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Camilla Fabri, the wife of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who was estradited to the US, speaks during a demonstration demanding his release, at the Bolivar square in Caracas, on October 17, 2021. Venezuela's opposition called on President Nicolas Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round that was to begin Sunday in Mexico.

Venezuelan opposition urges government to resume talks after walkout

Yesterdat 21:21 Venezuela's opposition calls on President Nicolás Maduro's government to resume talks to resolve their differences, after the ruling party withdrew from the latest round over extradition of Alex Saab.

Handout photo released by Presidency shows President Alberto Fernández (centre) talking next to Foreign Minister Felipe Sola (right) and Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas during a Mercosur Summit from the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on July 8, 2021.

Mercosur tensions

Argentina, Paraguay agree to review Mercosur's common external tariff

15-10-2021 20:33 Argentina and Paraguay agree to review Mercosur’s Common External Tariff – an issue that has sparked tensions within the trade bloc.

Argentina's players celebrate at the end of the South American qualification football match against Peru for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 14, 2021.

International football

Peru fail to disrupt the Scaloneta as Argentina march on

15-10-2021 00:37 If this Argentina team has one great virtue, and there are plenty to choose from, it is the unshakeable self-belief that courses through its veins.

by Dan Edwards

Argentina's Lautaro Martínez celebrates with Ángel Di María and Nahuel Molina after scoring against Peru during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 14, 2021.

ROAD TO QATAR 2022

Martínez winner over Peru takes Argentina's run to 25 unbeaten

14-10-2021 23:52 Argentina took their unbeaten run to 25 matches and moved a step closer to qualifying for the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Peru on Thursday.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Lithium in Latin America

Mexico eyes state monopoly to tap lithium rush

14-10-2021 22:39 Mexico plans to move towards a state monopoly in the exploration and mining of lithium, a vital material in the production of electric car batteries, the government said Friday.

LITHIUM IN LATIN AMERICA

Chile offers incentives to miners to take on more lithium projects

14-10-2021 22:34 Chile is offering new contracts to tap the world’s biggest reserves of lithium in a effort to reclaim market share as demand for the battery metal surges.

Fishermen on the shore of Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, on October 11. Photographer:

BLOOMBERG

La Niña arrives, threatening to stoke droughts and roil markets

14-10-2021 16:12 A weather-roiling La Niña appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America and greater risks for the world’s already strained energy and food supplies.

In this file photo taken on May 20, 2021, people walk past flags outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

Human rights

US rejoins UN Human Rights Council, years after walk-out

14-10-2021 16:05 The United States returned to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, three-and-a-half years after a dramatic walk-out; Argentina also elected to body.

Global pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro decides not to get vaccinated

14-10-2021 12:53 Unsurprisingly, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Chilean deputies sign a constitutional accusation against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera in Valparaíso, Chile, on October 13, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile opposition moves to impeach Piñera over Pandora Papers claims

14-10-2021 12:51 Chile's opposition on Wednesday moved to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for the controversial sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in the Pandora Papers leaks.

A girl opens the door of the public school of Ologá, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 6, 2021.

Education

'We're ignorant': Illiteracy haunts isolated Venezuelan village

13-10-2021 09:28 People in Ologá are facing a serious problem due to the lack of education, although it is far from being their main trouble since, for a long time now, they have also been suffering from lack of electricity, water, and domestic gas.

File photo taken on March 24, 2021, showing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during sunrise. October 12, 2021, marks the 90th anniversary of the unveiling of Rio's iconic statue.

FELIZ CUMPLE CRISTO

Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue celebrates 90th birthday

13-10-2021 09:16 Iconic statue that towers over Rio de Janeiro celebrates its 90th birthday with a Mass, new song and a new bottle of booze.

A demonstrator is arrested by riot policemen during clashes following a protest of Mapuche indigenous people in downtown Santiago, on October 10, 2021.

UNREST IN CHILE

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

Indigenous leader of the Mapuche radical group Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) Juan Pichùn stands next to freshly felled trees during the illegal occupation of the lands of a forestry company in Traiguen, Araucanía Region, Chile, on September 28, 2021. Pichùn, who doubts that a new constitution will resolve the Mapuche people historic demands for land and self-determination, took "territorial control" of the place along with 30 members of CAM, and cut down dozens of trees that they would later sell.

CHILE'S NEW CONSTITUION

Mix of hope, scepticism among Mapuche as Chile rewrites constitution

12-10-2021 14:57 Chile's Constitutional Convention had already begun to draft a new constitution, but Mapuche leaders doubt that it will resolve the community's historic demands for land and self-determination.

Osmair Camargo Candido, 60, known as Fininho, works as a gravedigger at a cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 28, 2021. Fininho, who has worked for over 30 years as a gravedigger, is a philosophy teacher, gives vocational courses at a school, and is writing a book.

PROFILE

Gravedigger and philosopher: the double life of Osmair Candido

11-10-2021 21:34 For Osmair Candido, who has worked as a gravedigger for the past 30 years, the pandemic was worse than a nightmare, an ordeal the Brazilian overcame only with the help of a few old friends – Kierkegaard, Kant and Nietzsche.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks after meeting with leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, on Octubre 4, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Ecuador's legislature to investigate president over Pandora Papers

11-10-2021 09:15 Ecuador's legislature votes to open investigation into whether Guillermo Lasso broke the law by keeping assets in tax havens.

Argentina's players celebrate after scoring against Uruguay during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on October 10, 2021.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Impressive Argentina see off Uruguay 3-0 at the Monumental

11-10-2021 09:10 Albiceleste secure 3-0 win in the Clásico Rioplatense; Victory, secured by goals from Messi, De Paul and Martínez, leaves unbeaten Argentina in second in World Cup qualifying table behind Brazil.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on relaxing restrictions imposed on the country during the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic at a virtual press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on July 5, 2021.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

UK cuts 47 countries from Covid travel 'red list,' including Argentina

09-10-2021 12:52 Removal from the "red list" means passengers will no longer be required to enter hotel quarantine. Instead, those required to enter lockdown can spend their 10-day period at a home or private residences.

L-Gante meets President Alberto Fernández.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

What we learned this week: October 2 to 9

09-10-2021 12:49 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Antonio Pedro de Souza (left), 42 – a painter who has been out of work since the beginning of the pandemic – poses for a picture next to his wife (right), Ilma da Silva Santos and their children at their home at Manuel Faustino squatter camp, near Salvador, Bahía, Brazil on October 16, 2020.

Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses 600,000 Covid deaths

08-10-2021 19:46 Brazil on Friday surpassed 600,000 deaths from Covid-19. The country of 213 million has also recorded more than 21.5 million cases of the deadly virus.

Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero addresses the press after a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart in Brasilia.

TRADE BLOC TENSIONS

Argentina, Brazil agree to reduce Mercosur's Common External Tariff

08-10-2021 19:43 Brazil and Argentina agree to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff by 10% "on a very broad universe of products."

FOOTBALL

Home crowd awaits for unbeaten Argentina

08-10-2021 00:03 After Italy's defeat to Spain on Wednesday the Albiceleste became the national team with the longest unbeaten record in the world, having last gone down at the 2019 Copa América to Brazil.

by Dan Edwards

A Paraguayan fan enters to the field to take a selfie with Argentina's Lionel Messi during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 between Paraguay and Argentina at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción on October 7, 2021.

International football

Paraguay hold Argentina in World Cup qualifier stalemate

07-10-2021 23:49 Single point maintain Albiceleste's unbeaten run in qualifying and solidifies their second place in the single qualifying table behind runaway leaders Brazil, who saw off a scare against Venezuela in Caracas.

A man works at the terrace of a coworking space over Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 27, 2021

PHOTO FEATURE

'Beach' coworking spaces the new craze in São Paulo

07-10-2021 08:44 After 18 months of being locked up by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Brazil's largest city is breathing again, thanks in part to open air coworking spaces. Rooftops and terraces made out to look like a beach have sprung up all over – and they are no longer the domaine of just internet start-ups.

Lithium

Lithium prices are soaring, sparking more deals for key battery metal

07-10-2021 08:23 Lithium is having a moment -- and record prices won’t deter the flurry of deals for the key battery metal.

In this file photo taken on July 29, 2021, Guido Bellido (left) raises his fist next to Peru's President Pedro Castillo (right) at Pampa de la Quinua in Ayacucho, southern Peru.

Peruvian politics

Peru president announces PM will step down, triggering resignation of Cabinet

06-10-2021 21:10 President Pedro Castillo announced on October 6 the resignation of his prime minister and his entire cabinet, two months after taking office, in a surprise message to Peru broadcast on state television.

Passengers pass through Ezeiza international airport.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina to scrap Covid entry quotas for foreign arrivals on October 19

06-10-2021 14:12 Argentina’s civil aviation agency announces that from October 19, Covid-19 limits on incoming passengers arriving from abroad by air will be scrapped.

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera offers a press conference a day after he was mentioned in the 'Pandora Papers' media investigation exposing world leaders' use of tax havens, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on October 4, 2021.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Chile's opposition accuses President Piñera after Pandora Papers report

06-10-2021 13:01 Opposition lawmakers in Chile said Tuesday they will present a parliamentary charge that could lead to the removal of President Sebastian Piñera following allegations related to the Pandora Papers leak.

In this 2014 file photo, coach Kenneth Zseremeta (right) awards the under-17 Women's World Cup golden boot to Venezuelan players Deyna Castellanos and Gabriela García.

SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPORT

Venezuelan footballers denounce sexual abuse by former coach

06-10-2021 09:51 Twenty-four of Venezuela's top football players denounce alleged sexual abuse by their former coach Kenneth Zseremeta, whom they describe as a "monster" in a statement posted on social media.

In this file photo taken on August 12, 2021, a person shops for produces at an area grocery store in Washington, DC. Inflation continued to rise in the US in August, while spending and incomes also climbed, according to government data released on October 1, 2021.

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

IMF: Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery

05-10-2021 12:25 Global economic bounceback from the Covid-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries, warns IMF.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Argentina ranks third for offshore bank accounts in 'Pandora Papers' leak

05-10-2021 09:25 New leak of nearly 12 million documents from financial services firms shows how elite use tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Number of Argentines appear, including Gianfranco and Mariano Macri, Jaime Durán Barba, Daniel Muñoz, Ángel Di María, Javier Mascherano, Mauricio Pochettino and Zulemita Menem.

Brazil relies on hydroelectricity for more than 60 percent of its power, and the drought has forced the country to increase output of more expensive and carbon-intensive electricity.

Bloomberg

Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America

04-10-2021 20:39 The energy crisis sweeping the globe is about to hit South America, where a historic drought has the region desperate to replace a collapse in hydroelectric generation.

An aerial view of the financial centre of Panama City.

PANDORA PAPERS LEAK

Panama law firm heavily implicated in 'Pandora Papers' revelations

04-10-2021 13:01 Prestigious Panamanian law firm was named in the so-called 'Pandora Papers' as implicated in the creation of offshore shell companies meant to hide money in tax havens for more than 160 politicians and public figures.

PANDORA PAPERS

Here are the biggest revelations from the Pandora Papers leak

04-10-2021 10:19 Huge leak of financial records reveals offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America.

Bloomberg

MercadoLibre SPAC has 30 Latin America tech firms in its sights

02-10-2021 08:03 E-commerce giant's firm with venture capital firm Kaszek is just getting off the ground. Already, the e-commerce giant’s executives are mulling more partnerships in the region.

Brazil's Economy Minister, Paulo Guedes, speaks during a press conference at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Brazil’s Guedes lets rip at Argentina, vows to ‘modernise’ Mercosur

01-10-2021 01:37 Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes says Argentina should "withdraw" from the Mercosur if President Alberto Fernández's government feels "uncomfortable" with Brasilia's plans to "modernise" the South American trade bloc.

Children play cards and bet with unused Venezuelan bolivar bills on a street of Puerto Concha town, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 9, 2021.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

A million bolivars become one as Venezuela recalibrates battered currency

30-09-2021 22:30 For the third time in 13 years, Venezuela on Friday will slash zeroes off its inflation-battered currency, the bolivar. This time, it will shed six zeroes, for a total of 14 since 2008.

Handout photo released by Ecuador's National Police of policemen taking part in an operation at the Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 30, 2021.

Latin America's jails

More than 100 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence

30-09-2021 15:55 The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday.

Customers dine at a restaurant in the Palermo neighbourhood as mask and capacity restrictions are lifted.

BLOOMBERG

South America gets Covid break from vaccines after deadly wave

30-09-2021 13:43 Region is seeing a sudden drop in cases and deaths and is starting a return to pre-pandemic ways, creating both relief and anxiety.

Demonstrators hold a green flag during a march celebrating after the lower house took a step toward decriminalising abortion, on the Global Day of Action for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile, on September 28, 2021.

ABORTION RIGHTS

Thousands march for abortion rights in Latin America

29-09-2021 08:47 Thousands of women took to the streets across Latin America Tuesday to demand abortion rights, a practice largely prohibited in the region where hundreds of women are serving prison time under draconian laws.

LATIN AMERICA

The Uruguayan 'micronation' where fun is the goal

28-09-2021 15:20 In the upscale Punta Carretas neighbourhood of the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, overlooking the Río de la Plata, lies the self-declared Republic of Parva Domus Magna Quies.

Covid-19 vaccines

Argentine firm begins work on Covid vaccine based on mRNA tech

28-09-2021 09:50 Sinergium Biotech to produce vaccines against Covid-19 for Latin American countries based on mRNA technology, similar to that employed by Pfizer and Moderna in their shots.

No country on Earth puts more breakfasts on kitchen tables than Brazil. The farms that dot the vast plains and highlands that rise above the Atlantic coast produce four-fifths of the world’s orange juice exports, half of its sugar exports, a third of coffee exports and a third of the soy and corn used to feed egg-laying hens and other livestock.

BLOOMBERG

Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, drought upends global markets

28-09-2021 09:32 Brazil's crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets.

Director of the Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution (NOREF), Norwegian Dag Nylander (C), speaks during a press conference with the head of the Venezuelan government delegation, Jorge Rodriguez (R), and the head of the Venezuelan opposition delegation, Gerardo Blyde Perez (L), at the hotel where the negotiations between Venezuelan government an the opposition are taking place in Mexico City, on September 27, 2021.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela rivals report more progress at political talks

28-09-2021 08:58 Venezuela's government and opposition reported further progress toward resolving their differences during a third round of talks in Mexico City that wrapped up on Monday.

Argentina's Lionel Messi controls the ball during the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021 football tournament group phase match against Bolivia at the Arena Pantanal Stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 28, 2021.

International football

Scaloni names Argentina squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers

28-09-2021 08:34 Lionel Messi headlines the Argentina squad for three South American World Cup qualifiers in October announced on Monday.

A makesifht camp of Venezuelan migrants burns after after being set on fire by demonstrators during a protest march against illegal migration in Iquique, Chile on September 25, 2021.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN concerned about 'xenophobia' against migrants in Chile

27-09-2021 15:33 The United Nations expressed concern Monday at "violence and xenophobia" meted out to undocumented migrants in Chile over the weekend by locals fed up with their presence in the country.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during the commemoration of the 51st anniversary of the Pancasan guerrilla campaign in Managua, on August 29, 2018.

ORTEGA SEEKS RE-ELECTION

Nicaragua's presidential campaign kicks off, with no rivals

26-09-2021 21:40 Nicaragua's presidential election campaign officially kicked off on Saturday with incumbent Daniel Ortega's main rivals all under arrest.

WINE & VINICULTURE

Zuccardi Valle de Uco ranked world's best winery for third straight year

24-09-2021 17:08 Winery in the Andes Mountains named world's best vineyard for third consecutive year; five Latin American sites make top 100 list.

People march during a demonstration called by social organisations to protest against the government of APresident Alberto Fernández, towards Plaza de Mayo square and the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on September 21, 2021.

Global pandemic

Turn the page on Covid-19? Not so fast, say experts

24-09-2021 12:43 It's far too soon to declare victory, say experts, who warn that unequal vaccine access could still lead to the emergence of new and more deadly variants of the virus.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

22-09-2021 10:06 Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York.

Workers produce automobiles at a car manufacturing plant.

WORLD ECONOMY

OECD lowers global growth forecast, but improves Argentina's to 7.6%

21-09-2021 17:31 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warns of "uneven" global economic recovery as it lowered its 2021 growth forecasts for the world and the United States while raising the outlook for Europe and Argentina.

Handout photo released by Argentina's Chief Cabinet press office shows Juan Manzur (left) and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti during a meeting at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on September 21, 2021.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government unveils plan to ease Covid restrictions, reopen borders

21-09-2021 15:32 The use of facemasks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Argentina as from October 1, the government announced on Tuesday as part of a sharp easing of restrictions, including the gradual reopening of borders.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Bolsonaro tells UN he rejects vaccine passports

21-09-2021 13:17 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his government was against health passports but backed drives to vaccinate against Covid-19.

Covid-19 pandemic

Argentina retains quarantine for citizens who travel overseas for work

20-09-2021 15:50 Restrictions were due to be lifted on September 21, but move now pushed back until October 2 at earliest.

An empty classroom at an elementary school in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, August 30, 2021.

EDUCATION

UNICEF: Two in three LatAm kids still not back in classroom

20-09-2021 14:39 Two out of three children in Latin America and the Caribbean have not returned to the classroom after months of coronavirus lockdown, the United Nations has warned.

A woman receives a jab of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker at a drive-thru vaccination post in Brasilia on September 13, 2021.

Global pandemic

Brazil turns the tide with Covid-19 vaccines

16-09-2021 16:57 Brazil is one of the fastest vaccinating countries on the planet, after a late and chaotic start that continues to take its toll on President Jair Bolsonaro.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president, speaks during a bill signing ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Human Rights Watch: Brazil's Bolsonaro 'threatening' democracy

15-09-2021 14:13 President Jair Bolsonaro is "threatening democratic rule" with his attacks on Brazil's Supreme Court and electoral system, Human Rights Watch warns.

BLOOMBERG

Priciest food since 1970s is a big challenge for governments

15-09-2021 10:41 Governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do enough to prevent having to pay it.

FOOTBALL

This is it: Messi gets set for PSG Champions League bow

14-09-2021 13:27 Lionel Messi went to Paris to win the Champions League again – on Wednesday he's set to finally make his first start for his new club when they kick off their European campaign in Bruges.

Tabata Amaral is a rising star in Brazil’s political landscape, where women account for only 15 percent of the nation’s congressional seats.

BLOOMBERG

Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics

14-09-2021 13:22 The progress of women in politics has stalled in one of the world's most economically unequal places.

The World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, USA, May 20, 2021.

BLOOMBERG

Debt load threatens Latin America jobs recovery, World Bank says

14-09-2021 12:06 Latin America’s heavily-indebted corporations are likely to delay rehiring workers during the recovery from last year’s slump, according to the World Bank.

People use the Salvadoran government's electronic wallet Chivo, after bitcoins were put into circulation throughout the country as legal currency, in Sensuntepeque, El Salvador, on September 9, 2021. The Salvadoran government created the electronic wallet Chivo app so that Salvadorans abroad can send remittances to their relatives without paying transfer agency fees.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

El Salvador president says half a million using new bitcoin wallet

14-09-2021 11:56 There are now more than half a million people using El Salvador's bitcoin wallet, President Nayib Bukele said Monday.

Argentina's Lionel Messi fires in a corner kick during the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on September 9, 2021.

FOOTBALL FIXTURE PILE-UP

South America to cram in extra World Cup qualifier in October

14-09-2021 11:49 South American national teams will again be asked to play an extra round of World Cup qualifiers in the upcoming international window, continental governing body CONMEBOL said on Monday.

BLOOMBERG

IMF taps Credit Suisse’s Goldfajn for Western Hemisphere role

13-09-2021 15:09 International Monetary Fund taps Ilan Goldfajn, chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG in Brazil and a former Central Bank president in that country, to lead its Western Hemisphere Department.

ENVIRONMENT

Another deadly year for Latin America's environment defenders

13-09-2021 14:01 A record 227 people were killed worldwide in 2020 for their defence of nature – more than four a week on average, and almost three-quarters of them in Latin America, said environmental rights organisation Global Witness.

ENVIRONMENT

Death stalks Colombian defenders of nature

13-09-2021 13:52 Global Witness NGO says Colombia was the most dangerous country for land and environment defenders for the second year in a row in 2020, accounting for 65 of the 227 killings reported worldwide.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro ‘politically isolated’ – despite the bluster

11-09-2021 10:20 Brazilian leader marked Independence Day with huge rallies, but analysts say president is just seeking to sow chaos.

International football

Scaloni: 'Messi always makes the difference'

10-09-2021 02:56 National team coach hails Rosario-born superstar after his hat-trick against Bolivia at the Monumental.

Images from Argentina's clash against Bolivia, in which Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick. After the match, the players celebrated their Copa América win with fans, in the first match played before spectators in Argentina since March 2020.

International football

Messi breaks Pelé's record with a hat-trick as Argentina see off Bolivia

10-09-2021 02:41 Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pelé as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in a 2022 World Cup qualifier.

Travellers will certify their vaccination record when overseas using ‘Mi Argentina’ app, the government has announced.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Vaccination will be certified via 'Mi Argentina' app while overseas

10-09-2021 02:19 Travellers will certify their vaccination record when overseas using ‘Mi Argentina’ app, says government.