday's virtual Mercosur Summit which led to a rife with his Argentina counterpart Alberto Fernández.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Bolsonaro reshuffles Brazil's cabinet, apparently to take on Covid-19 from a different angle
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday ordered a sizeable reshuffle of his cabinet by accepting resignations from six top aides and appointing their successors. The most significant changes involved Foreign Affairs, Defense a...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:22:00 GMT
All but South African coronavirus strains circulating in Argentina's community
Argentina's Science Ministry Monday confirmed community circulation of the Manaus strain in the country had been established. The new variant is said to be more contagious and others also dare suggest it is even more lethal. Of...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Florida Governor DeSantis against US vaccine passports
Florida State Governor Ron DeSantis Monday announced he would fight the federal administration's plans to create a national vaccine passport.



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