The 5 things you should know this June 21: The left in Latin America, how is it similar and different?

What could happen to the dollar and the Colombian peso after the triumph of Gustavo Petro?

The US is on the edge and that's bad news for the White House.

All the details about the covid-19 vaccine for young children. 

1. This is the new left in Latin America

Colombian Gustavo Petro is now the most recently elected progressive president in Latin America, following the triumph of Gabriel Boric in Chile (2021), Xiomara Castro in Honduras (2021), Pedro Castillo in Peru (2021), Luis Abinader in the Dominican Republic ( 2020), Nayib Bukele in El Salvador (2019), Alberto Fernández in Argentina (2019), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico (2018).

The arrival of these leaders to power took place before and during the covid-19 pandemic, and then, like a pendulum, a wave of center-right and right-wing presidents.

How are they similar and different?

We explain it to you. 

2. What could happen to the dollar and the Colombian peso after Petro's triumph?

One of the questions that was triggered in Google after the triumph of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez in Colombia is how the Colombian peso will evolve against the dollar.

Experts agree on the possibility of an increase in the dollar against the peso and warn: the announcements that Petro makes in these hours in terms of equipment and economic policy are key.

This is what you should know.

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The Petro effect in the Colombian economy 3:05

3. "Couples Loophole" Affects Gun Control Negotiations

Senators face a race against time before the July 4 recess to turn a comprehensive agreement on gun safety into legislation that can pass both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

What are the biggest sticking points?

The funding of early warning laws and what to do about the so-called "couples loophole".

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The details of the US arms control agreement 2:35

4. The US is on the edge and that's bad news for the White House

If Americans are "very, very depressed," as President Joe Biden suggests, no wonder.

Many key aspects of America's economic, social, and national life, once considered smoothly functioning certainties, are out of whack.

And that is bad news for the government.

Analysis by Stephen Collinson.

5. What happened to the women of Tangshan?

The Chinese demand answers

It's been more than ten days since a vicious attack on four diners at a Chinese barbecue restaurant shocked and angered the country, but a void of information surrounding the victims has kept the Chinese internet asking, "What happened to them? really those women?

Analysis of Nectar Gan.

Viral video of women being attacked sparks outrage in China 3:27

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Everything you need to know about the covid-19 vaccine for young children

Health authorities in the United States have given the green light for the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna's covid-19 vaccines for young children.

However, there are parents who still have many doubts.

We discussed it with CNN medical analyst Leana Wen.

Macías: We must vaccinate everyone because the covid will not go away 2:43

3,400-year-old city emerges in Iraq after extreme drought

A sprawling 3,400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir's water level dropped rapidly due to extreme drought.

Drought exposes ancient ancient city in Iraq 0:43

Social media is awash with skin-whitening products, but little has been done to regulate their sale

On Facebook and Instagram, marketers tout creams and serums that promise clearer skin but offer little information about the products, while YouTube and TikTok have thousands of tutorials from people promoting products or home remedies with nothing to back them up. your claims. 

Rwanda bans the use of skin whitening products 1:46

Jennifer López sings again with Emme and uses neutral pronouns in the presentation

Emme Maribel Muñiz and her mother, the famous Jennifer López, are receiving praise after a recent duet, but not for the music.

Jennifer Lopez uses neutral pronouns to introduce one of her children 2:02

A floating city begins to take shape in the Maldives

A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean.

In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Malé, the capital of the Maldives, a floating city with the capacity to house 20,000 people is being built.

The number of the day

37.7 degrees Celsius

The unrelenting heat dome that imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern plains and the Midwestern United States this weekend will begin to move further east: records could be broken above 37.7 degrees Celsius, mainly in that region and in the south.

US on alert for new heat wave 1:09

quote of the day

"I can't hide it, I'm very happy"

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, expressed his happiness for the victory of the left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in the Colombian elections.

AMLO said that he is happy because his country began "a new stage in the resurgence of democratic movements with a social dimension" in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He listens to his words.

AMLO shares joy for Petro's victory in Colombia: I am very happy 2:44

And to finish...

240-meter-long glass bridge and bar open over canyon in Georgia

A 240-meter-long glass bridge has been inaugurated in the center of the Dashbashi canyon, near the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

From its center hangs a bar, also made of glass and steel.

Know the details.

Meet the glass suspension bridge inaugurated in Georgia 1:08