Politics

Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Chilean, Argentine nationalities available to Nicaraguan stateless expatriates

The Governments of Chile and Argentina are among those who would grant citizenship to the Nicaraguan expatriates who were expelled from their country earlier this month and stripped of their nationality on treason charges, it was reported Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 08:23 UTC
Biden reaffirms US commitment not to let Russia beat Ukraine

The day after his surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital, US President Joseph Biden insisted Tuesday in Warsaw that the western world would stand behind President Volodymyr Zelenski in fending off the Russian invaders.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Falkland Islands: Refurbishing starts on Mount Pleasant runway

A contractor has started working on a £7m project to extend the lifespan of the runway at the Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) airfield in the Falkland Islands until it can be fully re-laid in the coming years, the British Government reported Monday.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 09:10 UTC
Successful Falklands tour for Gibraltar Regiment Band

Ten members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band joined forces with colleagues from the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Band (PWRR) to deliver musical support on behalf of 3PWRR while their battalion were deployed in the Falklands for Exercise Tiger Island.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 08:00 UTC
Former Argentine FM lashes out at Uruguayan President over Falklands trip

Former Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá said Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou's “main objective” was “to show his contempt for Argentina” after a group of lawmakers visited the Falkland Islands together with the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Montevideo Faye O'Connor.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 06:59 UTC
President Fernández traveling to Antarctica, weather permitting

Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to visit the Marambio Base in Antarctica in a move to ratify the country's “bicontinental” stance, it was reported in Casa Rosada. Fernández's trip will be the fourth visit of an Argentine head of state to Antarctica.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 06:48 UTC
AMLO decrees nationalization of Mexico's lithium reserves

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) signed the decree whereby the country's lithium reserves belong to the federal state. “Let the nation be the owner of this strategic mineral” used in the production of batteries for electric cars, the head of state said from Sonora in the municipality of Bacadéhuachi.
Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
Miguel Ángel Pichetto under heavy criticism for homophobic remarks

Argentina's Comptroller General and former Vice-Presidential candidate Miguel Ángel Pichetto is to be investigated by the National Institute Against Discrimination (Inadi) for his remarks regarding Women's Minister Ayelén Mazzina.
Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Gustavo Petro has been officially banned from entering Peruvian territory

Peru's one-house Congress approved late Friday by 72 votes in favor, 29 against, and 7 abstentions, the declaration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “persona non grata” for his statements likening the local police to Nazi troops. The decision had been endorsed Tuesday by the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil's Finance Minister to discuss climate change one-on-one

As he prepares to leave for Bangalore, India, this week to attend a G20 conference of economy ministers ahead of the summit of heads of government and state, Brazil's Fernando Haddad insisted that the largest South American country intends to be active again in the solution of global crises, Agencia Brasil reported. The Finance Minister also said he believed socio-environmental sustainability should be a topic in all his bilateral meetings.