Stories for June 2023

Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC
Mercosur Summit scheduled for Puerto Iguazú

The Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the province of Misiones will host the LXII Mercosur Summit on July 3 and 4, during which Alberto Fernández will pass on the pro tempore presidency of the bloc to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC
Anniversary of Falklands Liberation Day from Argentine military occupation

To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine occupation in 1982, Gilbert House has arranged a program for next Wednesday 14 June.
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:11 UTC
New currency swap with China gives Argentina some financial relief

Argentina will have US$ 10 billion to play on the domestic foreign exchange market and avoid a steeper devaluation of the peso after renewing a currency swap with China, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced in Beijing Friday.
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Falklands farmers face tough times unable to have a fluid sale of their wool clip

Lawmaker Gavin Short rose at the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly this week and asked MLA Teslyn Barkman if she was “aware of any farms that have been unable to sell their wool clip either fully or partially this season.”
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Mercosur agreement on marital issues reached in Buenos Aires

Justice Ministers of all Mercosur member countries Friday signed in Buenos Aires an agreement aimed at joint regulation of marriages. The document seeks to unify legal issues related to matrimonial matters, personal and patrimonial relations between spouses, divorce, matrimonial separation, and personal and patrimonial relations and dissolution of cohabitation unions within the bloc.
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Over 200 killed in train accident in India

Over 200 people were reported to have died Friday when a passenger train and a freight convoy clashed in the Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha, it was reported.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:35 UTC
Retired Uruguayan military officers convicted of crimes against humanity

Uruguayan retired military officers Rubens Francia and Francisco Macalusso were convicted as co-perpetrators of torture and deprivation of liberty during the last military dictatorship (1973-1984) and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:31 UTC
Most Britons feel the Falkland Islands should remain with UK, YouGov poll

People in Britain would be more upset to see Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands leave the UK than they would if Northern Ireland did, according to a new YouGov poll published in British media.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:20 UTC
Lula picks his own lawyer for Supreme Court

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Thursday chose his personal lawyer Cristiano Zanin Martins to become a new member of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Zanin would fill the opening left by Ricardo Lewandowski's early retirement in April.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:15 UTC
Bolsonaro faces disenfranchisement following new TSE ruling

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro might be disenfranchised in the investigation Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Justice Benedito Gonçalves, acting as case rapporteur, greenlighted Thursday.