Stories for May 12th 2022

Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 20:32 UTC
Colombian media say international terrorism had to do with prosecutor's killing

Two Lebanese nationals and a Brazilian citizen are suspected of having been involved in the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning in Colombia with his wife Claudia Aguilera earlier this week, it was reported.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 20:12 UTC
Finland to apply for NATO membership after all

The Government of Finland Thursday confirmed its country's intention to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced Thursday.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 19:32 UTC
CAM calls for Mapuche armed resistance in southern Chile

Despite the head of state's pro-Native People's rights stance, a Mapuche group in southern Chile Wednesday likened current President Gabriel Boric Font to his rightwing predecessor Sebastián Piñera and called for armed resistance in the face of a possible military deployment.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 18:54 UTC
Mensun Bound will lecture on the discovery of “Endurance” onboard Cunard's Queen Mary 2

Mensun Bound, who as Director of Exploration of the team that on March 5 discovered Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship Endurance in the Weddell Sea, will deliver talks onboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 in 2022 and 2023.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Argentina a reliable partner, German Chancellor says

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Wednesday said Argentina was “a reliable partner” upon welcoming President Alberto Fernández in Berlín on the second stop of the South American leader's new European tour.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:53 UTC
New poll says Lula may not need a runoff to win Brazil's elections in October

Following weeks of uncertainty during which incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro was closing in on challenger and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in most polls, the Workers' Party (PT) leftwing leader has been once again reported to have an unsurmountable edge which could even earn him a first-round victory comes Oct. 2.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:53 UTC
Southern Brazil ports and Montevideo have become drugs exporting hubs

The seizure by Brazilian police of 136 kilos of cocaine on a docked ship in the port of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, clearly indicates the existence of an international drug trafficking route, in the south of the country and neighboring Uruguay.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:52 UTC
EU wants to sign stalled trade agreements, but with Mercosur objections persist

The European Union aims to finalize and sign at least three stalled trade agreements this year as the bloc looks to reinforce strategic alliances amid the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Constitutional Court greenlights medically assisted suicide in Colombia

Colombia's Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled by 6 votes to 3 to decriminalize medically assisted suicide. Euthanasia in Colombia is already legal, but in this case, it is the patient and not the doctor who executes the action to end his or her life.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil consumer prices increased 1.06% in April and 12,13% in twelve months

Consumer prices in Brazil increased 1.06% from March, the fastest rise for the month of April since 1996, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said on Wednesday. Prices rose 12.13% from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2003. In March, prices rose 1.62% from February and increased 11.30% from a year earlier. Again food and transport had a decisive impulse.