Stories for December 28th 2022

Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:33 UTC
Uruguay: Senate agreed in general to social security reform

Uruguay's Senate Tuesday issued a broad approval to the social security reform bill, leaving the details to be reviewed Wednesday, it was reported in Montevideo.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:08 UTC
Argentina: Colombian drug lord returns home pending legal proceedings

Colombian drug lord Ignacio Álvarez Meyendorff, who spent several days at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport finally decided not to wait for the Argentine's Judiciary decision regarding his rejection by Migration authorities and flew back to his native country, it was reported Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC
Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 18:09 UTC
Benedict XVI seriously ill

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
CFK insists there is a proscription on her running for office

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted there was “neither resignation nor self-exclusion” on her part because “here there is proscription,” which is why she claimed she would not be running for any office in 2023.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
US Supreme Court appeals to 1944 law to expel asylum seekers at border

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a pandemic-era health measure used to limit immigration will say in place indefinitely. The restriction, known as Title 42, has been used by officials to expel asylum seekers. In all, it has been deployed some 2.5 million times and turned away many more at the border.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Putin bans sale of oil to countries that abide the US$ 60 cap on Russian crude

President Vladimir Putin announced Russia was banning the supply of Russian oil and oil products to countries that impose a price cap, allowing deliveries to those nations only on the basis of a special permission from the Kremlin leader.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Argentine peso keeps falling against unofficial US dollar

The unofficial “blue” dollar traded for AR$ 355 Tuesday in Argentina, thus reaching a new record high. It was an AR$ $9 increase in one day, AR$ 30 in one week, and AR$ 41 so far in December.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine wheat crop, one of the least productive in recent history

The Argentine wheat crop, 2022/23 is again suffering the consequences of a prolonged drought and lack of sufficient rain, which means that the overall estimate volume has again been reduced by 300,000 tons to a total of 11,5 million tons, according to the Rosario Grains Exchange.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Rules for 5G technology approved by Argentine authorities

Argentina's National Communications Bureau (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones - Enacom) Tuesday approved the General Regulations for the Reliable and Intelligent Telecommunications Service, which will regulate the allocation of frequency bands for the provision and deployment of fifth-generation (5G) systems, it was reported.