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Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Costa Cruises cancels its 2021/22 season in Uruguay and Argentina
As happened with MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises announced on Friday the cancellation of its 2021/2022 cruise season in Uruguay and Argentina. Last-minute differences with Brazilian officials forced the Italian cruise company which ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:51:00 GMT
Argentina lifts capacity ban ahead of a football match against Brazil
Argentine authorities have lifted all capacity restrictions on outdoor events as of Nov. 16, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti announced Friday. It is also the day Argentina's national football team is to clash with Brazil in a Wo...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:48:00 GMT
Zuckerberg's rebranding strategy sparks controversy
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week the company would be changing its name to Meta, public perception was quick to establish the decision was a response to a matter of public acceptance hitting record lows and m...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:29:00 GMT
Pfizer vaccine gets emergency authorization for use on children aged 5 to 11 in the US
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States Friday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 on children aged 5 to 11, it was announced. The decision came three ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:22:00 GMT
Vaca Muerta boosts Argentina's oil output to record number of BPDs
Argentina's output of crude oil has reached an unprecedented 532,566 barrels per day in September 2021, according to a report released Friday by the private firm Regional Investment Consulting (Ricsa), thus surpassing the previ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:04:00 GMT
US President and Pope discuss climate change and COVID-19 vaccines
US President Joseph Biden Friday met in Vatican City with Pope Francis, in an encounter during which climate change and COVID-19 vaccines topped the agenda at the same time the issue of abortion was cautiously overlooked by the...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:51:00 GMT
Chile: Piñera says his impeachment is politically driven
Chile's President Sebastian Piñera Friday downplayed through his legal team a motion for his impeachment on the grounds that -in his view- it was all “an ostensible political-electoral maneuver” based on “manifestly fals...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:24:00 GMT
EU should lift entry restrictions to travelers from Argentina, Colombia and Peru
The European Union Council has advised Member States Friday to add Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and also Namibia to the list of countries for which travel restrictions to/from the European Union should be lifted at the earliest t...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:21:00 GMT
Bolsonaro loyalist want to make him Senator for life
As charges to be filed against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro get increasingly threatening, political allies of the head of state are said to be looking for ways to shield him from a possible conviction.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:28:00 GMT
UK and France clash over fishing licenses: French ambassador summoned in London
The United Kingdom on Thursday summoned the French ambassador in London amid a dispute over fishing rights in the English Channel. The move comes as tensions increase in a heated argument over the issuances of fishing licenses ...



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