Stories for May 28th 2022

Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday's elections in Colombia

The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, according to all surveys, in what would be a historic turn to the left for the only NATO associate country in South America.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
FTA with China would not make Uruguay dependent, Lacalle tells BBC

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said in an interview with the BBC that in case or reaching a Free Trade Agreement with China, it would not generate dependence, because in his country politics and economics were separate issues.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Two cases of monkeypox confirmed in Argentina

Argentine health authorities Friday confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in the country. Both men had been in Spain recently but are not connected.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Falklands' Government publishes Budget for 2022/23: “stability and continuity”

Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2022/23. The Budget recognizes these two themes are essential in the time of continued uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the work on global recovery.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Bolivia to import diesel to relief drivers in the west

Bolivia's state-run oil company YPFB will import 2.5 million liters of diesel fuel from Chile to reverse the current shortage, it was announced.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
China forecasted to reduce soy oil consumption because of the lockdowns

Plunging demand for soy oil in China is expected to cut consumption of the oilseed in the world’s biggest user as lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID have shuttered restaurants and canteens, according to traders and analysts. China is the world’s top consumer of edible oils, with millions of restaurants guzzling about half of the country’s roughly 17 million tons of soy oil, made from crushing soybeans.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Lula celebrates new polls and asks Colombians to support Petro

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the results of Datafolha's most recent survey, according to which he might win the Oct. 2 elections, even probably in the first round.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Buddies getting together not a Summit, LatAm leaders agree

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora said Friday in Havana that buddies getting together was hardly a Summit, in reference to the US Government's decision not to invite Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to the regional gathering of heads of state next month in Los Angeles.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
House of Commons Speaker will attend Goose Green Liberation service Sunday

Sir Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the House of Commons, currently on a visit to the Falkland Islands announced he will attend Sunday's Goose Green Liberation commemoration, called on the Falklands Legislative to take advantage of his chairmanship to promote initiatives for the benefit of the Islands, and underlined that Islanders can only decide Islanders' self-determination and future.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Argentine northern provinces decry fuel shortage

The Governor of the Argentine province of Misiones, Oscar Herrera Ahuad, Friday warned that the shortage of diesel fuel was particularly detrimental to the yerba mate sector, which is halfway through its harvest season