Stories for 2022

Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine President tells G7 dialogue was needed to solve Ukraine crisis

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told attendees at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany, that tax havens “generate social hells,” and called for a new international financial architecture that would be inclusive of “the peripheries of the world.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay foresees economic growth, job creation and tax cuts

Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Monday said the Government foresees a 4.8% growth in 2022 and the creation of 40,000 jobs, which would make the lowering taxes feasible.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Unemployment for skilled laborers finds new ground in Argentina

The German magazine Der Spiegel published back in 1993 an issue with a drawing on its cover mentioning “Dr. Arbeitslos” (Dr. Unemployed) which reported on the dubious future of holders of post-graduate degrees in a labor market that seemed to have no need for them.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Sexual violence against men underreported in Brazil

A subject still believed to be taboo, sexual violence against men does exist and has been reported to affect 1.8 million people in Brazil, even though the victims might remain silent for ages out of shame and machismo prejudice.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
BCB head says worst part of inflation in Brazil is over

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) CEO Roberto Campos Neto said Monday that the worst part of inflation in his country was over, after the proper tools to curb the process had been taken.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Venezuelan carrier executives claim nothing wrong with 747

Emtrasur CEO César Pérez said in an interview that the Iranian crew members of the company's Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport were flight instructors and that the scandal that has unfolded was “ridiculous.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Drug consumption on the rise worldwide, UN report shows

According to a United Nations report released in Vienna, the number of people who have tried a narcotic substance in their lives has increased by 26% in the last decade. In 2020, 13.6% of users suffered from drug-related disorders to the point of being dependent or requiring treatment.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:19 UTC
New Petrobras CEO greenlighted pending objections

Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has been approved Monday as the new CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company to replace José Mauro Coelho, who lasted merely 68 days on the job.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:35 UTC
Johnson tells Fernández Falklanders and Ukrainians entitled to self determination

President Alberto Fernández Monday told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that more Britons were living in Argentina than in the Falkland Islands, but that did not change an iota the Conservative's leader stance that there was nothing to talk about in that regard because Falkland Islanders, like all people, have a right to self-determination, according to his post-meeting comments to the press quoted by Clarín.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:17 UTC
Braga Netto chosen as Bolsonaro's VP running mate

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a TV interview Sunday that he had chosen former Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto as his running mate for the Oct. 2 elections and that the official announcement is to be made shortly.