... Covid hotspots. In the Arab world, where the Gamaleya-developed "Sputnik V" vaccine is being tested in Saudi Arabia, the english language online version of Cairo-based Al Ahram, has given front page coverage to The Lancet article discussing Russia's new vaccine.For background purposes, look at the numbers. As of 30 August, Bolivia's neighbor Argentina has 401,239 cases and 8,353 deaths. Chile has 408,008 cases and 11,181 deaths, Mexico has 571,712 cases and 63,819 deaths, Colombia has 599,884 cases and 19,063 deaths, Peru has 629,961 cases and 28,471 deaths and Brazil has 3,846,193 cases and 120,262 deaths. By contrast, the United States ...
... back to the time of spymaster Vladimir Montesinos, who was no stranger to the Kremlin... Draw your own conclusions.UPDATE 17 DEC Multiple sources have reported that the US-friendly "Group of Lima" which includes Peru, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and St. Lucia may break off relations with Venezuela due to its authoritarian government, disrespect for democratic values, and its poor record on human rights, among other things. Venezuela's ...
... discovered in 1820-1822 by expeditions led by Fabian von Bellinghausen and Mikhail Lazarev. The Antarctic also became an issue for discussions between Russian and Latin American leaders, with cooperation discussed as a real possibility during the
visits of Chilean President Michele Bachelet to Moscow
on April 3-4, 2009 and Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev to Argentina
on April 14-15, 2010.
Since 2010, Russia has not been active on the Antarctic track, and on September 8, 2012 it signed the
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Antarctic
with the United States ...
... Peru is a visa free country for Russian visitors. Both countries are now working to build up the tourist flow. Peru is exporting different types of fruit and vegetables to Russia: grapes, mandarins, avocado.
Just a brief comment on relations between Russia and Chile, especially given the Ukrainian crisis and the sanctions. What can you say about our relations?
Juan Eduardo Eguiguren
: Russia and Chile have stable and fruitful relations. In terms of commerce and economic exchange our countries are only working ...
... as on the integration processes.
The event was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov; Latin American ambassadors in Moscow, among them Ruben Beltran of Mexico, Gustavo Otero of Peru, Jaime Giron of Colombia and Juan Eduardo Eguiguren of Chile; Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov; Valery Morozov, Russian ambassador in Mexico in 2005-2012; representatives of Ministry for Economic Development and Federal Migration Service; former Russian ambassadors and foreign service officers in the Pacific Alliance countries; members of the Chamber of Commerce ...
