Politics

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  EuroLat joins calls for resumption of dialogue between Argentina and UK

  

  The European-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) closed its Buenos Aires convention Thursday with a statement from both co-Speakers calling for the resumption of dialogue between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Question, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:51 UTC

  Royal Navy will be responsible for patrolling intercepting boats with migrants

  

  The Royal Navy is taking over operational command from Border Force in the English Channel. The service will be responsible for intercepting boats carrying migrants. The decision follows the understanding with Rwanda to have migrants arriving in boats to UK, sent to the African country.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Bolsonaro's supporters fared worse off throughout C19 crisis

  

  A local scientific study in Brazil has established that those areas where President Jair Bolsonaro had the most votes in his 2018 campaign were also the ones with higher COVID-19 mortality rates, it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 07:33 UTC

  Moskva, the first major surface combatant vessel sunk since the Falklands' war

  

  When the Russian missile cruiser Moskva sank on Thursday, allegedly hit by two anti/ship missiles (Ukrainian version), it was the largest warship lost at sea since World War II, and the first major surface combatant ship sunk since the Falklands War in 1982. Moskva was the flagship of the Russian navy in the Black Sea and was involved in the attack and capture of Ukrainian ports.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Forty years after the war, Falklands remain an Argentine obsession

  

  By Henry Srebrnik (*) – Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in early April of 1982, its claim to the Falkland Islands remains a national obsession, even enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Healthcare team treating Maradona faces manslaughter charges

  

  The physicians and healthcare professionals who treated Diego Armando Maradona during his final days are to be tried for manslaughter in the death of the late Argentine football legend, it was announced.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns Argentina may not deliver as much wheat as needed

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said his country faced a food security threat as a consequence of the shortage of wheat, which could become scarce due to the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Chile: Presidential envoy refuses to sign “Summit for Peace” minute

  

  The envoy of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font refused to sign the minutes of Wednesday's “Summit for Peace” in Temuco, where 28 of the 32 mayors in La Araucanía discussed the current situation and the need to end local violence.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Video of Argentine provincial minister admitting to irregularities goes viral

  

  The Finance Minister of the Argentine Province of La Pampa admitted on record that most officials would end up in jail if he told the truth about an oil company during his virtual audience with local lawmakers, thus sparking a major scandal.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  European central bank will raise interest rates after ending assets' purchasing program

  

  The European Central Bank Governing Council said on Thursday that in the current conditions of high uncertainty it will maintain “gradualism and flexibility” as the guidelines for its monetary policy anticipating that the assets purchase program will be concluded by the third quarter.