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Nurses march with torches to demand increases in their salary, professional recognition, and better working conditions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, amid the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Victor R.Caivano)
Argentina resumes strict pandemic lockdown after case surge

May. 20, 2021 09:34 PM EDT

Pope meets Argentine president months after abortion law

By Nicole Winfield May. 13, 2021 07:35 AM EDT
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met Thursday with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, months after Argentina legalized abortion despite a personal appeal from the...

A healthcare worker prepares to inject a man with a dose of the Sinovac vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination point for seniors in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Sputnik vaccine helping Russia regain LatAm foothold

By David Biller And Christopher Sherman Apr. 12, 2021 09:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, left, walks past Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia as they arrive to a law signing ceremony, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fernandez asked his Gonzalez García to resign on Friday, Jan. 19, 2021, who is alleged to be involved in a scandal over discretionary handling of COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci, File)
Argentine health minister resigns amid vaccine scandal

By Debora Rey Feb. 19, 2021 05:51 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2020 file photo, a healthcare worker receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the N-1 military base in Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Mexico will start vaccinating teachers and other school personnel in Campeche, one of the country's 32 states this weekend with an eye toward resuming in-person classes there as early as late next month, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexico looks to reopen schools in just one of its states

By Christopher Sherman Jan. 22, 2021 04:31 PM EST

FILE - In this July 20, 2020 file photo, people exercise during a government-ordered lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the city government authorized people to exercise outdoors as part of a roadmap for rolling back on Covid-19 curbing quarantine restrictions. Argentina’s government said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, it has reached an agreement with its main creditors to restructure billions of dollars in foreign debt, offering some relief for a country hobbled by recession even before the pandemic hit. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Argentina reports debt restructuring deal with creditors

By Almudena Calatrava And Christopher Torchia Aug. 04, 2020 02:50 PM EDT