Politics

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  BBC banned from self-declared independent Somaliland

  

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been banned from the breakaway region of Somaliland for allegedly undermining the identity and dignity of the self-declared independent nation not recognized by Somalia or any other country, local authorities in control of the area have announced.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 22:43 UTC

  Cubans to keep enduring power cuts in blazing summer

  

  The electricity supply in Cuba's capital city is showing increasingly recurrent cuts as the aging power plants seem to be reaching their point of technical exhaustion.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Sunak almost certain of showdown berth against Mordaunt or Truss

  

  Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak won Tuesday's round of voting within the Conservative Party ranks to appoint a new leader who would also become British Prime Minister.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Founding member of Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers dies

  

  Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo founding member Delia Giovanola passed away Monday at the age of 96, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  FT critical of IMF leniency towards perennial defaulter Argentina

  

  A column published by the Financial Times has stressed that the administration of President Alberto Fernández needed “stricter targets” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to keep a “weak and populist” government from running astray.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan gov't speaks of terrorist attack as oil pipe burns

  

  Venezuelan authorities were speaking of a “terrorist attack” Monday after a state-owned gas pipeline went up in smoke Sunday in the country's eastern region.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Yet another AMIA bombing anniversary and nobody jailed

  

  Relatives of the 85 casualties and the entire Argentine society Monday wondered once again how it could be that 28 years after the bombing of the AMIA welfare Israeli Association nobody has ever been held accountable.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Petro wants FTA with US repenned

  

  Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro and US Ambassador to Bogotá Francisco Palmieri met Monday to discuss common goals with the incoming administration which might include renegotiating the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed ten years ago between the two countries.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Pepe Mujica favors legalizing drugs to hurt traffickers

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has retired from active politics but his witty statements keep making headlines, even at a time when his wife is about to undergo surgery following a domestic accident.

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Peruvian President's approval ratings keep sinking

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones' approval ratings fell yet again, according to an Ipsos survey released Sunday by the Lima newspaper El Comercio. Meanwhile, 79% of Peruvians also disapproved of the management of Congress, the study showed.