COVID-19: Over 68% of parents won’t allow their children return to school, shows Chilean survey
Andrew Mendez/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – More than 68 percent of parents say they will not allow their children to attend classes this upcoming…
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COVID-19 pandemic yet to peak in the Americas, warns WHO
GENEVA – The coronavirus pandemic has yet to peak in the Americas, the World Health Organization warned yesterday, as it said global infections were likely…
COVID-19: Colombia extends compulsory isolation for two more weeks
BOGOTA – Colombia extended by two more weeks, until July 15, the mandatory preventive isolation throughout the country to contain the expansion of the coronavirus,…
Medium intensity earthquake hits La Ligua, Chile
SANTIAGO – An earthquake of medium intensity was registered in the central zone of Chile on Thursday. As reported by Onemi, the earthquake was perceived…
Brazil judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public
BRASILIA – A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the…
Agriculture: Rooted in Racism
By Pierre Ferrari and Cory Gilman LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – There has been far less social progress in the United States in the last 155…
Chile’s Covid-19 tally crosses 250,000
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile on Tuesday reported 3,804 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number to 250,767. In a daily…
Brazilians swarm to beaches despite more than 50,000 Covid-19 deaths
SAO PAULO – Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de…
Mexican drug cartel leader threatens president Obrador for arresting his mother
MEXICO CITY – One of the most wanted Mexican cartel leaders has threatened the government and his arch-foes in highly unusual video messages, including one…
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff While Chile continues to climb the Covid-19 worldwide charts for contagion and deaths, its president, Sebastian Piñera, throws caution, and…