Politics

Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:35 UTC
Argentina takes delivery of the last of four French-built OPVs

Argentina has taken delivery of the new OPV ARA Contraalmirante Cordero built in France's shipyard in the city of Concarneau. It is the fourth and last unit from a contract signed in 2018.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:34 UTC
Russia urges Argentina, UK to resume sovereignty talks over Falkland Islands

Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement from Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova urging for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom regarding sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:32 UTC
Germany to allow pride flag on certain occasions

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has authorized the hoisting of the rainbow flag on public buildings, sparking an unprecedented controversy: how many more minority flags can fly next to the black-red-gold and also that of the European Union?
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Brazil planning a second tariffs cut without Mercosur endorsement “to protect people's lives and health”

Brazil is considering a further reduction in import fees without having the endorsement of Mercosur country members, reports O Estado de Sao Paulo. The idea is to cut Import Tax rates by another 10% on most products traded with countries outside the bloc.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Asylum seekers who arrive in UK on small boats will be sent to Rwanda, BBC

Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans, report BBC. Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to sign a deal for a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain via boat crossings.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Blinken highlights Uruguay's role in international forums

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Uruguay had “a strong voice” at the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS), “a voice that we really value.”
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina's intelligence bureau to digitize State terrorism files

Argentina authorities have announced a plan to digitize over 250,000 documents on State terrorism carried out under various military regimes in the country's history, it was announced in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Four Colombian soldiers killed by dissident FARC group

Four Colombian regular soldiers were killed in a rural area of the department of Meta after they were ambushed by a group of dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Omega Joint Task Force said in a statement.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Argentina: CFK acquitted in gas overpricing case

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been acquitted in the case of alleged overpricing in the purchase of Liquefied National Gas. Judge Julián Ercolini's ruling also reached her former aides Julio De Vido, Roberto Baratta, and other officials of her administration.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
Buenos Aires: EuroLat due to vote on agreed topics

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernàndez de Kirchner (CFK) welcomed to Buenos Aires' Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) the more than 100 lawmakers who participated in this year's Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) sessions under the slogan “A fair, inclusive, and peaceful economic recovery.”