Stories for April 29th 2022

Friday, April 29th 2022 - 23:06 UTC
Uruguayan President was invited by Boris Johnson and will travel to the UK

The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, was invited by the government of the United Kingdom to meet with the Prime Minister of that country, Boris Johnson. He will travel to that country at the end of May or the beginning of June, as reported by Montevideo Portal and later confirmed by sources from the president's office.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 22:26 UTC
Buenos Aires' Aeroparque opens up to Colombian routes

Argentina's National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) announced earlier this week that it was allowing flights to and from Colombia could operate at Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport (AEP / SABE).
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 22:23 UTC
China shares all data from base in Argentine Patagonia, ambassador says

Argentina's Ambassador to Beijing Sabino Vaca Narvaja said China shared all the information on the space program with Argentina. His remarks came after US Southern Command Chief, Gen. Laura Richardson, expressed her concerns over the space station the Asian nation runs near the town of Bajada del Agrio in the province of Neuquén.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Mercosur-Europe FTA now or never, EU diplomat in Buenos Aires says

The European Union's Ambassador to Argentina said Thursday that if the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur was to be revived it was now or never.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Guterres tours Ukraine amid heavy Russian shelling

One day after meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday traveled to Kyiv for an encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky amid heavy shelling from Russian forces.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Duncan downplays comments on Foradori, but damage to Falklands' 2016 Joint Statement has been done

Ex Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Alan Duncan has said that former Argentine deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori was a formidable negotiator, despite having written in a book on his memoirs that his counterpart in trade, cooperation and Falklands/Malvinas negotiations at the British embassy cellar in Buenos Aires, rang the following morning to say he “was pissed” since the night before he had drank too much.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Only eight out of 30 nations comply with NATO's spending target of 2% of GDP

The number of NATO nations meeting or exceeding the alliance's spending target has continued to fall, according to the latest official estimates. The UK is one of only eight nations out of 30 believed to be hitting the target and remains fourth in the list of proportional spending.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Ocean life to disappear if climate change not addressed, study warns

According to the findings of a study published Thursday in Science, if climate change is not curbed in time, the oceans will suffer a mass extinction as they did some 65 million years ago in the Cretaceous period when a meteorite and volcanoes wiped out life on Earth.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
UN Committee agrees Lula's conviction was against the law

As incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro keeps closing in on the former head of State Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, the United Nations Human Rights Committee Thursday ratified the PT leader's tights had been violated when he was tried and convicted for corruption in another episode of the Lava Jato saga.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Queen's birthday with 800 guests in Buenos Aires; special tribute to Falklands Veterans from both sides

With over 800 guests the British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated on Thursday both the birthday, and Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. The celebration took place at the official residence of Ambassador Kirsty Hayes, who hosted members of the Argentine federal and provincial governments, lawmakers from all parties, business people, diplomats, academics, artists, journalists and other representatives from the community.