Politics

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 21:09 UTC

  Argentine President ironically describes vaccines against coronavirus as “poison”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday criticized opposition parties: “Now they demand the second dose of poison from us,” he said.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 20:25 UTC

  Mapuche flag hoisted at Argentine university in Patagonia

  

  The Argentina's National University of Comahue in Neuquén has hoisted the “Wenufoye”, the Mapuche national symbol during the “Wiñoy Xipantu” festivities, a celebration according to indigenous traditions for the beginning of a new year.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentina skips default thanks to agreement with Paris Club

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Tuesday announced that the Paris Club had agreed to give his country until March 31, 2022, to pay the US $ 430 million in instalments while the rest of the debt is renegotiated.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Solá meets with UN chief Guterres ahead of the C24 conference

  

  Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá requested United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intercede before UK so that the British “consent to resume discussions” over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina's purchase of Korean fighters falls through: UK's arms embargo

  

  Argentine defense minister Agustín Rossi is furious with the UK for having blocked the purchase deal of several Korean manufactured training jet fighters FA-50 to re-equip the Air Force and which he had anticipated last October. “A new display of imperial arrogance”, Rossi described the incident.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bachelet says Ortega regime must release all political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  Former Chilean President and current United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Tuesday called for the release of Nicaraguan opposition politicians who have been placed under arrest by the Daniel Ortega regime over the past three weeks.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Anti covid-19 vaccination of teenagers starts in Chile with Pfizer

  

  Chile will begin vaccinating people under 18 years of age against the coronavirus, according to an announcement by President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday. The Pfizer drug is the only one to be used in this age group.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Uruguay: Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers eligible for vaccination against coronavirus

  

  The Government of Uruguay Tuesday announced that the right vaccination against the coronavirus also applied to refugee applicants or undocumented migrants who have been in the territory for more than 90 days.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 05:30 UTC

  Global meat processor moves into Paraguay: plans an abattoir that handles 1,200 cattle per day

  

  Brazil's global meat processor, Marfrig has purchased land to build a major abattoir in Paraguay. Landlocked Paraguay is a full member of Mercosur, who together with partners Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, has become the world's leading meat export region.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 11:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands representatives arrive in New York for C-24

  

  Falkland Islands' Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard, and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts have arrived in New York in order to attend the main session of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24).