Politics

Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
UK, US, EU discussing continuation of Black Sea Grain Deal with Russia

UK Foreign Secretary, High Representative of the European Union, and US Secretary of State gave a statement on global food security and Russia sanctions. The statement follows on Russia's complaints that it saw no progress on easing its exports of fertilizers and grain – parts of the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow views as fundamental to extending the initiative beyond next week.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
CFK insists Judiciary Party all out against her

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday insisted Prosecutor Diego Luciani and “The judiciary party” were “at full strength” against her. Earlier in the day, she recused Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti from the assassination attempt case.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguayan Former Vice President Danilo Astori resigns from his Senate seat

Former Economy Minister Danilo Astori informed the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) party on Monday that he will resign his seat in the Senate on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Alberto Fernández unable to appear before G20 due to low blood pressure

Argentine President Alberto Fernández was unable to deliver his speech on the opening day of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, after suffering from an episode of hypotension and dizziness due to gastritis.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
World recovery takes center stage as G20 Summit starts

The 17th G20 Summit started Tuesday in Bali, Indonesia, as dignitaries from the world's largest economies gathered under the motto “Recover Together, Recover Stronger.”
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 08:50 UTC
Biden, Xi hold bilateral meeting in Bali for show

Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Joseph Biden of the United States agreed on the need to avoid an armed conflict during their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, during the G20 Summit. It was the first face-to-face encounter between the two leaders since Biden was elected.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 22:09 UTC
Bachelet, Duhalde, Mujica and other Latin American leaders ask Maduro to restore Unasur

A group of former South American presidents, foreign ministers, high-ranking officials, lawmakers, and intellectuals Monday sent a letter to Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro inviting him to join their initiative to relaunch the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish name).
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 19:56 UTC
Argentine Labor Minister said inflation is not a priority but Qatar World Cup

Only six days before the beginning of the World Cup, which has Argentina as the great favorite, the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security of that country, Kelly Olmos, did not hide her enthusiasm for the World Cup in Qatar and said: “Then we continue working on inflation, but first let Argentina win”.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 18:05 UTC
Former Brazilian lawmaker gets 50-year jail term

Former Brazilian federal Congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos has been sentenced to 50 years and 28 days in prison for the June 16, 2019, murder of her husband, Pastor Anderson do Carmo.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:44 UTC
Hundreds attended Remembrance Sunday commemoration in the Falklands

As planned Remembrance Sunday, 13 November in the Falkland Islands was joined by a huge crowd of residents and broadcast live to the UK, since some 130 Falklands War Veterans and next of kin were in the Islands for the first time since the end of the conflict in 1982.