Stories for 2023

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.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:12 UTC
Dozens of bags with human remains found in Mexico; government admits 100,000 missing people

Mexican police have discovered dozens of bags with human remains, during a search operation for seven young workers of a call center who went missing a week ago, Mexican prosecution said on Thursday.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:01 UTC
Argentina to join BRICS bank?

Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa was told in Shanghai by New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff that the road was clear for Argentina to join the entity and thus be able to obtain some financial backing in the near future, it was reported. The formal announcement will be made next August alongside those concerning Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Zimbabwe.