Stories for 2022

Friday, March 25th 2022 - 16:09 UTC
IMF Board unanimously approves Argentina deal

The International Monetary Fund's board of directors Friday approved unanimously the latest US$ 45-billion program signed with Argentina, with which the South American country has avoided default.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Court bans Alberto Fujimori from leaving Peru, but he is still at a Lima prison

The Fourth Transitory National Superior Criminal Court Specializing in Organized Crime in Lima, Thursday issued a ruling banning former President Alberto Fujimori from leaving the country for the next 18 months, it was reported.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
NATO to respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, Biden warns

US President Joseph Biden Thursday said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would take direct action if Russia resorted to chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay: Mujica favors “Aye” vote against “aristocratic” LUC

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said Thursday said the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which has been a pillar of the current Multicolor coalition, had a certain “aristocratic” ring and a barrack-like approach at issues.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentine President says March 24 brings Argentines together

President Alberto Fernández Thursday stressed March 24 was the day when Argentines were stronger together. Hos words came during a ceremony marking a new anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat aganst Constitutional President María Estela Martínez de Perón.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Falkland Islands Government retains their global S&P A+ rating

The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Thursday that, following a detailed review of updated fiscal and economic information, supported by a process of confidential interviews with FIG officers and representatives of the business community, S&P Global Ratings have confirmed the sovereign rating for the Falkland Islands remains at A+ with a stable outlook.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Strange living creatures found in Antarctica

A team of geologists found a group of creatures in an area of Antarctica where life was deemed near to impossible, it was reported.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
CFK and her son praise Memory Day rally demonstrators

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Thursday sent a message through social media to the groups who marched onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo during the Memory Day commemorations of those fallen under the military dictatorship which came to power March 24, 1976.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
Venezuela's Maduro feels worthy of Nobel Prize in Economics

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro Thursday unleashed anger worldwide when he claimed his government deserved the Nobel Prize in Economics, which earned him a barrage of negative comments on social media.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Force-majeure applies to pre-war Russian diesel shipments bound for Ecuador

Ecuador's oil ruling entity Petroecuador has granted force majeure exemptions to shipments of Russian diesel which were already underway when the invasion of Ukraine started and western powers replied by imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin's government