Stories for March 2022

Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Chile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Boric said.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worldwide.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
IACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was “concerned” following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be released from jail, after being sentenced to 25 years for crimes against humanity.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of “fake news.”
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine President announces measures to curb inflation

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos Residence the creation of a “stabilization fund.” The head of state's words came on the day he had promised the fight against inflation would begin.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 21:27 UTC
30 years later, Israeli community in Buenos Aires pays tribute to those killed in embassy bombing

Hezbollah was once again singled out as the organization behind the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires, a crime for which, after 30 years, nobody has ever been held accountable.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:38 UTC
Office of Medellín's Mayor launches masturbation-awareness campaign

The Office of the Mayor of the Colombian city of Medellín has launched a most unusual campaign on social media to rid masturbation from the moral prejudices surrounding it.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:35 UTC
Truckers relax measures but remain on strike over fuel price in Paraguay

Paraguayan lorry drivers have vowed to ease down their road-blocking measures after they were promised a reduction in the price of fuel.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:31 UTC
Livent to increase lithium output in the Argentine province of Catamarca

Business developer Elon Musk's Tesla has been eyeing Argentine lithium for its battery-powered cars, due to which suppliers intend to double down output at Catamarca, it was reported.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Chilean drought: Santiago faces water rationing in second half of 2022

Chilean president Gabriel Boric has called on Metropolitan Santiago residents to make rational use of drinking water, since the situation is extremely serious, following several years of drought and or insufficient rainfall.