MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 22nd 2023
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC
No general strike yet against Milei's decree, labor leaders announce
Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) announced a demonstration to be staged next Wednesday before the main Courthouse in Buenos Aires to protest against President Javier Milei's reforms through an emergency decree earlier this week.
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Argentina makes payment to IMF through CAF loan
Less than two weeks into the term of President Javier Milei, Argentina Thursday made a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth US$ 921 million thanks to a loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), it was reported in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Lacalle Pou praises departing Presidential Secretary Delgado
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that Álvaro Delgado was a “great management partner” as he left the presidential secretariat to focus on his 2024 bid for the Torre Ejecutiva. He will be replaced by Rodrigo Ferrés
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Putin and Maduro highlight importance of multipolar world order
Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela held a telephone conversation Thursday during which they agreed on the need for “a fair multipolar order,” it was reported. They also discussed the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
UK Prime Minister committed to defending Falklands' wish to remain British
In his Christmas 2023 Message, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak invites the people of the Falkland Islands to look forward with pride and confidence sure of your determination to shape your own future and remain belonging to the British Family.
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:03 UTC
Six protesters arrested in Argentine city of Córdoba
At least six people were arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers in the Argentine city of Córdoba after clashes with protesters downtown as they marched against President Javier Milei's decree while other pot-banging demonstrations were staged in Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide such as Mar del Plata, Bariloche, Rosario, Luján, Tandil, Puerto Madryn, and Junín.
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Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil: National Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday signed into law
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law a bill creating the National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday to be celebrated on Nov. 20, the anniversary of the death of the leader of Quilombo dos Palmares, Agencia Brasil reported.
