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Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Argentina slowly allows for return of more nationals stranded abroad
After rumours of all kinds, it was announced Friday that Argentina would gradually increase the number of travellers who may come back to the country through the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires.

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:15:00 GMT
Argentine Economy Minister wants common tax on multinational companies higher than 15%
Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Friday requested that a global tax to be applied to multinational companies was higher than the 15% put forward by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:31:00 GMT
Fernández hosts Argentine Independence Day ceremony at historic Tucumán house amid protests
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday headed the celebrations marking the 205th anniversary of the country's Declaration of Independence. From the historic house in the Argentine province of Tucumán, where dignitaries ...

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:25:00 GMT
Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”
One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Elect...

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:11:00 GMT
Rural producers stage protest against Argentine government policies
A massive demonstration by Argentine rural producers convened Friday in the town of San Nicolás de Los Arroyos in the province of Buenos Aires to celebrate Independence Day and express their disapproval of the policies underta...

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Paraguayan President off to Miami, his sister in law among the Champlain Tower dead
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday announced he would be traveling to Miami in the United States after the bodies of close relatives of his wife were retrieved from the ruins of the Surfside Champlain Towers which ...

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 07:53:00 GMT
Fourth case of Delta variant in Brazilian state of Paraná concerns Paraguayan authorities
Paraguayan authorities Friday voiced their concern over the appearance of four cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in the Brazilian neighboring State of Parana due to the daily crossing of people through the Friendship Bridg...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Uruguay insists it has no intention of infringing Mercosur rules, just increasing trade opportunities
The Mercosur trade block, now under the chair of Brazil for the next six months, will be facing one of its most significant potential disruption challenges after the virtual summit with the presidents of the four founding membe...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Opposition files for referendum in Uruguay after collecting far more signatures than required
Uruguayan opposition politicians Thursday filed a petition before the Electoral Court to call for a referendum to repeal several articles of the Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) passed last year.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Cap of 600 daily passengers allowed daily into Argentina to stay in force
The Government of Argentina looked determined Thursday to extend for four additional weeks the cap of 600 passengers a day to be allowed through the Ezeiza international airport, albeit with some exceptions.



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