Politics

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Pinochet's political heir not likely to win presidential runoff in Chile

  

  Chilean far-left presidential hopeful Gabriel Boric from the coalition between the Broad Front and the Communist Party would easily beat his far-right opponent José Antonio Kast in the Dec. 19 presidential runoff by 53.9% of the votes against 31.2%, according to a Pulso Ciudadano survey released Sunday.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Scores of Peruvians demonstrate against President Castillo and call for his removal from office

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been under heavy criticism over the past few days as people are still trying to understand who the head of state's allies is.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Former British Ambassador to BA to take over as Scotch Whisky Association CEO

  

  Former British Ambassador to Buenos Aires has been chosen to head the Scotch Whisky Association, something which was no surprise at all in the Argentine capital, where he proved to be quite a connoisseur on the subject.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Argentines withdrew a record US$ 137 million during October

  

  Uncertainty and lack of confidence in Argentine politics is not only reflected with ballots in the polls. In effect despite all the limitations and clamps to the purchase of US dollars, limited to 200 per individual, per month and with a bank account, during October some 762,000 Argentines purchased US$ 137 million.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Chile planning an optical fiber cable from Puerto Williams to Antarctica

  

  The regional government of Magallanes extreme south of Chile signed an agreement with the Telecommunications ministry and Country Development Secretariat to study the feasibility of an optical fiber from the region to the Antarctic peninsula.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Omicron: UK enforces strict measures including compulsory face covering

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed new temporary and precautionary measures following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the United Kingdom. The Omicron variant contains a large number of spike protein mutations as well as mutations in other parts of the viral genome.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Saudi Arabia's FM visits Buenos Aires to strengthen ties with Argentina

  

  Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal al Saud said in a newspaper interview published Saturday in Buenos Aires' daily Infobae that “Argentina is our friend and ally, that will not change at the IMF.” The diplomat thus did not rule out a handout to reinforce Argentina's Central Bank's reserves.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  UK calls for emergency G7 meeting over Omicron

  

  The Government of the United Kingdom Sunday announced it would convene an “emergency meeting” to address the coronavirus Omicron variant and the new health map resulting from it.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Ramaphosa against travel bans on South Africa

  

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the entire world Sunday to lift the unjustifiable travel bans imposed on his country after the detection of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus because those restrictions “will do more harm than good.”

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:54 UTC

  Brazil closes borders on six African countries due to Omicron variant

  

  The Government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday decided to shut down the international borders to travelers from six African countries where the new coronavirus Omicron variant of concern has been detected.