Politics

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Returning US “war powers” from the White House to Congress stalled in Senate

  

  Republican Senators are delaying an upper House committee's vote on the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF), the so-called wide-ranging war powers that allowed the war in Iraq, and other military actions.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

  

  Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine freezes meat prices, exports to resume next week but not of all cuts

  

  Argentine Minister of Productive Development Matías Kulfas Sunday admitted the administration of President Alberto Fernández plans to both ban exports of the beef cuts most coveted by local consumers and freeze domestic prices until late this year.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Piñera sets July 4 as opening day for Chile's Constitutional Convention

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced the new constituent assembly is scheduled to open sessions on July 4,

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazilian opposition rallies nationwide seeking Bolsonaro's resignation and more vaccines

  

  Scores of Brazilians took to the streets at different cities nationwide Sunday to express themselves against President Jair Bolsonaro handling the coronavirus pandemic and asking for his resignation.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Ecuadorean President Lasso travels to US for surgery but will stay in command

  

  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Sunday flew to Miami to undergo spinal cord surgery, after which he is expected to spend several days in rehabilitation.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Anvisa green-lights sale of 480 tons of medical oxygen to Paraguay

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Sunday confirmed Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) had agreed to allow the sale of 480 tons of oxygen for medical purposes.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  US to cover all expenses of gender reassignment surgery to war veterans

  

  The Government of the United States Sunday announced it planned to cover the costs of sex-change surgery for veterans who wished to undergo such a treatment. Until now, only hormone therapy and psychological services were provided.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 07:44 UTC

  United States celebrates “Juneteenth”, the new national holiday marking the end of slavery

  

  The United States celebrated over the weekend “Juneteenth”, the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery and which comes a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 14:09 UTC

  Brazil: Henrique Cardoso turns 90 and thinks tomorrow “could be better than today”

  

  Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) defended the alliance of political forces to oppose authoritarianism in a newspaper interview marking his 90th birthday, Friday, June 18.