Brasilia, March 14 (RHC)-- The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Silvio Antonio Favero, distinguished for proposing a Law against compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 in the area, died this Saturday due to the pandemic.... More
Brussels, March 14 (RHC)-- Social Rights Commissioner Nicolas Schmit has presented plans in the European Parliament to lift 15 million people, living in the 27-nation EU, out of poverty by 2030. Lawmakers, though, seem less than convinced.... More
La Paz, March 13 (RHC)-- The former de facto president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, after being arrested early this morning in Beni and being transferred to a unit of the Prosecutor's Office in La Paz, invoked her right to silence on Saturday. ... More
Brasilia, March 13 (RHC)-- The coronavirus continues to be out of control in Brazil due to the high rate of contagions and deaths recorded since the beginning of 2021 and represents a threat to Latin America.... More
London, March 13 (RHC)-- A prominent charity organization says the number of excess coronavirus vaccines secured by the U.S., Britain and the EU is sufficient to inoculate the population of as many as 20 conflict and disaster-stricken countries.... More
Vienna, March 13 (RHC)-- Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday suggested that some European countries may have signed “secret contracts” with vaccine companies to receive more vaccines than they were entitled to based on the European Union rules.... More
Buenos Aires, March 13 (RHC)-- Starting on Saturday, flights from Brazil, the United States, Europe and other countries to Argentina will be reduced in order to prevent a second wave of contagion due to the London and Manos strains in Brazil.... More
San Diego, March 13 (RHC)-- The number of refugee children being held in U.S. border facilities is more than four times the number in late February, highlighting a growing humanitarian and political crisis for President Joe Biden’s administration.... More
Rome, March 13 (RHC)-- Italy will be placed under a nationwide lockdown for the Easter weekend, according to a draft law decree announced on Friday, as the government battles to stem a fresh surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Non-essential shops will be shuttered nationwide from April 3rd to April 5th. On those days, Italians will only be allowed to leave their homes for work, health or emergency reasons.... More
Brussels, March 13 (RHC)-- The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out some six million jobs in the European Union, according to a study released in Brussels, with temporary contractors, young and female workers at times hit harder than in the 2008-09 financial crisis.... More
La Paz, March 13 (RHC)-- The former de facto president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, was arrested early Saturday morning for her links to the coup d'état committed against former president Evo Morales in 2019, reported the Minister of Government, Carlos del Castillo.... More
Brasilia, March 13 (RHC)-- In Brazil, it has been one year since the first COVID-19 related death took place -- exacerbated by President Jair Bolsonaro's catastrophic handling of the pandemic. Public hospitals are at a very critical point and gravediggers are working at the limit of their strength in cemeteries that continue to fill up in the midst of the second wave.... More
Guatemala City, March 12 (RHC)-- Family and friends of the 16 Guatemalan migrants who were burned to death in Tamaulipas, Mexico, received the mortal remains of their loved ones on Friday. The repatriation of the bodies was agreed upon by the governments of Mexico and Guatemala after finishing the identification process of the victims, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central American country.... More
La Paz, March 12 (RHC)-- A Bolivian court has issued warrants for the arrest of the country’s ex-president and nine other people, including ministers and top military officials, over their role in a coup against former president Evo Morales.... More
New York, March 12 (RHC)-- Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence are spearheading calls for urgent action to help poorer countries recover from the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, including measures to advance vaccine equity, debt relief, and bolstering fiscal resources for cash-strapped nations.... More
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