Stories for 2021

Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:45 UTC
Afghanistan: Western armies always lose guerilla wars in the “Third World,” but it never really matters.

By Gwynne Dyer - “I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the ex-president of Afghanistan before fleeing. “We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations at the table or break their knees on the battlefield.” Good luck with that, Ashraf.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:40 UTC
Departure of foreign companies from Argentina and also from Brazil on the rise and with no end in sight

Foreign companies keep leaving Argentina and claiming those moves are part of global strategies. Local analysts are reluctant to believe these explanations, but perhaps they would reconsider their stance if they see a similar exodus also taking place in Brazil.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:12 UTC
Nicaraguan daily shut down by gov't, manager placed under arrest

In addition to arresting in the past two months almost every opposition politician who might challenge President Daniel Ortega's quest for another term in office in the upcoming November 7 elections, the Nicaraguan regime this weekend raided the La Prensa newsdesk and placed its general manager in detention.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 05:56 UTC
PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti

A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on the morning of Saturday August 14.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 05:32 UTC
“I will use force to defend the Falklands”, Boris Johnson to the UK media

The United Kingdom confirmed that it will maintain a military presence in the Falkland Islands, whose sovereignty is claimed by Argentina, to “protect it from state and non-state threats,” according to an advance of the strategic review of security, defense and foreign policy that prime minister Boris Johnson will present this Tuesday, the first after the departure of the European bloc.
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.