Stories for September 2022

Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Brazil's Bicentennial Celebrations: Bolsonaro says he will defeat evil

Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday presided over the festivities marking the 200th Anniversary of Brazil's Independence from Portugal and seized the opportunity to fire a verbal diatribe against Workers' Party (PT) leader Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva. whom he shall face in next month's elections.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Lugo lands in Buenos Aires to continue his recuperation

Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has landed in Buenos Aires to carry on with his recuperation after a stroke almost a month ago in Asunción, for which he underwent surgery.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
Uruguayan FM headed for Berlin talks

Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Wednesday met with French authorities in Paris before flying on to Berlin, where he will hold talks with his German colleague Annalena Baerbock.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Football fans want former Paraguayan president extradited to US

Paraguayan football fans supporting Olimpia chanted Wednesday evening “extradition for Horacio” in reference to former President Horacio Cartés' designation by the US State Department as “significantly corrupt.”
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Buenos Aires hosting meeting on LGBTI+ rights, co-chaired with UK

Argentina and the United Kingdom are to chair for the second time in a row an Equal Rights Coalition meeting where the global backlash against LGBTI+ rights and freedoms, particularly the “global anti-gender movements” matter, are to be discussed.
Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 06:36 UTC
Tierra del Fuego cruise season takes off 29 September; 500 calls anticipated, mostly to Antarctica

The Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute is expecting a significant cruise season this summer 2022/23, with the first vessel arriving September 29, the Ventus Australis. Officials are anticipating 500 cruise calls, which means Ushuaia will be hosting some 170,000 passengers, three times the number of the previous season, 2021/22.
Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:13 UTC
Assailant had been watching CFK's for days selling cotton candy

An inquiry by Argentina's Airport Security Police has reportedly determined that the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), is leaning toward believing the incident had been long planned.
Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:11 UTC
Paraguay has new chief of anti-money-laundering bureau

On his first day on his new job as Paraguay's Secretary of Prevention against Money Laundering (Seprelad), said his country was better equipped now to face the challenges posed by Tuesday's report from the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) which resulted in his appointment.
Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:09 UTC
Putin congratulates Bolsonaro on Brazil's Bicentennial

Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the 200th anniversary of the South American country's Declaration of Independence from Portugal.
Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Uruguayan Lower House committee okays euthanasia bill

The Health Committee of Uruguay's Lower House has passed a bill approving euthanasia. The body is now to debate the issue in a plenary session, probably next month, it was reported in Montevideo.