Politics

Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces

Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Friday announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does “not respond to the interests of their respective peoples.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, it was reported.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

By Daniel Parsons and Martin Taylor (*) – The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
The Netherlands: scores wounded, arrested amid rioting against anticovid harsh measures

Scores of protesters were wounded or arrested by police Friday in Rotterdam as people took to the streets in response to the Government's intentions to impose harsh, restrictive measures to curb the number of COVID-19 cases.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
Tierra del Fuego soul searching: 25 November, “Day of Selk-nam indigenous people genocide”

The Tierra del Fuego provincial legislative has done some soul searching and has voted unanimously to declare next November 25, “Day of the Selk'nam people genocide.” It will be a day of provincial mourning with flags at half-mast and a non-working day in the extreme south province of Argentina.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Wishful declarations after three-leader Summit in Washington

Leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have achieved little to no progress after their first three-part Summit in Washington this week. Nevertheless, there were some coincidences regarding arms trafficking, migration and the recovery from the pandemic.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 07:35 UTC
“OTs are an integral part of Global Britain and benefit from a confident UK”, Liz Truss

At the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Foreign Office, the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, which brings together UK ministers and Overseas Territories leaders agreed on a joint communiqué which included the agenda of issues addressed. Previous to the JMC the Overseas Territories Association held a meeting of their Political Council.
Friday, November 19th 2021 - 18:31 UTC
Peru: President's Secretary resigns amid corruption scandal

Peru's Presidential Secretary Bruno Pacheco has turned in his resignation claiming his decision was motivated “to avoid a smear campaign” against the head of state.