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Sat, 01 May 2021 08:55:00 GMT
Argentine President picks new Transport Minister to replace the late Mario Meoni
Argentina President Alberto Fernández has selected Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura CEO Alexis Guerrera to become the new Transport Minister in place of the late Mario Meoni, who passed away in a car accident on April 23.

Sat, 01 May 2021 08:47:00 GMT
Mercosur partners sign e-commerce agreement
The four founding and still full members of Mercosur - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – Friday signed in Montevideo the bloc's electronic commerce accord which had been agreed on at the Common Market Council virtual ...

Sat, 01 May 2021 08:16:00 GMT
Maradona's death could have been prevented, court doctors say
Medical experts appointed by the Office of the Prosecutor investigating the death of Diego Armando Maradona Friday concluded the Argentine football star lacked proper health care assistance and that he might have survived under...

Sat, 01 May 2021 01:36:00 GMT
British MPs unanimously declare genocide is taking place in China against Uyghurs
In 2021 the governments of the United States, Canada and the Netherlands all independently stated China was committing genocide against Uyghur people in the region of Xinjiang. Last week, April 22, UK Parliament was the latest ...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Parliamentary Commission investigating Bolsonaro's handling of covid-19 pandemic starts sessions
The Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) probing President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic convened Thursday for the first time as Brazil surpassed the 400,000-casualty barrier.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:43:00 GMT
Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019
Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvem...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:03:00 GMT
Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo hospitalized with respiratory problems
Peruvian presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo was hospitalized Thursday with a "respiratory decompensation," his party Peru Libre announced.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Sputnik V developers file libel suit against Anvisa for “false and inaccurate” rejection
The Russian manufacturers of the Sputnik V vaccine have filed a libel lawsuit in Brazil against the country's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for “intentionally spreading false and inaccurate information” about...

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:35:00 GMT
Brazilian airline Gol reports millionaire losses due to travel restrictions
Brazilian airline Gol Thursday reported losses of US $ 473 million for the first quarter of 2021 due to the travel restrictions effective worldwide as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:30:00 GMT
Ford increases output in Argentina, hires more workers
Despite all pandemic-related setbacks, Ford's carmaking plant in Pacheco, 30 kilometres northwest of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) in Argentina, has increased its output of the Ranger model, for which 256 new perso...



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