Stories for February 2022

Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
CFK decries double standards within UN Security Council regarding Ukraine and Falklands/Malvinas

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Sunday said Western powers had double standards when addressing the Ukraine crisis. The former head of state (2007-2015) recalled that in 2014 -under her presidency-, Argentina supported Kyiv against Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula by force.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:24 UTC
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner still complaining about Falklands' 2013 referendum

Argentina's main leader and vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recalled on Sunday in Twitter that her government strongly supported Ukraine back in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, but also complained about the double standard of the “great powers” in their stance regarding the Falkland/Malvinas Islands issue.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
OPEC+ meeting this week expected to increase another 400,00 bpd

The OPEC+ alliance is set to approve this week another 400,000 bpd increase in monthly production targets, despite the fact they have been supplying below the announced volume. Russia and OPEC's de facto leader Saudi Arabia manage the OPEC+ group, which has been running supply to the market since the beginning of 2017
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:17 UTC
Interannual sales of motor vehicles fall in Argentina and Brazil

Vehicle sales slumped the most in Argentina and Brazil of all Latin American countries during January, according to a report with data for ten nations in the region.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:15 UTC
Steel cutting ceremony to build multipurpose vessels for the Chilean navy

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera headed on Sunday the steel cutting ceremony for the building of the first, --out of four--, multipurpose vessel, to be incorporated to the country's navy. Also present at the ceremony were Defense minister Baldo Prokurica and the commander in chief of the navy, Admiral Juan Andrés de la Maza.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:14 UTC
Argentine ice cream parlor halts sale of Russian cream flavor

An ice cream parlor in the Argentine city of Córdoba has decided to temporarily suspend the sale of the “Russian cream” flavor to protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The unusual attitude quickly went viral.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:05 UTC
South Africa becoming a welfare state, finance minister tells Congress

South Africa’s new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has told Congress the country was becoming a welfare state fast and he sought Parliamentarian approval for his first budget.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro finally reveals where Brazil will stand regarding Ukraine

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro finally made an explicit statement about his country’s stance regarding the Ukraine crisis following Russia’s invasion: The country shall remain “neutral.”
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Russia, Ukraine delegations to meet in Belarus

Talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials are scheduled to start Monday at a venue on the Belarusian border, it was announced Sunday.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Private events to make up for missing Rio Carnival parades

Tourists keep pouring into the Wonderful City (Cidade Maravilhosa) where not even Omicron is to kill the joy of its people, even if the streets will be less colorful for the second year in a row.