Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-vaccines/chile-peru-green-light-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN27K2O7 On Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced that the country’s health regulator had approved clinical trials of AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine. The United States and China are already in the midst of trials of prospective vaccines by Johnson & Johnson and Sinovac, respectively. In addition to these trials with AstraZeneca, Chile is in… Read more »
Link To Article: Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra Ousted In Impeachment Vote Peru’s Congress voted to oust President Martin Vizcarra from office, on counts of corruption and mishandling the pandemic. This decision comes as a surprise to the general public, who had expected him to survive the vote. 105 out of 130 lawmakers voted to remove him, from 9 different parties. During his… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-11-07/democrats-celebrate-biden-harris-victory-while-trump-republicans-wont-accept-defeat This article reiterates the on-going division between both parties, specifically, the outcome of the Unites States 2020 Presidential Election between previous Vice-President Joe Biden, and President Donald Trump. On Saturday morning, November 7, Joe Biden was projected to be the 46th President of the United States. However, President Trump, as predicted, has refused to concede. While… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/10/brazil-halts-trials-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine Vaccine trials in Brazil come to a halt after an ‘adverse’ incident occurs leaving the situation more controversial than ever before. Brazil’s health regulator had suspended trials of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine after an incident involving one of the volunteers. The setback for “CoronaVac” came on the same day US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said its vaccine… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/7/brazils-carbon-emissions-rose-in-2019-with-amazon-deforestation Between 2004-2012 Brazil reduced gas emissions, however, new data reveals that Brazil will fail to meet carbon emissions targets for this year. Although Brazil has committed to the Paris Climate Accord, they are moving farther away from the 2025 goal. And the Brazilian government is bound by law to meet targets set by the 2009 Copenhagen, however,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/10/enslaved-people-rescued-from-illegal-brazilian-gold-mine Authorities rescue 39 enslaved workers from an illegal Brazilian gold mine run by Raimunda Oliveira Nunes, who is on Brazil’s ‘dirty list’ of people using slave labor. The team that raided the mine said workers lived in open sheds and without drinking water. This was the third raid on grounds run by Oliveira Nunes. The Thomson… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/6/cuba-and-iran-fms-meet-to-mark-alliance-against-us-sanctions Cuba and Iran’s foreign affairs ministers, Bruno Rodriguez and Javad Zarif, recently met in Havana, Cuba’s capital. The gathering marked the ‘mutual solidarity between both nations’. Zarif’s trip was aimed at reinforcing the mutual support between the countries while withstanding U.S. sanctions. Granma, Cuba’s official newspaper, described the toughening of the Trump administration’s sanctions as a punishment… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/world/asia/brazil-china-vaccine-covid19.html On Monday, Brazil halted a late-stage trial of a Chinese vaccine that has been considered a front runner in the race for a coronavirus shot. Little information has been revealed except that the vaccine, called CoronaVac and produced by the Chinese company Sinovac, caused a “serious adverse” reaction in a participant. This might include death, disability,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-5484976 In addition to the 50 confirmed deaths across Guatemala due to Eta, President Alejandro Giammattei states another 100 people are feared dead in the central region of Alta Verapaz. Rising river levels, flooding, and landslides have caused a state of emergency to be declared in many areas of the country. Hundreds of people are trapped in… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/08/americas/bolivia-luis-arce-inauguration-intl/index.html Bolivia’s Luis Arce was recently inaugurated as President, ending leader Evo Morales’ chaotic 13-year term. With Arce as President, socialism will return to power in Bolivia. Leaders from all around the region, including Spain, Colombia, and Chile, attended the inauguration ceremony. As a member of Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party, Arce’s goals include healing the… Read more »
