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Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:14:00 GMT
Copa America: Chile players skip health bubble in major scandal
A Brazilian stylist broke through the Chilean squad's health bubble and players uploaded to social media photographs of them having their hair cut in Cuiabá in what has been so far the biggest scandal at the Copa America footb...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Ecuadorean President Lasso travels to US for surgery but will stay in command
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Sunday flew to Miami to undergo spinal cord surgery, after which he is expected to spend several days in rehabilitation.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:53:00 GMT
Anvisa green-lights sale of 480 tons of medical oxygen to Paraguay
Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Sunday confirmed Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) had agreed to allow the sale of 480 tons of oxygen for medical purposes.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:42:00 GMT
UK born Blackburn player becomes the star of Chile's national football team
Chilean fans are celebrating the new idol of their national football team, English-born Ben Brereton who became the unlikely hero when Chile beat Bolivia 1-0 in the Copa America, hosted by Brazil, last Friday.

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Retired military officers call for annulment of Peru's elections as political unrest mounts
Peru's President Francisco Sagasti has ordered the Minister of Defense to investigate the sending of a letter by retired military officers which may imply a breach “to the constitutional order.”

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Castillo advisor says there will be “no expropriations, no nationalization, or price controls” in Peru
Pedro Francke, a 60-year-old economy professor and advisor to presidential frontrunner Pedro Castillo, has announced “there will be no expropriations, no nationalization, or price controls” in Peru, the Madrid daily El Paí...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:49:00 GMT
WHO focuses on possible dangers of coronavirus lambda variant
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to focus on the possible threats by the coronavirus variant known as Lambda, which was first found in August 2020 in Peru, when it was called C.37 or “Andean.”

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Peru's fortunes start packing up in case Castillo becomes President
Peru's wealthiest people feel threatened by the likelihood of leftwing Pedro Castillo becoming the next president and have therefore started wiring money abroad, it was reported.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Castillo edged Fujimori by 44,000 votes as counting ends in Peruvian presidential runoff
Peru's electoral authorities have completed counting votes from June 6's presidential runoff, after which left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo was determined to have finished some 44,000 votes ahead of right-wing populist Keiko F...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:18:00 GMT
When 26 OAS countries condemned human rights violations in Nicaragua, Argentina was among the 5 who abstained
A resolution by the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning human rights violations and massive arrests of opposition leaders by Nicaragua was supported by 26 countries, opposed by three (one of them Nicaragua), while ...



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