Stories for 2022

Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:50 UTC
Boris Johnson compares Ukraine's war with Britons voting for Brexit

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under strong criticism for comparing the struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invasion with Britons voting for Brexit in 2016.
Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:44 UTC
Ukraine's lesson: you need to have your own nukes

By Gwynne Dyer – Would Vladimir Putin’s Russia have invaded Ukraine three weeks ago if it had 1,900 nuclear warheads on 176 ICBMs and 2,600 tactical nuclear weapons?
Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:32 UTC
Brazil strongly campaigning to have fertilizers delisted from sanctions

Brazil has called for fertilizers to be excluded from the list of sanctions currently imposed as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing fighting. Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Costa Dias addressing a virtual meeting of peers from countries of the Americas, including the United States, pointed out limiting or banning fertilizer trade has a direct impact on farming productivity, food availability, boosts food prices and threatens food security, mainly among the most vulnerable countries.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Bolsonaro's popularity coming around ahead of presidential elections

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sees his chances of reelection in October improve after a drop in unemployment announced Friday helped him narrow the gap against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Chile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Boric said.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worldwide.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
IACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was “concerned” following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be released from jail, after being sentenced to 25 years for crimes against humanity.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of “fake news.”
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine President announces measures to curb inflation

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos Residence the creation of a “stabilization fund.” The head of state's words came on the day he had promised the fight against inflation would begin.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 21:27 UTC
30 years later, Israeli community in Buenos Aires pays tribute to those killed in embassy bombing

Hezbollah was once again singled out as the organization behind the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires, a crime for which, after 30 years, nobody has ever been held accountable.