Stories for June 2022

Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 08:12 UTC
Uruguay's inflation above target but exports hit new records

Year-on-year inflation in Uruguay in the month of May of 2022 has been reported to still be nearly 35% above the target range set by the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou, while exports amounted to US$ 1.5 billion, which set a record high.
Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 01:16 UTC
Boric banned from reelection even if new Chilean Constitution is approved

Chile's Constituent Assembly Thursday overwhelmingly approved a provision to ban incumbent President Gabriel Boric Font from running for reelection in 2026 should the new Fundamental Law be approved in September's referendum.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 23:04 UTC
Argentina's Alberto Fernández to attend Los Angeles Summit

Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally confirmed he will be attending the ninth Summit of the Americas convened for next week in Los Angeles following a 25-minute telephone conversation with his US colleague Joseph Biden, during which they also agreed on a bilateral meeting for July 25.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:55 UTC
Argentine Congressman Javier Milei favors trade of human organs

Argentine Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said he was in favor of the sale of human organs or transplants because “it is just another market.” After stirring controversies among authorities coordinating these operations, Milei insisted that under a free market, transplants “would work much, much better”.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:33 UTC
Argentina's Defense Minister welcomes new French-built OPV

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Thursday welcomed the French-built Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) ARA Contraalmirante Cordero, the last of the four ships purchased through the National Defense Fund (FonDef).
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:31 UTC
Bolsonaro insists his followers must prepare for war ahead of October elections

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his followers Friday to be ready and spare their country from following the same paths as other South American nations in the Oct. 2 elections.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Tulsa shooter was seeking revenge from surgeon over constant back pain

Wednesday's shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was aimed at Doctor Preston Philips, the physician the attacker blamed for his “ongoing back pain,” it was reported Thursday.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Uruguayan unions call for general strike next month

Uruguay's labor unions gathered under the PIT-CNT Thursday, announced a general strike with a march towards the Executive Tower and the Legislative Palace between 9 am and 1 pm.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:34 UTC
4th dose of covid-19 vax will be the last until next year, Buenos Aires Minister forecasts

Buenos Aires City Health Minister Fernán Quirós said he believed it was “very likely” that the fourth dose of covid-19 vaccine would be the last this year and that the next immunization campaign will be ahead of the 2023 fall.
Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Different candidates for PAHO chair

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday announced candidates from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay were vying to succeed Dominica's Carissa Etienne of Dominica as agency head.