News of pandemic

Panama government reduces fuel prices in face of protests

14-07-2022 11:54 Panamanian protests achieve lowered fuel prices and rate-freezing for other essentials.

Paris Club requires Argentina stick to IMF deal to rework debt

07-07-2022 14:20 Paris Club group of wealthy creditors says government must give assurances that it will comply with IMF deal if talks over restructuring of debt are to continue.

UK Prime Minister Johnson defies calls to quit over lockdown-breaking parties

25-05-2022 15:53 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defiantly rejected calls to resign after an internal inquiry Wednesday found he presided over a culture of lockdown-breaking parties that ran late into the night and even featured a drunken fight among staff.

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

02-05-2022 21:48 In Peru – the country with the highest death rate from Covid-19 – people have continued to use on the street to prevent contagion, despite it no longer being mandatory.

Opposition slams Fernández de Kirchner for ‘shameful’ EuroLat speech

15-04-2022 10:08 Vice-president officially opens 14th plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; Representatives and opposition lash out at speech.

Chile relaxes Covid-19 requirements, measures for entering country

13-04-2022 03:26 Chilean government announces relaxation of Covid-19 measures for citizens and tourist travelling to the country.

Argentina extends Paris Club talks over US$2 billion to June 30

23-03-2022 14:02 Argentina reaches an agreement Tuesday with a group of wealthy nations known as the Paris Club to finalise by June 30 a repayment programme on US$2 billion of debt. 

Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad

03-03-2022 14:00 Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America but every year thousands of its citizens pack their bags and head for pastures new.

Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘Pandemia Macrista’ in latest letter

21-01-2022 23:14 With IMF talks entering crucial stage, vice-president’s latest letter declares controversially that “Macri’s pandemic cost more than Covid-19."

City education minister accused of ‘giving up’ on school dropouts

21-01-2022 17:32 Soledad Acuña sparks controversy, suggesting that some schoolchildren had been “lost” in wake of pandemic.

Lionel Messi in isolation in Argentina after testing positive for Covid

02-01-2022 17:20 Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and entered self-isolation in Rosario, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

World set to ring in another pandemic Christmas

24-12-2021 08:58 Omicron's rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions across the world; Argentina's government records 13,456 cases in a day – a threefold rise in just a week.

Billionaires' share of global wealth soars during pandemic

07-12-2021 15:34 The club of the richest 1% in the world has taken more than a third of all additional wealth accumulated since 1995, while the bottom 50% captured just 2%.

Chile confirms first case of Omicron variant

05-12-2021 16:57 Chile confirmed on December 4 the first case of the variant of the Omicron coronavirus in a traveller from Ghana, who had arrived in the southern country on 25 November, the Valparaíso Regional Health Secretariat (Seremi) reported.

World Bank: 40% of households in Argentina lost income during pandemic

30-11-2021 21:56 According to the World Bank, "food insecurity" almost doubled in Latin America and the Caribbean during the pandemic, with almost 40% of homes in Argentina hit by a drop in earnings.

Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors

28-11-2021 08:37 Latam Airlines Group SA has reached a deal with key stakeholders that paves the way for the Chilean carrier to slash debt and exit bankruptcy under new ownership.

COP26 ambassador: Climate action ‘can raise the profile of Latin America’

29-10-2021 21:49 Fiona Clouder, COP26 Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses the upcoming climate summit and its implications for the region.

by Fermín Koop, Diálogo Chino

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

28-10-2021 13:01 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip climate talks in Glasgow next week and instead visit an Italian town awarding him honorary citizenship.

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

20-10-2021 13:20 Senate committee in Brazil recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro face at least 10 charges, including crimes against humanity, over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Darkest days of Covid crisis remain fresh in the memory for many

15-10-2021 15:59 Coronavirus infections and fatalities are down in Argentina and intensive care units are getting emptier. Yet the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic are indelible memories for doctors, nurses and recovered patients.