Stories for 2018

Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:19 UTC
Malvinas Veteran and Fallen Day remembered in Argentina with two central ceremonies

The 36th anniversary of the Falklands conflict in 1982 will be recalled in Argentina with two main events: Malvinas relatives will be received on Monday afternoon by president Mauricio Macri at his official residence in Olivos while Interior Minister Rogelio Fregerio will head the ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next to the Beagle Channel.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:13 UTC
Royal Air Force centenary: Queen praises shining example of tenacity and gallantry in “defending our freedom”

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has “defended our freedom gallantly”, Queen Elizabeth said on Sunday as she sent her “heartfelt congratulations” to the service as it celebrated its centenary. One hundred years ago, on April 1st, 1918, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to create the RAF — the world’s first independent air service.
Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 19:12 UTC
Trump doesn't care about Latin America, Lula tells Correa

Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, better or simply known as Lula, said Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least and added that ”Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.” In his view, Obama could give magnificent speeches, but never actually delivered.
Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 09:45 UTC
Argentina welcomes 2018 WTTC Global Summit

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)’s 2018 Global Summit will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18-19 April.Industry leaders from public and private sector will discuss the theme of ‘Our People, Our World, Our Future’, debating how the sector is placed to create sustainable jobs in a future of transformational technology, increasing environmental pressures, and in a world where security concerns are paramount.
Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 03:31 UTC
Stephen Hawking laid to rest alongside Newton and Darwin

People gathered by the hundreds in the English city of Cambridge Saturday to pay their last respects to famed British scientist Stephen Hawking as his remains arrived at St. Mary the Great church where some 500 guests had been invited to the private funeral.
Saturday, March 31st 2018 - 21:43 UTC
Church of Colombia donates Venezuela wafers for Easter

Venezuela's shortage of food and medicines reached the Catholic religious field when a donation of wafers from the Church of Colombia became necessary for the current Easter week.
Saturday, March 31st 2018 - 21:33 UTC
Members of Temer's entourage arrested in bribe probe

Three people linked to Brazi's President Michel Temer were arrested Thursday in the investigation of a decree the head of state allegedly signed to benefit a port company in exchange for bribes.
Saturday, March 31st 2018 - 21:23 UTC
Retail sales shift in Chile as revenues from articles attractive to Argentines drop

Traditional items keep the retail business going in Santiago's Metropolitan area as sales of articles such as computers, TVs, clothing and sportswear go down as a consequence of a smaller flow of Argentine tourists this past Summer of 2018.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 22:16 UTC
A humanitarian triumph in the aftermath of war

By Nicholas Tozer -Buenos Aires.
THE visit by over two hundred of Argentine next-of-kin to the Argentine Military Cemetery in Darwin in East Falkland earlier this week undoubtedly marks a new milestone in the so-often troubled relations between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands dispute.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 09:49 UTC
Mutiny and fire leave dozens dead in Venezuelan jail; UN calls for a “thorough investigation”

68 inmates lost their lives and more than 30 were injured during a riot and a fire that occurred in an overpopulated police prison in Valencia, in central Venezuela.