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Stories for 2022

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    Emtrasur: Judge asks US for information on aircraft and crew link to terrorism

    Argentine investigators ruled out this was a “fishing expedition” and explained terrorism cases follow a different protocol since 9/11.

    Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena has sent rogatory letters to United States authorities to determine whether the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held at the Ezeiza airport was subject to any formal embargo or restriction, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

    President says Argentina would like to join BRICS

    BRICS accounts for 42% of the world's population and 24% of the global gross product, BRICS accounts for 42% of the world's population and 24% of the global gross product, Fernández recalled recalled

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday made a virtual appearance at this week's BRICS Summit, during which he asked that his country be admitted into the bloc alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

    Nearly 20 million lives saved by Covid-19 vaccines, study shows

    “It was clear early on that global vaccine equity would be the only way out of the pandemic,” Watson said

    Scientists from Imperial College London have released a study explaining that COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives during their first year of existence, although more could have been achieved had international targets been met.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

    Local transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

    Monkeypox patients are predominantly male

    The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with anyone with one.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

    Faulty lithium batteries caused the fire that killed Jewish family in Buenos Aires

    Isaac Jabbaz (55), Sofia's husband and the father of all the children, is still hospitalized in a “delicate” condition

    Argentine prosecutors handling the case of Thursday's fire at a building in Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighborhood where 5 members of a Jewish family were killed Friday explained that according to preliminary forensic assessments the cause of ignition was a faulty skateboard lithium battery.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 21:15 UTC

    Ecuador's Conaie decries death of 4th protester during general strike

    In addition to the dead, there have been over 90 arrests and as many people injured, while at least 4 protesters are unaccounted for

    Ecuador's Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) has denounced a fourth protester who has died during demonstrations, while human rights groups insisted that repression coupled with abuse of force jeopardized the lives of people exercising their right to express themselves against the policies of President Guillermo Lasso's administration.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 21:11 UTC

    Former Bolsonarist minister released in corruption probe

    Ribeiro's arrest was politically motivated, Flavio Bolsonaro argued

    A Brazilian Federal court in Brasilia has ordered the release of former Education Minister, Pastor Milton Ribeiro from jail after being arrested Wednesday on a preemptive basis for allegedly diverting public funds for his own benefit and collecting bribes from municipal authorities.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 20:27 UTC

    SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade after nearly half a century

    Alito had for ages longed for a chance to argue against Roe v Wade

    The iconic 1973 US Supreme Court ruling known as Roe v. Wade which cleared the way for decriminalizing abortion has been overturned Friday when deciding on a Mississippi law banning the interruption of pregnancies after 15 weeks, thus ending alleged constitutional protections that had been in place for nearly half a century.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil: Lula might win in the first round, Datafolha study shows

    Thursday's survey showed stability when compared to May's figures

    Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva would win the Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a margin wide enough to make a runoff unnecessary, according to the latest Datafolha survey published Thursday.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

    C24 resolution calls on Argentina and UK to resume Falklands' negotiations

    Chile introduced the resolution text noting that the question under consideration is a highly sensitive issue for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Special Committee on Decolonization adopted on Thursday a resolution requesting the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to consolidate the current process of dialogue through the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute relating to the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).