Politics

Monday, November 21st 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil a leading power in digitalization of public services, World Bank says

A World Bank study released Sunday in Brasilia showed the largest South American country was second globally among 198 economies in the digitalization of public service structures.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 13:51 UTC
Argentine President to undergo surgical medical tests

Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to undergo an endoscopy for the bout of erosive gastritis he suffered while at the G20 Summit in Indonesia, the Presidential Medical Unit (UMP) reported Friday.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Economy Minister says Brazil's spending cap poorly constructed

Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Friday admitted the spending ceiling needed to be pierced because it was poorly constructed, but he insisted that the federal spending cap remains a necessary tool to ensure the stability of public accounts.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
COP 27 to go on at least until Sunday

World dignitaries gathered at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP 27) Climate Change Summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh have agreed to extend their sessions for the weekend after no conclusive agreement was reached before Friday's closing day activities.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Slight unemployment drop reported in Uruguay

Uruguay's unemployment rate was reported Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to have stood at 7.8% in the month of October, a slight decrease from September's 8.3%.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 07:19 UTC
Lula back steps and admits that fiscal and social responsibility, go hand in hand

After having clashed with the baking and financial sectors of Brazil, which had an immediate effect on the currency, interest rates and the stock market, president-elect Lula da Silva said on Friday he was prepared to be fiscally responsible with government spending.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:46 UTC
Princess Anne leads Remembrance ceremony at Falklands Liberation Memorial

Busy agenda for Princess Anne on her first day of activities in the Falkland Islands, where she arrived on Thursday for a six-day visit. In a beautiful sunny Friday morning Princess Royal, marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' conflict with a special wreath-laying ceremony at the 1982 Liberation Memorial in Stanley.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 19:22 UTC
CFK says she can get Argentina back up but does not announce her candidacy

Despite not admitting explicitly whether she would run for president next year, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner underlined Thursday in La Plata that the people of Argentina must choose “if they want to return to make that Argentina they once had”.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 18:53 UTC
Argentine Air Force mission in Denmark considering purchase of F-16 warplanes

A team from the Argentine Air Force is in Denmark reviewing the possibility of purchasing F-16 A/B MLU fighter-bomber jets from that country in the last assessment round before a decision on the matter is made no later than 2023.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Venezuela after Guyana's oil claiming border dispute in The Hague

“We will demonstrate Guyana's claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the United Nations' highest for resolving disputes between states.