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Alberto Fernández to visit Chile's Piñera in Santiago this month

16-01-2021 06:56 President Alberto Fernández will travel to Santiago on January 26 to meet with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.

UK to ban South American, Portugal arrivals over Brazil virus strain

14-01-2021 15:47 Britain bans all arrivals from South America, Panama, Cape Verde and Portugal over fears of importing a new coronavirus variant from Brazil.

Ford to close factories, end manufacturing in Brazil

11-01-2021 18:13 Carmaker Ford said Monday it would close its factories in Brazil this year as the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic hammered sales in Latin America.

Tolerant Uruguay a place for some trans citizens to 'glow'

11-01-2021 08:35 There is no current data on how many people identify as transgender in the neighbouring Uruguay, let alone how many of them are minors.

Bolsonaro backs vaccine campaign despite personal opposition

17-12-2020 14:48 Brazil is negotiating the purchase of 350 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for 2021, including 210 million of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that is largely made in Brazil by the Fiocruz institute, and 70 million of Pfizer's vaccine.

UN slashes LatAm economic slowdown projection

16-12-2020 16:06 Executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Alicia Bárcena predicts the region will experience growth of 3.7 percent in 2021.

UN: Foreign direct investment in Latin America to fall by up to 55%

02-12-2020 13:39 Foreign direct investment in Latin America will fall by up to 55% in 2020, the UN's regional economic commission said Wednesday.

Racing end Flamengo's Copa Libertadores defence with penalty shoot-out win

02-12-2020 13:24 Flamengo's defence of their Copa Libertadores title has ended at the last 16 stage, after the Brazilian giants crashed out on penalties at the hands of Racing Club.

Billionaire Eurnekian vows to build Maradona statue at Ezeiza

28-11-2020 07:15 Billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is preparing to fulfil an old promise to Maradona by erecting a statue of the late player at Ezeiza international airport.

Fernández heads across River Plate to meet Lacalle Pou

20-11-2020 13:07 President Alberto Fernández crossed the River Plate on Thursday to meet up with his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou in the first meeting between the two leaders since the latter’s inauguration on March 1.

The coronavirus remains far from beaten

14-11-2020 08:56 Will life ever return to “normal”? After a fashion, it probably will, but the after-effects of the great pandemic which took the world by surprise and has yet to be mastered will be felt for many years to come.

by James Neilson

Brazil’s Bolsonaro is Trump’s biggest orphan

09-11-2020 17:54 Bolsonaro is now Trump’s most prominent orphan in the Americas, and his politics by tantrum may ring hollow absent the hemisphere’s alpha provocateur.

by Mac Margolis

Latin America watches on as United States heads to the polls

31-10-2020 10:36 With the region facing unprecedented economic and health concerns, as well as the issue of China’s increasing presence, Tuesday’s election could set the tone for the next phase of US-Latin America relations.

by Jennifer Heiman & Anina Hoffman

Ties that bind or blind: a brief history of US-Argentine relations

31-10-2020 10:31 Formal bilateral ties date back to January 27, 1823 – predating the Monroe Doctrine by over 10 months and long before Argentina was called Argentina.

by Michael Soltys

Latin America won’t see pre-virus growth until 2023, IMF says

22-10-2020 18:00 Most countries in Latin America will be unable to return to their pre-pandemic growth levels until 2023, says the IMF.

Argentina hits one million cases as virus slams Latin America

19-10-2020 22:10 In Argentina, it's smaller cities like Ushuaia are now seeing some of the most notable upticks in Covid-19 infections. Across Latin America, three other nations are expected to reach the one-million-case milestone in the coming weeks — Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Brazil-US turbulence ahead in case of Biden victory

11-10-2020 17:27 Diplomatic relations between Brazil and the United States are likely to become more turbulent in the event of a Joe Biden victory in November.

In thrall to an abject failure

10-10-2020 10:21 Like many others, the Kirchnerites put their own ideological hang-ups first and human rights a long way second.

by James Neilson

Latin America's virus victims, and the spaces they leave behind

25-09-2020 12:11 Global deaths from the coronavirus have almost reached the grim threshold of one million. Around one-third of fatalities were in Latin America, where countries with overstretched medical resources are preparing for a further onslaught.

Argentina’s virus outbreak rages while region gets some relief

24-09-2020 15:13 As some relief finally arrives to countries across the region, Argentina is seeing cases spread to ill-prepared interior provinces and daily death records set on multiple days this week.