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Colombian minister insists Copa will go ahead BOGOTA: The Copa America will be played “with or without fans,” regardless of Covid-19, Colombia’s sports minister said shortly after less optimistic comments from the president of co-host Argentina.“The Copa America is still as planned from the start: Argentina and.......

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Mendoza province plays with idea of leaving the Argentine confederation RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - To recover most of the competencies ceded to the State or, in case of failure, to "leave" Argentina: these are the proposals of the "MendoExit", a "movement" that questions Argentine federalism to the point of putting on the table the independence of the province of Mendoza,....

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Inflation in Argentina overheats its engines amid the "second wave" RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Institute of Statistics and Census reported on Thursday that consumer prices in Argentina in March were slightly more than one percentage point above the 3.6% rate recorded in February, when inflation had shown a slight moderation after the price hike in Decembe....

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Argentina's interest in the two Cuban vaccines against Covid-19 in Phase III trials RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cuban scientists are working on four vaccine candidates against Covid-19: Soberana 1 (in Phase II), Soberana 2 (in Phase III), Mambisa (in Phase I) and Abdala (in Phase III). A fifth candidate, Soberana +, is a reformulation of Soberana 1, intended for convalescents of the d....

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Argentina's Alberto Fernández questions hosting of Copa América 2021 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina President Alberto Fernandez on Thursday cast doubt over the upcoming Copa America the country is due to co-host with Colombia, insisting that the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic must be taken into consideration. Argentina is due to host the opening match of t....

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Brazil's poultry producer BRF begins to import corn from Argentina and Paraguay RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From January to March, imports increased 90% over the previous year, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. BRF (BRFS3), the country's largest poultry processor, has bought two shipments of corn from Argentina to help control costs, the company said this ....

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Moody's upgrades banking outlook for Paraguay, Panama and Argentina RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The rating agency Moody's has improved the outlook of the banking system of Paraguay, Panama and Argentina, by changing its rating from "negative" to "stable", the entity informed on Thursday. In Paraguay and Panama's case, the improvement in their ratings is due to the "sta....

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Youth Leaders for Climate Justice Say, 'We Are Ready to Work' Inspiring individuals from Argentina, Colombia and Kuwait lay out actions that can improve people’s lives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ....

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Jair Bolsonaro on new curfew in Argentina: "The Army in the streets to keep the people at home?" RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In what promises to be a new diplomatic crossroads, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro referred to the surprising restrictive measures adopted by the Argentine government to control the coronavirus pandemic, among which the curfew and the total closure of on-site educa....

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Sinovac to donate vaccine to S American football group Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd will donate a total of 50,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccines to the South American Football Confederation, as the Copa América 2021 Argentina-Colombia will be held between June and July.....

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Argentina will require negative PCR to truckers coming from Chile RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Specifically, the new sanitary regulations, according to provision 342/21 of the Ministry of Health of Argentina, establish that foreign carriers and crew members entering by land must present a certificate for a negative PCR test result performed 72 hours before entering t....

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Brazil, Mexico and Chile leverage weak dollar, while Argentina and Peru's currencies slip deeper RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin American markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with gains in Brazil, Mexico and Chile taking advantage of a global weak dollar after economic data from the United States and China supported an appetite for risk assets, while Colombia, Argentina and Peru posted losses. Analy....

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One meter "as wide as the sea", the distance between Uruguay and Argentina on the port issue RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After the Uruguayan government’s announcement to dredge the access channel to the Port of Montevideo to 14 meters, Argentina reacted with a letter from the president of the Argentine delegation to the Administrative Commission of the Río de la Plata (CARP) Diego....

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Argentine president worried about Lula's fate in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's president Alberto Fernández warned on Sunday that in Brazil "the persecution" against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva "intends to restart", and requested the justice system of the South American giant to sustain the ruling of the Federal Supreme Court (TSF) to annul ....

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Tomlinson, Watson in Olympics qualifiers today Simon Tomlinson and Kane Watson will start their bid for Olympic table tennis glory today. They are among 27 men with the same goal at the five-day Latin American Singles Olympic Qualification tournament in Rosario, Argentina. Tomlinson is seeded.......

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Brazilian government wants end of Amnesty Commission in 2022 and rejects 90% of requests for recognition of amnesty recipients RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil restored democracy in 1985 without settling accounts with history and the memory of the victims of a military regime that spanned 21 years. Unlike countries like Argentina or Chile, which took their executioners to the dock before turning the page, the country was con....

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Argentina decries UK military operations in the Falkland Islands RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Argentina rejects in the strongest terms the carrying out of military maneuvers, and the launching of missiles in particular, in Argentine territory illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom," the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Complaint to the United N....

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U.S. is the largest donor of Covid supplies and support in South America, says U.S. Admiral Craig Faller, head of Southern Command RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Infobae) The arrival in Argentina of the head of the Pentagon agency that focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean is part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which Craig Faller does not hesitate to define as "the perfect storm." Without skirting any agenda item, ....

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Virus lockdowns around the world as vaccine efforts stumble Mumbai, India, April 10 – Fresh lockdowns and curfews were imposed on tens of millions of people from India to Argentina on Saturday, as Covid-19 infections surged again and vaccine roll-outs were hampered by shortages and scares over side effects. In India, the worst-hit state of Maharashtra....

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Brazil's vice president calls Argentina 'eternal beggar' and says his country must have fiscal responsibility RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vice President Hamilton Mourão called Argentina an "eternal beggar" on Thursday, April 8, when he said Brazil must have fiscal responsibility. Mourão made the statements while participating in a virtual meeting with business people. In the meeting, he addressed the contr....

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Pakistan among beneficiaries of IMF-WB initiative WASHINGTON: Pakistan is among the major beneficiaries of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank initiative to help emerging economies deal with the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Data released by the two financial institutions show that Pakistan is receiving $1,386 million f....

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Mexico and Argentina requested debt relief for middle-income countries before the IMF and World Bank RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a joint statement at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), the two countries suggested that there should be new mechanisms to benefit middle-income countries, including a fund within international institutions to encou....

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Did Hitler live in Argentina? The most incredible stories and conspiracy theories about his death and the supposed flight to Patagonia By Matias Bauso RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In 1969, Albert Panka turned 80 years old. He was a German miner who had been retired for several years. A sullen and reserved man who had been arrested about three hundred times in the last 25 years. He was not a criminal, nor did he have […] Th....

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Scania CEO in Argentina foresees record exports for 2021 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Scania CEO Andrés Leonard Sunday said in an interview he foresaw a 75% increase in "exports from Tucumán to the world" of bus and lorry gearbox parts. The company has a manufacturing plant in Colombres, in the Argentine province of Tucumán, and its output supplies the fir....

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Argentina registers new historical record of Covid-19 cases (April 6) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to official sources, Argentina registered this Tuesday 20,870 Covid-19 cases, its highest number of confirmed infections in 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic. The previous record was on October 21 last year, when there were 18,326 positives. This new pea....

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Moody's warns Argentina's default risk still high RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The agency stated in a report that the risk of default remains latent despite the temporary support that additional external financing from the special drawing rights (SDR) to be granted to Argentina by the IMF and the resources that the country could obtain from the i....

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IMF says that there is "much to be done" in Argentina for its stabilization RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “Argentina faces significant challenges since inflation is very high” and “it is not yet obvious” how this indicator will evolve. Therefore, “much remains to be done in terms of macroeconomic stabilization,” said Gopinath at the pres....

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Mercado Libre to almost triple investment in Mexico to US$1.1 billion this year RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's e-commerce firm Mercado Libre said on Tuesday it would invest US$1.1 billion to expand its warehouse space and services in Mexico this year, spurred on by a pandemic-driven boom in online shopping. The figure is nearly triple the US$420 million Mercado Libre spen....

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Argentina finalizes "intensive" measures to face second Covid-19 wave RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "With this sustained and accelerated increase in the number of cases, the second wave is already a fact," said Vizzotti in a press conference. The minister indicated that "what is happening in Argentina does not exceed the global context", mentioning the increase of cases th....

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Citizens aged 80 and above to be vaccinated at home (Clockwise) People wait for their turn to receive a dose of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine at a private medical facility in Karachi on Monday. Two men roll prayer carpets from the main hall of a mosque in Rawalpindi as required under the guidelines issued by the government to prevent t....

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Argentina's President tests positive for Covid-19 after vaccine He said he'd take the Covid-19 vaccine first, as a role model for the rest of Argentina. A little over two months after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V, Argentinian President Alberto Fernández has tested positive for the coronavirus.....

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Mercosur: Argentine minister accuses Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay of pure ideological dogmatism RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Matías Kulfas, Argentina's Minister of Productive Development, admits that Mercosur is going through "a tense moment". Partners such as Uruguay and Brazil want more flexibility and lower external tariffs, and the last meeting of the organization a few days ago concluded wit....

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Pope Francis wants to 'live humbly' in a 'modest' guest house for this reason, filmmaker reveals in doc Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013, making him Pope Francis.....

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Argentine government launches application-based Covid-19 health passport RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Government of Argentina has launched a Covid-19 health passport; the coronavirus has so far left 56,023 dead and 2,373,153 confirmed positives. While the country has added 9,902 cases and 82 deaths in the last day, according to the latest balance of the health authoritie....

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President of Argentina tests positive for COVID-19 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, who turned 62 years old this Friday and had already been vaccinated against COVID-19, confirmed this Saturday (03.04.2021) that he tested positive in an antigen test, pending confirmation of the result of the PCR test. "I wanted....

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Fabulous dinosaur cemetery in Argentina RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "This is a caudal vertebra from the tail of this new dinosaur, it weighs between 20 and 25 kg." Dissector in hand, like the one used by dentists, geologist Alberto Garrido begins a meticulous work in his laboratory of the Provincial Museum of Natural Sciences Juan A. Olsache....

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Peso inflation thwarts Argentine wine industry RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It is harvest time in Argentina. In the province of Mendoza (midwest) where 70% of the Argentine wine is cultivated with the majestic Andes Mountains as a backdrop, Eduardo Pulenta, owner of the 135 hectares of the bodega Pulenta Estate, prefers to see the glass as hal....

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Pandemic generated 22 million new poor in Latin America: Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru are among the most affected RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The pandemic has pushed 22 million people below the poverty line over 2020 in the region's countries, according to data from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Thus, 209 million people are considered poor and, of this total, 78 million are i....

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Arsenal midfielder says he would like to play with Manchester United star at Boca Juniors Arsenal midfielder says he would like to play with Manchester United star at Boca Juniors - originally posted on Sportslens.com Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira has talked about the prospect of playing alongside Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani at Boca Juniors next season. The Uruguay inte....

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New apex dinosaur discovered with huge claws was a 'fearsome killer' A newly discovered dinosaur called Llukalkan aliocranianus has been detailed in a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The dinosaur was similar in appearance to the T-rex and was likely, according to the study, a ‘fearsome killer’ that prowled Patagonia around 8....

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Argentine Foreign Ministry denies report regarding termination of Madrid I, II and Foradori-Duncan agreements with UK RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's Foreign Ministry Wednesday denied allegations published by the Buenos Aires daily Infobae, according to which the administration of President Alberto Fernández was eyeing the termination of the bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom regarding the issue of ....

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"Argentina on the verge of an unprecedented health catastrophe," warned an intensive care physician RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For Arnaldo Dubin, the situation of the healthcare system, added to the epidemiological reality, suggests that "a worse disaster than the one experienced last year is in the offing." The statements of intensivist Arnaldo Dubin never go unnoticed. It must be because, as he hi....

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Argentine wine sales boosted by pandemic, but vineyards still wary It's the grape harvest in Argentina and traditionally the province of Mendoza, which produces 70 percent of the country's wines, would be bustling with tourists, mostly from Brazil.....

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A new 'top predator' dinosaur has been discovered, and it's terrifying If you were roaming around the Southern Hemisphere roughly 80 million years ago there are a number of things you'd have to watch out for. Predators were plentiful and if you weren't big and bulky with thick skin and armor plates, or perhaps incredibly fast, you might not last very long. In the north....

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Falklands: Argentine government said to consider to rescinding diplomatic agreements with the UK RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Infobae) The Government of Alberto Fernández is currently evaluating whether to strike a blow with uncertain consequences, writes Argentine newspaper Infobae. The aim is to rescind all bilateral agreements signed in the last 30 years involving diplomatic relations between ....

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Argentina to become automaker BMW's second lithium supplier after US$334m deal RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – German automaker BMW is making progress in its transition to electric cars and, as part of this process, signed a contract with the US mining company Livent for US$334 million, through which it will buy lithium from the Argentine project the company has in the region o....

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Argentine economy starts 2021 in negative territory RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As expected, Argentina started the year in the red. According to the Monthly Economic Activity Estimator (EMAE) for January, there was a 2% drop in the first month of the year compared to the same period of the previous year. Although the non-seasonal measurement shows....

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Newly discovered T. rex lookalike with an unusual skull terrorized Patagonia 80 million years ago Paleontologists in Argentina have identified a previously unknown species of dinosaur that would have used its huge claws, powerful bite and keen sense of hearing to hunt prey in Patagonia 80 million years ago.....

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Argentina suspends 15 beef exporters for evading state controls RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina said on Monday, March 29, it had suspended 15 meat exporters for dodging industry regulations, derailing at least 40 tonnes of shipments from one of the world's best-known beef producers. The country's agriculture ministry said in a statement it had uncovered sever....

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All but South African coronavirus strains circulating in Argentina's community RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's Science Ministry Monday confirmed the Manaus strain's community circulation in the country had been established. The new variant is more contagious, and others also dare suggest it is even more lethal. Of the various Sars-CoV-2 strains known to science, only the ....

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Argentina closes its land borders in view of the pandemic's advance RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the entry into force of this rule, which was published this Monday, March 29, in the Federal Gazette, people will only be able to enter the national territory by plane through the authorized entry points: the international airports of Ezeiza and San Fernando (both in th....

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