Stories for April 2022

Monday, April 25th 2022 - 11:57 UTC
Tepid New Delhi support for Argentina's sponsored Falklands/Malvinas dialogue commission

The Commission for Dialogue referred to the Falkland Islands dispute which was launched in India, with the support of outstanding political figures, as was announced by Argentine minister of Foreign Affairs Santiago Cafiero, does not seem to have had the response expected, according to the Indian media in the framework of the annual Raisina Dialogue organized by the Indian government.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 11:50 UTC
Operation Paraquet, the recovery of South Georgia April 25/26

On April 25/26 1982 British forces launched Operation Paraquet which enabled the recovery of South Georgia, the first UK victory and defeat for the occupying Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands and its dependency.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil: Lula's PT in trouble as Bolsonaro closes in

The Workers' Party (PT) of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has been reported to be facing financial problems ahead of this year's elections as President Jair Bolsonaro keeps closing in on most polls.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Nicaragua expels OAS mission from its territory

The Nicaraguan regime of former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega Sunday announced the delegation of the Organization of American States (OAS) had been stripped of its diplomatic credentials and thus expelled from the country.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Five more years for Macron, but never with so many protest votes

Emmanuel Macron was reelected president of France on Sunday with 58,5% of votes cast against the 41,5% of Marine Le Pen. However, it can also be said that it was the victory of the less bad of the two candidates in the runoff, given the level of abstention rate, 28,1%, the highest since 1969.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Presidents of Paraguay, Colombia exchange compliments

The conservative presidents of Colombia, Iván Duque, and Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, exchanged compliments Sunday at the Caribbean beach resort of Cartagena de Indias in the framework of the “Bilateral Economic and Trade Commission.”
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Argentine opposition steals show of rural producers marching onto Plaza de Mayo

Argentina's opposition leaders of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC - Together for Change) took center stage during Saturday's tractorazo (tractor caravan) towards Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo with which rural producers protested against several measures from the administration of President Alberto Fernàndez which were detrimental to them.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Penguins, postage stamps and Russian politics: What it’s like to rule the territory with no citizens

By Jonathan Margolis, The Telegraph – Monday 25 April is South Georgia's Liberation Day, when a British Task Groupin 1982 recovered the island from Argentine military occupation. However, the island has no citizens to celebrate the event, with no more than thirty temporary residents.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Falklands War: HMS Sheffield memorial to be unveiled at the National Arboretum

A memorial marking the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War will be inaugurated next month at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
UK inflation: Salmon farming company agrees to pay above the real Living Wage, £10.40 per hour

Scottish Sea Farms, now the country’s second-largest producer of farmed salmon, has committed to paying above the real Living Wage in a bid to help those of its employees and their families hit hardest by the soaring cost of living.