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Anxiety over COVID-19 Lambda variant grows in South America

02:44 While the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads across the U.S., there are growing fears of the Lambda variant, which is showing up in parts of South America. Health experts say it co

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Argentine parents concerned about children’s health as schools reopen

03:07 Thousands of children across Argentina havereturnedto classrooms over the past month.Yet, some students considered to be at high-riskmust be given theCOVID-19 vaccinebefore return

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Prolonged drought in Brazil threatening Paraná River

01:50 One of South America's longest rivers is at its lowest level in living memory.The Paraná ​Riverruns through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.Prolonged droughtin southern Brazil is o

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Argentina reaches 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

02:44 Argentina hassurpassed100,000 COVID-19 deaths.The tragic number comesdespitethe countryramping up its vaccine campaign and a warning by health authorities about the potential spre

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Argentina explores possibility of joining Belt and Road Initiative

03:22 Argentina had been expected to formally joinChina’s Belt and Road Initiative in May.The official state visit didn’t take place because of the pandemic.While Argentina remains inte

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Many established family businesses in Argentina decide to close

02:22 Argentina was among the hardest hit economies in Latin America impactedby the COVID-19 pandemic lastyear.Growth is expected this year, but while the industrial and agricultural se

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Argentina enters 9-day lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

02:28 A second lockdown has begun acrossmostof Argentinaas another wave of COVID-19threatens to collapse the country's health system.Daily cases and deaths are setting new records.CGTN'

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Chilean voters choose 155 delegates to draft new document

02:28 This weekend, voters in Chile elect delegates who will write the country's new constitution.It's a milestone election - there will be gender parity among the delegates chosen maki

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Argentina’s exports of organic food sector growing rapidly

03:11 Among the consumer trends that have been altered by thecoronaviruspandemic is growth in the organic food market.Argentina is one of the countries with the largest amount of land d

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Towards a green economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic

03:50 As Latin America countries rebuild their economies from the pandemic, calls to build back more sustainability are louder than ever.Argentina is one country where the green movemen

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COVID-19 hinders Argentina's beef exports to China

03:02 Growing demand from China has boosted agricultural exports from many Latin American countries, in particular beef from Argentina.Around three quarters of the country's beef expor

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Argentina’s vaccine campaign rollout stalled by controversy

02:45 Argentinahas now vaccinated over one million of its population and has secured 4 million doses.The largest single shipment has been one million doses ofSinopharm'svaccinewhich ar

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Chile's COVID-19 vaccine campaign

02:48 Chile began its nationwide vaccine campaign in early February, and it is now one of the fastest vaccine rollouts in the world. But there remain questions over how effective the c

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Flamboyant former Argentine president dies at age 90

01:55 Former Argentina president Carlos Menem has died in Buenos Aires. He had been suffering ill health in recent months. Menem held office between 1989 and 1999 and oversaw major cha

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Argentina surpasses 2 million total COVID cases

02:43 Argentina has passed 2 million coronavirus cases. Latin America’s third largest economy is also close to reaching 50,000 deaths. The country has made several agreements to secure

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Argentina's first nationally-produced COVID-19 test

03:04 Argentina has produced its first nationwide COVID-19 test. The test uses a blood sample and measures antibodies in just minutes to confirm if someone has the virus. It's produced

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Argentina begins vaccine campaign

02:42 Argentina's health workers received Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the first phase of vaccination in Latin America’s third- largest economy.While some western scientis