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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Studies show third dose needed to fight Delta variant for those who have received a full Sinovac inoculation
A study by Chile's Catholic University has shown that the Chinese-developed Sinovac anticoronavirus vaccine's effectiveness was down after six months and patients would then need a third dose of the immunizer.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:38:00 GMT
Venezuela rejects accusations of "hosting" armed groups that attempt against Colombian institutions
Venezuelan foreign minister Jorge Arreaza rejected accusations from the Colombian government regarding the recent attack on the helicopter of president Ivan Duque in the city of Cúcuta and claimed Bogotá is using his country ...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:50:00 GMT
As in the Falklands, Colombian children in rural areas taught to identify mines and unexploded ordnance
As happened during decades in the Falkland Islands, children in rural Colombia are being taught how to identify landmines and ordnance planted near their villages by the several guerrilla groups that ravaged the country during ...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Sputnik V vaccine cleared to land in Chile
Chile's Public Security Institute (ISP) Wednesday authorized the emergency use of the Russian anticoronavirus Sputnik V vaccine by 5 votes in favour, two abstentions and one against, it was announced.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:18:00 GMT
Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet
Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:05:00 GMT
Peru's President-elect outlines plans which include people from every political background
Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo Tuesday sought to calm down a shaken country just one day after being declared the winner.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Demonstrators back to the streets of Colombia on Independence Day to push for reforms
Colombian demonstrators took once again Tuesday to the streets of the country's biggest cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Manizales to step up their demands against the Government of Iván Duq...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Argentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms
Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpo...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Castillo to be Peru's next president after all
Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador
The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from ...



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