Stories for August 14th 2021

Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Presidents of Argentina, Uruguay have dinner in BA to seek a fresh start in bilateral relations after Summit brush

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday welcomed his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou over for dinner at the Olivos Residence in an attempt to restore relations between the two of them following a crash during a Mercosur Summit earlier this year.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Walling off “paradise” for freedom loving Germans: 13 August 1961

Germany is recalling that sixty years ago the communist half of the divided country started to build the Berlin Wall, which would stand as a symbol of oppression and division, until the reunification of the country in late 1989.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine President says breach of quarantine was the First Lady's fault

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday laid the blame on the First Lady for the family gathering picture leaked in the past few days and which proved a violation to the quarantine he himself had decreed.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Former Brazilian Deputy arrested for the murder of her husband

Former Brazilian Deputy Flordelis dos Santos de Souza was placed under arrest Friday, just two days after being stripped of her parliamentarian immunity to stand trial for masterminding the killing of her husband.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Maduro regime rejects ICC Prosecution condemnatory report; warms up to new prosecutor, UK's Karim Khan

The regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela rejected point blank the condemnatory report from the International Criminal Court, ICC, Prosecution which confirmed that Chavista forces repeatedly committed crimes against humanity in the country.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
UK signs partnership in Central America to boost trade

UK Export Finance (UKEF) signed this week a historic partnership with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Central America’s leading development bank and the highest-rated borrower in Latin America.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Gibraltar welcomes first official cruise call since the beginning of the pandemic

The Gibraltar Chronicle is reporting that this Friday saw the first official cruise call to the Rock since the pandemic started. “Wind Surf”, from Windstar Cruises arrived at 8.00 am and was expected to depart Gibraltar at 18.00 hours, local time. Gibraltar was included in its itinerary as part of their Mediterranean Cruise.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC
Ex UK consul in Punta Arenas Matheson Rayment dies at the age of 98

Roderick Guillermo Matheson Rayment, the former British consul in Punta Arenas and former dean of the Consular Corps of Magallanes Region has died at the age of 98.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:23 UTC
President's murder seems to be too big a case for Haiti's judiciary

The Haitian magistrate chosen to conduct the investigation regarding the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse Friday resigned from the case, citing reasons of a personal nature.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 07:27 UTC
Requests for dismissal of Paraguay's Interior Minister keep piling up

Paraguay's Colorado Party Chairman Pedro Alliana Friday once again asked President Mario Abdo Benítez to dismiss Interior Minister Arnaldo Giuzzio (PDP), due to the latter's failure to unblock the roads besieged by striking truckers.