Stories for December 2022

Monday, December 19th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Pelé congratulates Messi and Mbappé for historic World Cup final

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, congratulated Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the World Cup and France's Kylian Mbappé for scoring four goals during Sunday's final.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
US Congress passes Bolivar Act banning deals with Maduro's gov't

The US Senate has passed the so-called Bolivar Act whereby no business may be conducted with the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 08:10 UTC
Uruguay: ANCAP's boss foresees price drop at pumps

Uruguay's state-run oil company ANCAP President Alejandro Stipanicic said the price of fuel at pumps should be adjusted downward shortly after such a trend has been registered for several weeks in the international market.
Sunday, December 18th 2022 - 19:21 UTC
Messi's Argentina win Qatar World Cup on penalties

Lionel Messi's Argentina toppled France as reigning football world champions with a 4-2 win on penalties at the Qatar 2022 final after a 2-2 regular time draw that became a 3-3 parity in extra time.
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
“Malvinas are not Argentine, and definitively... Falklands are English,” argues Peruvian lawmaker

“If Argentine president Alberto Fernandez insists on recognizing coup-monger Pedro Castillo as the legitimate president of Peru, we should definitively say that the Malvinas islands are not Argentine, but British.”
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Forest fires in Argentine Tierra del Fuego the worst ever

Authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego Friday confirmed that over 10,000 hectares of land have already been consumed by forest fires, making the current episode the largest such catastrophe in the history of the province.
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
“Soybean dollar 2” working as planned for Argentine authorities

Argentina's new version of the “Export Increase Program” (PIE) has resulted in US$ 1.824 billion worth of soybeans sold abroad, which nearly meets the government's target, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:17 UTC
Curfew decreed in 15 Peruvian provinces as unrest mounts

Peru's President Dina Boluarte Friday decreed a curfew in 15 provinces and the Armed Forces have taken over the country's security following mounting violence since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes

One day after her conviction, US Judiciary authorities Friday released details of the modus operandi whereby a former Hugo Chávez aide and her husband collected over US$ 100 million in bribes
Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 08:53 UTC
Uruguayan Health Minister says COVID-19 situation “under control”

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Friday said the COVID-19 situation in his country was “totally under control” and added that “what matters is not the number of cases but the impact on the health system and the acute-severe respiratory infections that may be occurring.”