Stories for May 2022

Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro finds it best when families own guns

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday stressed that when families have guns they can help the armed forces resist a potential Communist dictatorship.
Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Google's translating tool adds Guarani, Aymara and Quechua to its menu

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the company will add 24 new languages to its widespread translating tool, including Guarani, Aymara and Quechua, which are spoken by native communities in South America.
Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
“No more room for wars,” Argentine President stresses in Paris

Argentine President Alberto Fernández said Thursday during a press conference at his country's embassy in Paris that “the world needs to understand that there is no more room for wars.”
Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil's Electoral Court and Spotify join forces against disinformation

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Chief Justice Edson Fachin Thursday announced an agreement had been reached with the streaming audio platform Spotify to combat disinformation ahead of this year's presidential elections.
Friday, May 13th 2022 - 08:11 UTC
Cuba in mourning over 45 dead from hotel explosion

Cuban authorities Thursday decreed a 42-hour official mourning period starting at dawn Friday to honor the 45 victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana last week.
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.