MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 11th 2018
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Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:16 UTC
WHO certifies Paraguay malaria-free
The World Health Organization (WHO) certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973. “It gives me great pleasure today to certify that Paraguay is officially free of malaria,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, in a recorded statement.
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Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:06 UTC
The Day of Malvinas Rights' affirmation remembered in Argentina
Argentina believes that the new climate in bilateral relations with the United Kingdom, started in 2016, will enable to advance in areas of common interest, particularly in the South Atlantic, and will signify the appropriate framework for the resumption of negotiations on the Malvinas Islands question, according to the terms established by United Nations resolutions.
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Monday, June 11th 2018 - 07:49 UTC
A picture that sums up the G7 summit in Quebec City
Of the hundreds of images taken at the Group of Seven summit in Quebec City this weekend, the one released by the office Angela Merkel appears to sum up Donald Trump’s entire trip.
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Monday, June 11th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
Argentina/Falklands “constructive spirit” will be tested at the UN C24 presentations
The constructive spirit and pragmatic attitude towards Argentina/United Kingdom relations and shared interests seems to have spilled positively to international forae, for example the latest OAS general assembly declaration regarding the Malvinas Islands, which does not mention “militarization of the South Atlantic or nuclear arms”, as was common in the Kirchner couple years, and rather keeps to the traditional annual disputed sovereignty claim under the umbrella of the United Nations.
