Honduran president, wife contract coronavirus
TEGUCIGALPA – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his wife Ana Garcia both have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Today I was diagnosed as…
South America
Latam Airlines Argentina ceases internal operations indefinitely
BUENOS AIRES – LATAM Airlines Group has said its Argentine subsidiary will cease operations indefinitely, cancelling all domestic flights, its first major cutback since filing…
Blast from the Past: When Piñera left Presidency with 50pc approval rating
On this day in 2014, Sebastian Piñera, the first right-wing president since Chile’s transition to democracy – left La Moneda after completing his four-year term…
Machu Picchu to reopen in July
LIMA – The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will sharply reduce the number of daily visitors once it reopens…
Imperial College begins clinical trials of Covid 19 vaccine in 300 volunteers
LONDON – Scientists at Imperial College will start the first clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine this week with more than 45 million pounds…
Chile tightens coronavirus lockdowns as national tally tops 220,000
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile on Wednesday tightened the lockdowns in capital Santiago as the South American surpassed 220,000 cases of the…
Piñera approval falls to 24% amid rising COVID-19 cases in Chile
SANTIAGO – Chileans’ approval of President Sebastián Piñera saw a decline of three percentage points, reaching 24% and a disapproval of 65% last week, amid…
Chile: Tiltil mayor dies days after COVID-19 infection
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities have confirmed the death of Nelson Orellana, the mayor of Tiltil, who had previously been reported as infected with the coronavirus….
Chile now has 11th highest number of COVID-19 cases worldwide; 3,383 confirmed dead
SANTIAGO – Chile on Tuesday surpassed Turkey – that has 181,298 cases of coronavirus – to become the 11th worst-hit country in the world, after…
20 Indian soldiers killed in violent face-off with Chinese soldiers in Ladakh
NEW DELHI – At least twenty Indian army personnel, including a commanding officer of Colonel rank, have been killed in a violent face-off with Chinese…