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Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths

09-08-2020 08:38 Just a day after Latin America and the Caribbean became the hardest-hit region in the global pandemic, Brazil reported a total of 100,477 fatalities, joining the United States as the only two countries to surpass the six-digit death mark.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 7,000 virus cases in a single day

06-08-2020 02:33 Health Ministry confirms more than 7,000 infections in a day for the first time since the pandemic began. Death toll rises to 4,106.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records new daily highs for Covid-19 deaths and infections

04-08-2020 23:30 Argentina registered 168 deaths and 6,792 infections with coronavirus on Tuesday, two record figures for a single day.

Global pandemic

Latin American coronavirus cases top five million

03-08-2020 23:52 Global infections passed 18 million, with Brazil driving the regional surge. South America's largest country has recorded 2.75 million cases, and close to half the region's 202,000 deaths.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government bans social gatherings in Argentina for next 15 days

02-08-2020 22:42 Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti confirms ban on social gatherings in all parts of the country until August 16, amid surge of Covid-19 infections and fatalities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 200,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19

02-08-2020 21:00 Health Ministry confirms 5,376 new cases, pushing country past 200,000 threshold.

INTERVIEW

John Mearsheimer: ‘A war between the United States and China in 2021 is possible’

01-08-2020 08:58 US political scientist and international relations scholar with the University of Chicago, one of the first to sound the alarm about the rise of Beijing, warns the Sino-American rivalry could reach Latin America.

by Leandro Dario

Coronavirus pandemic

Government halts easing of virus lockdown for at least two weeks

31-07-2020 19:00 Officials decide to delay move to further ease confinement measures for at least two more weeks due to the high number of Covid-19 infections and for fear that the health system might collapse.

Coronavirus pandemic

Record Covid-19 highs: 6,377 new cases, 153 deaths in 24 hours

31-07-2020 03:13 As of Thursday, the country has recorded 185,360 confirmed cases, with 3,441 fatalities. According to Health Ministry records, 80,596 have recovered.

Global pandemic

Brazil reopens to foreign visitors arriving by air, despite virus crisis

30-07-2020 11:04 Move comes even as Brazil registered record numbers of daily infections and deaths, bringing the overall figures past 2.5 million and 90,000, respectively.

LONG READ

Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious in US

30-07-2020 00:06 As the world races to find a vaccine and a cure for Covid-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight to the burgeoning outbreak of conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham treatments.

Global pandemic

Peru says over 900 girls, women feared dead since pandemic began

28-07-2020 00:15 A staggering 900-plus girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since Covid-19 confinement began, according to officials.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 3,000 deaths from Covid-19 since pandemic began

27-07-2020 23:08 Health Ministry confirms 4,890 new cases and 121 fatalities. In total, Argentina has recorded 167,416 infections and 3,059 deaths since pandemic began.

Global pandemic

Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

27-07-2020 17:08 Even as the grim figures keep rolling in, the World Health Organisation is arguing against a wholesale closing of borders, as global death toll reaches 650,000.

Interpol operation

Mafia fugitives arrested in Palermo in drug-smuggling sting

24-07-2020 16:42 Three alleged members of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia organisation were arrested in Buenos Aires last week and are now being processed for extradition to Italy. The sting was part of a larger Interpol investigation of 45 members of the organisation who are spread across the world.

Global Pandemic

In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

23-07-2020 16:03 “Fact-denying populism is being shown its limits," says German Chancellor Angela Merkel in regards to the high number of Covid-19 cases concentrated in populist led nations.

Coronavirus pandemic

Kicillof says Buenos Aires Province will pay Covid-19 patients to isolate

23-07-2020 11:38 Provincial government will pay citizens with mild cases of coronavirus 500 pesos per day (US$6.97) if they stay for 10 days in government facilities through the 'Acompañar' programme.

Global pandemic

Jobless and desperate: post-lockdown reality kicks across globe

23-07-2020 11:26 Many workers' lives have been abruptly upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as job losses in tourism, air travel, food and drink or other industries, hit those both on fixed contracts and in the informal sector.

Global pandemic

Latin America tops four million coronavirus cases

23-07-2020 11:06 More than four million coronavirus cases have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean, half of them in Brazil.

Coronavirus pandemic

Another day, another record: 5,782 new cases and 98 fatalities

23-07-2020 03:03 New figures mean that 141,900 infections have now been recorded, with 2,588 deaths. ICU bed occupancy in Buenos Aires metropolitan area rises to 64.3%.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 100 fatalities from Covid-19 for second straight day

22-07-2020 00:49 Health Ministry confirms 117 new deaths and record 5,344 infections in 24 hours, just over 92% of which were registered in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA).

Coronavirus pandemic

Buenos Aires begins to slowly emerge from virus lockdown

20-07-2020 23:17 Capital begins gradual reopening of activities in a phased scheme running until August 3, including a limited number of industrial, commercial, service and recreational activities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records more than 100 deaths in a day from Covid-19

20-07-2020 22:28 Weekend pushes Monday's Covid-19 death toll up to its highest daily tally yet since pandemic began: 113 deaths.

Global pandemic

Chile seeks to end confinement amid global Covid-19 spikes

20-07-2020 14:13 Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced the "Step by Step" plan to get out of 60 days of quarantine.

BLOOMBERG

Most of the world may face Covid without a vaccine, warns expert

19-07-2020 23:53 Klaus Stohr has urged governments for many years to prepare for the grim possibility of a pandemic. And he paints a sobering picture of what lies ahead.

G20 MEET

Argentina asks for help as Saudi hosts G20 virtual talks on virus recovery, debt crisis

18-07-2020 07:00 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá says he will urge the G20 to set up a global "solidarity-based fund" to address the increase in poverty in virus-battered countries.

Coronavirus pandemic

'We will try to return to normal life': Fernández loosens lockdown

17-07-2020 21:45 Amid record Covid-19 surge in cases and fatalities, President Alberto Fernández announces loosening of lockdown restrictions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and phased re-opening of activities.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 surge continues: 4,250 infections and 82 deaths

16-07-2020 01:12 Health Ministry announces new high of 4,250 infections and 82 deaths in 24 hours. To date, Argentina has 111,147 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 2,050 fatalities registered.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

70 years on from the 'Maracanazo,' Brazil and Uruguay cannot forget

15-07-2020 23:21 July 16, 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the "Maracanazo," when hosts Brazil was beaten 2-1 by Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup in front of a crowd of almost 200,000 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The defeat inflicted crushing disappointment across Brazil and still reverberates to this day.

Coronavirus pandemic

101-year-old discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19

14-07-2020 15:28 A 101-year-old woman discharged from hospital, 36 days after she was first hospitalised with Covid-19.

'Echizen Maru' in Ushuaia

57 sailors onboard fishing ship in Ushuaia test positive for Covid-19

13-07-2020 23:17 Argentine fishing boat docks in Ushuaia after 35 days at sea, after crew begin showing signs of coronavirus. Reports say 57 of the 61 crew-members onboard the 'Echizen Maru' – who all isolated for 14 days before setting sail – have tested positive for coronavirus, puzzling experts.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina surpasses 100,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19

12-07-2020 21:06 Health Ministry confirms 2,657 new cases of Covid-19, taking Argentina past the symbolic 100,000 barrier.

Global pandemic

Video calls, separate bedrooms: Bolsonaro’s first week with Covid-19

12-07-2020 08:35 Brazilian leader announced that he had been infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday and is using it to publicly extol hydroxychloroquine, the unproven malaria drug that he’s been promoting as a treatment for Covid-19.

INTERVIEW

Stephen Walt: 'The pandemic has hurt the United States more than China'

08-07-2020 23:03 Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, says that Americans are sick of Trump. "If the rivalry between the US and China continues to intensify, South America will probably have to pick sides," he warns.

by Leandro Dario

Global pandemic

Ignoring outrage, Trump makes good on WHO pullout

08-07-2020 00:09 In late May, Trump said that China exerted "total control" over the WHO and accused the UN body of failing to implement reforms.

Global pandemic

Latin America & Caribbean surpasses three million Covid-19 cases

07-07-2020 23:58 The region is the current epicentre of the global pandemic, with 3,023,813 cases and nearly 140,000 deaths – almost half of them in Brazil, the hardest hit country in the world after the United States.

Global pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro confirms he has tested positive for Covid-19

07-07-2020 12:36 “I’m perfectly well,” Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil in a live interview, after announcing he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina registers record 75 deaths from Covid-19 in one day

07-07-2020 02:43 More than 80,000 people have now been infected with Covid-19 in Argentina. To date,1,582 fatalities have been recorded.

FOOTBALL

Epic Italia ‘90 continues to live long in the memory

04-07-2020 09:35 If Italia '90 was a grainy Fellini masterpiece, complex, tense and unafraid to lay bare humanity at its ugliest and, therefore, most real, four years later football had already crossed the line into pure Disney fantasy.

by Dan Edwards

Coronavirus pandemic

Cold, windswept and frozen, Buenos Aires returns to isolation

03-07-2020 03:37 On a chilly winter Wednesday, a lonesome Buenos Aires reverted to the first and most restrictive phase of the quarantine, in a renewed bid to halt the advance of Covid-19.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Pandemic to deliver 'unprecedented' blow to tourism in Latin America, Caribbean

02-07-2020 03:21 Coronavirus pandemic to deliver "unprecedented blow" to tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank warns.

Coronavirus pandemic

New phase of stricter lockdown begins in Buenos Aires

02-07-2020 00:17 Officials said Wednesday that the new measures were working well – the Buenos Aires City government said that on Wednesday 107,000 vehicles had used the capital's highways, a 33 percent drop from one week ago.

Global pandemic

Latin America, Caribbean may see virus deaths quadruple: experts

01-07-2020 17:39 Pan American Health Organisation warns virus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

In midst of Covid chaos, Uruguay is getting it right

30-06-2020 12:50 Uruguay has become an oasis in the middle of a Covid-19 storm.

Global pandemic

EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to US tourists

30-06-2020 12:33 European Union to reopen borders to travellers from 14 countries, and possibly China soon, but most US citizens have been refused entry for at least another two weeks.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Argentina's economy tanked in April as virus hit home

30-06-2020 12:33 Construction was the worst hit industry, plummeting 86.4%, with hotels and restaurants not far behind (down 85.6%). Manufacturing, down 34.4%, and business, which lost 27%, were also hard hit.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina records highest daily death toll yet from Covid-19

30-06-2020 00:23 Forty-eight people died from Covid-19 in Argentina over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry officials said Monday, lifting the total number of fatalities to 1,280.

EX-ARGENTINA MANAGER

Carlos Bilardo does not have Covid-19 and was misdiagnosed, says brother

30-06-2020 00:05 Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning coach was diagnosed with Covid-19 by mistake, his brother has revealed.

BLOOMBERG

Economy plunges more than expected after lockdown

29-06-2020 23:10 Economic activity fell 17.5% in April from the previous month, and 26.4% from a year ago, the government reported Monday.

Global pandemic

World hits 500,000 coronavirus milestone amid fears worst to come

28-06-2020 19:03 A reported tally Sunday from Johns Hopkins University researchers said the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic had reached 500,108.