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January 8 – Twenty-three killed in La Vega massacre in Caracas, Venezuela. [1] January 14 – The hospital system in Manaus, Amazonas, [2] Brazil, is overwhelmed with 2,516 new infections and 254 hospitalisations. Hospitals report shortages of oxygen (O 2). January 17 – Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden 's United States Secretary of ...
September 9, 2024 at 6:16 AM. By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott. ASUNCION (Reuters) - South America's Paraguay River, a key thoroughfare for grains, has hit a record low in Paraguay's ...
On 22 May 2020, citing the rapid increase of infections in Brazil, the World Health Organization declared South America the epicentre of the pandemic. [4][5] As of 12 January 2023, South America had recorded 67,331,547 confirmed cases and 1,344,031 deaths from COVID-19. Due to a shortage of testing and medical facilities, it is believed that ...
South America is seeing a surge in cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue during the southern hemisphere summer, prompting Brazil to roll out a novel vaccine campaign, while in Argentina many ...
1835 — Malê Revolt. 1835 — 1845 Republican revolt against the Empire of Brazil is put down in the Ragamuffin War. 1896 — 1897 War of Canudos. 1912 — 1916 Contestado War, a rebellion in Brazil, fails. 1932 — 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution, a failed uprising centered in São Paulo, Brazil. 1961 — 1963 Lobster War.
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Proposed state: Republic of São Paulo. Advocacy groups: Movimento São Paulo Independente, [14][15] Movimento República de São Paulo [16] South Region. Proposed: Independence for the South Region of Brazil. Advocacy group: O Sul É o Meu País. Espírito Santo. Proposed state: Espírito Santo Republic of Espírito Santo.
There are four active member states of the Union of South American Nations after six member states suspended their participation in the organization in April 2018, while Ecuador and Uruguay announced their withdrawals in March 2019 and March 2020 respectively. [1][2][3]