The EU and Latin America agree to strengthen their cooperation against COVID-19

Collaboration in the search for vaccines

Responsible Author: Jose A. Martin | Madrid, 07/10/2020, 20:23 Time

USPA NEWS - Spain, together with Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Slovenia, France, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, the Dominican Republic and Sweden, with the participation of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and the EU Security Policy, Josep Borrell, have held a meeting to stimulate cooperation between both regions in order to face the pandemic and its consequences. This is the first high-level meeting between ministers from both regions since the EU Ministers' Meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Brussels in July 2018.

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Kings of Spain preside over a Catholic funeral for the dead of COVID-19

Concelebrated by 32 bishops

Responsible Author: Jose A. Martin | Madrid, 07/06/2020, 22:03 Time

USPA NEWS - On Monday, the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid hosted a funeral for the Coronavirus dead, organized by the Spanish Episcopal Conference and chaired by the Royal Family. The Spanish Government was represented by its first Vice President, Carmen Calvo, since President Pedro Sánchez was in Portugal this Monday, holding a meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa.

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