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Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:55:00 GMT
Bolsonaro averts chances of emergency surgery
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said from his hospital bed in São Paulo that the chances that he might require to undergo surgery were “very remote.”

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:47:00 GMT
CPI climbs 3.2% in June in Argentina, 25.3% in first semester of 2021
The Argentine Central Bank's monthly Survey of Market Expectations (REM) has matched the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) announcement Thursday of a 3.2% increase in retail prices nationwide.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:41:00 GMT
Uruguayan President vows that should a 3rd dose be necessary it will be with the Pfizer vaccine
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday said the potential need for a third dose of an anticovid-19 vaccine was still under study but should the experts find it necessary it would be with the one produced by Pfizer.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:36:00 GMT
Argentine Government decrees five days of mourning for victims of covid-19
The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández Thursday decreed five days of mourning in tribute to the over 100,000 deadly victims of covid 19, a figure which reached six digits Wednesday.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:44:00 GMT
Argentine President's prophecy becomes true, but it turns out to be worse
Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who had said earlier through the coronavirus pandemic that he would rather have 10% new poor people than 100,000 deaths is now faced with his prophecy.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:38:00 GMT
State of exception decreed in Ecuador due to covid-19 Delta variant and Delta Plus subvariant
Upon confirmation of the presence of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Sars-Cov-2, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Wednesday decreed a state of exception focused exclusively on the areas where those detections have ...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:50:00 GMT
Cuban gov't to allow medicines, food and hygiene products into the country
Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices has allowed unrestricted entry into the country of medicines, food, and hygiene products as of next Monday in a measure to appease protests which erupted nationwide last Sunday.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Colleague of Colombian squad involved in killing of Haiti president says his friends were tricked into it
Former Colombian serviceman who was to be among the commandos involved in the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse a week ago has claimed they were not “mercenaries.”

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:30:00 GMT
Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:30:00 GMT
France celebrates Bastille Day amid protests against Macron's mandatory vaccination announcements
Following French President Emmanuel Macron's announcements earlier this week regarding anti-covid vaccination, angered demonstrators clashed with police all over the country Wednesday during the Bastille Day holiday.



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