Politics

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President to announce measures in view of Argentine border reopening

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou will be announcing Tuesday a package of measures to contain the impact on businesses in areas bordering Argentina for when the latter reopens its borders on October 1.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Minister favors one-on-one deals despite Mercosur's current ban

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Monday said Mercosur would “modernize” and anyone against that was free to leave the bloc.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Former Argentine Environment Secretary handed down suspended jail sentence for fraud

  

  Former Argentine Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti has been sentenced to three years in jail for fraud and embezzlement, although the execution of the sentence has been suspended, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Visiting president Piñera and Lacalle Pou address health and post pandemic issues

  

  Trade, health and the post-pandemic, communications and the Pacific basin were some of the issues addressed by Chilean president Sebastian Piñera with his Uruguayan peer, Luis Lacalle Pou, during a one-day visit to Montevideo.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands extends tourism recovery incentive for a second season

  

  Following the success of the initial Tourism Recovery Incentive Program – or ‘TRIP’ – which was designed to support tourism-related businesses and stimulate economic growth across the Islands during 2020/21, the Falklands Islands government announced that the scheme will run again this year.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian currency plunges against US dollar following PM's nationalization threat against gas supplier

  

  The Peruvian sol fell sharply Monday against the US dollar in Lima markets following Sunday's statements from Prime Minister Guido Bellido, who threatened the new government might stabilize the cooking gas supplier Camisea.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Fuel panic buying in UK; pool of Army truck drivers ready to fill the supply chain

  

  A pool of British Army tanker drivers is on standby and to be deployed if required to deliver fuel, the UK government announced on Monday following chain supply pressure which has left many gasoline stations empty or rationing the little supply left.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Tedros open ground for WHO academy in Lyon

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron, President and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, broke ground on Monday for the WHO Academy’s campus in the French city of Lyon.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  International community concerned over xenophobia in Chile

  

  The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Saturday asked the Chilean Government to guarantee and protect the rights of migrant children, following violent incidents involving foreign citizens in the city port Iquique, which has been flocked by undocumented migrants.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentina's revamped cabinet needs to lift cap on meat exports asap

  

  Argentina's new Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is said to be speeding up the path towards the lifting of caps on meat exports in an attempt to bring in hard currency as the government of President Alberto Fernández desperately tries to recover from defeat at Sept. 12's Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections.