Politics

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Turkey conditions Finland and Sweden NATO memberships: “they harbor terrorists”

  

  Finland and Sweden allegedly are determined to become full members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, dropping decades of full or observant neutrality regarding the powerful neighbor Russia and its current leader Vladimir Putin.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  China cuts mortgage rates for first home buyers; combats real estate giants speculation

  

  China wants to inject more dynamism to the housing market and the Central bank plus the insurance regulator announced on Sunday a significant interest rate cut for first home buyers. This follows on almost two years of rampant speculation among giant real estate companies that almost led to a collapse of the market.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:09 UTC

  Tri-Service fly-past to celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee

  

  A fly-past by dozens of aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force will soar over Buckingham Palace on 2 June as the UK celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  Biden picks candidate for Montevideo Embassy

  

  US President Joseph Biden has chosen his nominee for the position of Ambassador to Montevideo, which now needs Congressional approval.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Chile's Constitutional Convention releases draft

  

  Chile's Constitutional Convention Sunday published the draft of the text it penned to replace the Carta Magna inherited from 1980 and which was inspired by former military dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 01:07 UTC

  Brazilian road show in New York to attract US$ 40bn investors in transport infrastructure

  

  The current Brazilian government expects to have contracts worth R$ 200 billion (US$ 40billion) with the private sector investing in transport infrastructure by end of 2022. To achieve this end, the Ministry of Infrastructure works to encourage more international financing in the concession project portfolio, as highlighted by Minister Marcelo Sampaio during his roadshow this week in New York.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  “Falklands 82: Stories From The South Atlantic,” BFBS podcasts series

  

  The extraordinary and emotive stories of people who lived in the Falkland Islands and those who were there on the ground, in the air, and at sea during the 1982 deadly conflict are being told in an exclusive BFBS podcast. The audio series 'Falklands 82: Stories From The South Atlantic' marks 40 years since Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  Uruguay faces a wave of violence that could mean a homicide record – government blames drug trafficking

  

  Uruguay has been experiencing dark hours in terms of homicides in recent days. In the first quarter of this year, there were 96 homicides in a country of some 3.5 million inhabitants, 33% more than in the same period of 2021 and a figure that marks a trend that, if maintained, would mean an annual homicide record in the southern country.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  The delicate political situation in Ireland: Good Friday agreement hangs on a thread

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Four months ago, Jonathan Powell warned that the Good Friday agreement of 1998 that ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ireland was at risk.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.