International

Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Duque wants Ukraine crisis not to repeat itself in Latin America

Colombia's President Iván Duque Tuesday told the European Parliament that Latin America was not going to be the stage of “geopolitical games of other nations,” which highly resemble the Cold War between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union. His remarks were pointing at Russia's increasing military presence in Venezuela.
Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands Government reiterates the need to respect human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation

On Tuesday the Falklands government in an official release reiterated the need for human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation to be respected, particularly self-determination.
Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Mourning in Galicia following the loss of a trawler off Newfourndland: ten dead and eleven missing

The Xunta of Galicia, the government of the northeast of Spain will declare a day of mourning in the region following the sinking of the trawler “Villa de Pitanxo”, off Newfoundland, with the loss of ten lives and another eleven who remain missing. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday in the midst of a North Atlantic storm, and despite a huge rescue effort only three out of 24 crew members managed to survive under hypothermal conditions.
Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Former Honduran president arrested at US' request

Less than three weeks after Juan Orlando Hernández left office, the former Honduran President has been placed under arrest pending extradition to the United States for his alleged links to drug traffickers.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 21:55 UTC
Spanish trawler sinks in Canadian waters: 7 dead, many missing

A Spanish-flagged trawler has sunk Tuesday off the Newfoundland coast in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people while rescue efforts were underway to find the rest of the crew. Three survivors have been found, and a lifeboat is still missing. Hence hopes are high others could have made it through.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 20:38 UTC
Duke of York reaches off-court settlement with his alleged victim

The Duke of York has reached an off-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, the American woman who filed sexual abuse charges against him in August 2021, it was reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
ICC prosecutor not to investigate Evo for 2020 road blockades in Bolivia

The International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Dutch town of The Hague has refused to iunvestigate former Bolivian President Evo Morales for alleged crimes against humanity, it was announced Monday.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Repsol now blames Italian tanker for oil slick off Peru's shore

Spanish state-run oil company Repsol now blames a “sudden movement” of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum tanker caused the Jan. 15 spill of thousands of barrels of crude oil off the coast of Lima, which has caused a major environmental disaster in the region.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
UK/Brazil clash over an Expanded Trade Partnership; beef and other meats the stumbling barrier

Brazil has been reluctant to take forward negotiations for an Expanded Trade Partnership, ETP, with the UK since Brasilia claims that the terms offered were disappointing, and unbalanced since they only contemplated the interests of Britain, “ignoring Brazil's demand to increase its exports to the UK”.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
US relocates Ukrainian embassy as a precaution

The Government of the United States has decided to temporarily shift its Embassy in Ukraine from Kiev to Lviv, near the Polish border, as a precaution amid mounting rumors of a Russian invasion allegedly scheduled for Feb.16, just when Presidents Vladimir Putin and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro are to meet in Moscow.