Peru will emerge from ‘economic hibernation’ by May, elections date safe: president
Peru hopes to gradually emerge from the economic hibernation aimed at halting the spread of the novel coronavirus and return to “more or less” normal levels of productive activity in 2021, President Martin Vizcarra said on Tuesday.
Paraguay has South America’s best record on coronavirus after early lockdown
As a global coronavirus pandemic spread around the world, landlocked Paraguay did not wait, imposing a strict lockdown in early March, before neighboring countries. The result: the fewest cases in the region.
Brazil cocaine kingpin nabbed in Mozambique as gang expands
One of Brazil’s top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique, officials in both countries said, underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command (PCC) gang, Brazil’s most powerful criminal organization.
Televised raid on illegal Amazon mining angers Brazil government, leads to sacking
Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the country’s top environmental enforcement officer, according to a government notice published on Tuesday, after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest…
Malawi joins other southern African nations in coronavirus lockdown
Malawi joined other southern African nations in announcing a three-week lockdown on Tuesday to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Albania to pay $350 to workers of businesses hit by coronavirus crisis
Albania will pay a one-off sum of 40,000 leke ($350.78) to 176,000 workers in businesses hurt by measures to contain the coronavirus, Finance Minister Anila Denaj said on Tuesday.
Colombian businesses face sharp drop in sales, employee cuts amid coronavirus lockdown
Nearly 95 percent of Colombian businesses surveyed by the chamber of commerce guild have seen sales drop more than 50 percent amid quarantine measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the guild revealed on Tuesday.
U.S. military says coronavirus likely occurred naturally but not certain
U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally, as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China, but there is no certainty either way, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
Recent North Korea missile test not particularly provocative: U.S. general
The top U.S. general said on Tuesday that North Korea’s recent test of short-range missiles was not particularly provocative or threatening to the United States.
No trade-off between health and economy, Sunak says
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said he did not see a trade-off between measures to combat the health impact of the coronavirus and the country’s economic wellbeing, after government forecasters estimated output could fall by a third.
