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Stories for November 7th 2022

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Runasur launched in Buenos Aires

    “As long as capitalism exists, the struggle continues,” Evo insisted

    Delegations from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela Sunday formally signed Runasur's “Declaration of Buenos Aires,” launching the group promoted by former Bolivian leader Evo Morales.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

    Gender treatments banned in US State of Florida

    The ban is perceived as an achievement for DeSantis' voters

    Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has decided to ban gender reassignment treatments statewide. The measure reaches surgeries, medication, and other procedures to be outlawed in the next few weeks and will involve both ongoing therapies and those yet to be started.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

    LGTB+ Groups celebrate 31st Pride Day in Buenos Aires

    President Alberto Fernández was happy to have helped the LGBT+ Community achieve the rights they had fought for

    LGBTI+ groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires on Gay Pride Celebration Day Saturday demanded broader anti-discrimination laws be broader and other regulations benefitting transgender people.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Uruguayan beef makes successful presentation in Shanghai

    Uruguayan beef is entitled to preferential Customs treatment after an agreement with China

    An Uruguayan team has successfully persuaded would-be buyers at the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai of the benefits of a healthy diet containing beef from the South American country.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

    Bank holiday proclaimed for the coronation of King Charles III

    The bank holiday will fall on Monday 8 May, following the Coronation on Saturday 6 May, proclaimed PM Rishi Sunak

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to proclaim an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III next year.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

    New UK ambassador to Brazil

    Ms Al-Qaq will take up her appointment during November 2022.

    Ms Stephanie Al-Qaq has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil in succession to Mr Peter Wilson CMG. Ms Al-Qaq will take up her appointment during November 2022.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 07:57 UTC

    Maduro lands in Sharm El-Sheikh

    “It seems that we are entering an irreversible stage of the damages caused by climate change,” Maduro said

    Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who rarely travels abroad except to friendly countries, Sunday landed at the Egyptian port city of Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the COP27 Climate Summit.

  • Monday, November 7th 2022 - 07:50 UTC

    Compensation to poorer countries added to COP27 agenda

    COP27 will host more than 120 heads of state and government in Sharm el-Sheikh, on the shores of the Red Sea.

    Dignitaries at the Egyptian port of Sharm El-Sheikh Sunday concurred on the opening day of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP27) Climate Summit on the need to discuss compensation by the world's wealthier nations for damages stemming from practices that were detrimental to the environment and have thus prompted the current climate change crisis.

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