Politics

Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina bans meat exports for 30 days in an attempt to curb inflation

The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández has announced all meat exports will be banned for the next 30 days in an attempt to slow down inflation as domestic prices went up 20% owing to foreign demand.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivian Minister lashes out at Chilean senator for comments regarding railroad test

Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, Monday rated Chilean senator José Miguel Insulza's comments urging to resume the test of the La Paz-Arica railroad as “irresponsible.”
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
OAS says Hamas is a terrorist group

The Organization of American States (OAS) Monday added the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas -founded in 1987- to the list of terrorist groups, following its recent rocket attacks against Israel, it was announced in Washington DC.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Rio's Jesus Christ “praises” vaccines and China sends key ingredient for their production

Rio de Janeiro's iconic statue of Jesus Christ was the recipient of an advertising campaign in favour of coronavirus vaccines, which coincided with the news that Brazil would be receiving the key ingredients from China for the local production of immunizers.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Former Macrist advisor seeks political asylum in Uruguay

Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón Monday, a former legal advisor to the City of Buenos Aires run by former President Mauricio Macri's Cambiemos alliance, has requested political asylum as a refugee in Uruguay, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Costa Rica on the verge of joining OECD

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Monday welcomed the approval by the Legislative Assembly to his country's joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 16:26 UTC
Communist candidate to become new mayor of Santiago de Chile

The Stock Exchange in Chile's capital took a nosedive after it was confirmed that the Communist candidate Irací Hassler had secured a surprising victory over Santiago's incumbent mayor Felipe Alessandri, among other defeats suffered over the weekend by traditional politics to a more radical leftwing generation.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Chileans vote against traditional politicians and demand substantial reforms

None of Chile's traditional political parties has managed to win at least one-third of the seats at stake in this past weekend's elections to appoint a new Constituent Assembly which will have to write up a new constitution to replace the one from 1980 which was inherited from Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Datafolha says 49% of Brazilians support Bolsonaro's impeachment

A survey by pollsters Datafolha revealed 49% of Brazilians were in favour of impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, it was reported.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay: tourism almost back to normal by October – travel pass on the way

Uruguay's Tourism Undersecretary Remo Monzeglio Sunday explained in a radio interview that his country envisions a quasi total return to normalcy for this coming October and that “we are preparing for the (summer) season.”