Stories for June 2022

Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:17 UTC
MPs and Lords attend service for Falklands Liberation; Union Jack flies at West Falkland

This Wednesday, June 15, a joint service was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, attended by Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
US Fed raises rates to curb growing CPI

The United States Federal Reserve Wednesday announced a 0.75% rate hike to between 1.5% and 1.75%, in a move to curb rising consumer prices. It is the first time since 1994 that the Fed has raised the rate this much.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
HMS Forth, permanent presence in the Falklands, and South Atlantic naval guardian

HMS Forth, naval guardians of the Falklands have spoken of their pride of patrolling the Islands at keeping the eternal flame of 1982 burning. As such they joined the Falklands' fortieth anniversary of liberation and end of the war, on 14 June together with RAF and Army personnel, VIPs and Islanders marking Liberation Day. June 14 is a public holiday in the Falklands since the Argentine surrender 40 years ago and was commemorated with a memorial service, parade and reception in Stanley.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 07:39 UTC
Brazil's central bank raises Selic rate to 13,75%, hoping to contain inflation

Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the 11th straight time on Wednesday, bringing the Selic rate to 13,75%, in an attempt to contain inflation in Latin America’s biggest economy.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 22:40 UTC
Paraguay's opposition agrees to endorse joint presidential candidate

Leaders of Paraguay's opposition have announced they will run together for the presidency in 2023 with a ticket yet to be defined, under what is known in local electoral law as a “concertación” (a group of various political formations).
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 22:38 UTC
Ecuadorian indigenist leader released from jail

An Ecuadorian judge has ordered the release from custody of indigenist leader Leónidas Iza after spending almost 24 hours in a detention facility.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 22:36 UTC
Canada, Denmark agree on territorial dispute over Arctic island

Canada and Denmark have agreed on a mechanism to settle a sovereignty dispute over Hans' Island, an uninhabitable 1.2-square-kilometer territory in the Arctic Ocean which will be split into two roughly equal parts using a natural cleft in the rocky terrain as a reference.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
“People everywhere have a right to decide their own future,” PM Johnson at Falklands' Liberation ceremony

At a ceremony Tuesday morning held at Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum, British prime minister Boris Johnson praised the daring bravery of Veterans, recalling that on the very day, exactly forty years ago, British soldiers entered Stanley and liberated the Falkland Islands from foreign occupation. And since Liberation, the Falkland Islands have lived and thrived in peace and freedom looking into the future.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Gibraltar government officials meet with C24 Chair

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, together with the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, met privately with the Chair of the United Nations Committee of 24, Ambassador Keisha McGuire, (Grenada), at the UN headquarters in New York.