Stories for 2018

Friday, March 30th 2018 - 07:04 UTC
The Economist: Uruguay less dependent on Argentina, Brazil

The British publication The Economist praised Uruguay's progress and underlined its decreasing dependency from giant neighbours Brazil and Argentina.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 04:07 UTC
Falklands: Argentine families visit graves of previously unidentified soldiers

As readers of Penguin News will be aware, the project leading to the identification of 90 of the 121 previously unidentified soldiers whose graves are found in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin faced many difficulties.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 03:08 UTC
Odebrecht finds legal loophole to sue Argentine water supplier AySA

The Brazilian firm Odebrecht, under investigation in 12 countries for bribing government officials, has found a loophole in Argentina's legal system to sue state-owned water supplier AySA.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 02:37 UTC
US to process immigration of Cubans at Guyana embassy

The United States will shift the processing of immigration visas for Cuban nationals from Colombia to Guyana starting April 1, the State Department announced. Immigrant visa applications and interviews with Cuban citizens will be conducted and processed at the United States Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 02:28 UTC
Facebook ordered to scrap fake news regarding slain Brazilian activist

Brazilian Judge Jorge Jansen Counago Novelle on Wednesday gave the US-based social media giant Facebook 24 hours to remove fake news posted about slain black rights' activist Marielle Franco.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 02:19 UTC
Venezuela sanctioned by Switzerland for human rights violations

Switzerland Wednesday aligned itself with other European countries by imposing sanctions on Venezuela for “human rights violations and
undermining the rule of law and democratic institutions,” the Federal Council announced.
Thursday, March 29th 2018 - 14:19 UTC
Falklands: Argentine professor visits Stanley and offers proposal to “end the dispute”

Argentine Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Marcelo Kohen, has studied disputes and resolutions in different parts of the world. Last Monday Kohen was in the Falkland Islands and at a public meeting in Stanley, he presented a proposal to put “an end to the dispute”.
Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:51 UTC
Moreno's government cuts Assange's internet access at London embassy

The Ecuadorean government of President Lenin Moreno has left Wikileaks founder Julian Assange without access to the internet at their embassy in London, it was reported Wednesday. The decision was made following Assange's recent activity on social media decrying the arrest of a Catalonian separatist leader.
Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:41 UTC
Gunsmith Viktor Kalashnikov passes away

Viktor Kalashnikov, son of the legendary Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, died in Izhevsk on March 27, the Izhevsk State Technical University announced on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:26 UTC
Temer, presidential hopefuls condemn attacks on Lula in Parana

Incumbent president Michel Temer and candidates for this year's elections Henrique Meirelles (PSD), Manuela d'Avila (PCdoB), Marina Silva (Rede), Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) Wednesday condemned the attack against the caravan of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) in the south of the country.