On Friday, the Peruvian government launched a dialogue with representatives of agricultural workers who demonstrated throughout December to seek a raise in their wages.

 Argentine President Alberto Fernandez expressed his belief that the Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" against the Corona virus, which was criticized by opponents and the media, has become the target of a trade war and a "geopolitical conflict".

Panamanian Health Minister Luis Sucre confirmed, on Friday, that his country will this week re-impose health measures that require men and women to shop on different days during the New Year's season.

 Mexican photojournalist, Jaime Castaño Zacharias, was assassinated last Wednesday in the state of Zacatecas, central Mexico, after photographing the bodies of two people killed on a highway.