Politics

Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Freedom of the press just a nice idea in Mexico

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)'s special rapporteur on Freedom of Expression said the Mexican government was actually “encouraging” the increasing attacks against journalists recorded in the country.
Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 08:16 UTC
One dead as unrest in Peru mounts

Protests all across Peru demanding the resignation of President Pedro Castillo Terrones have left 1 dead and at least 25 law enforcement officers injured in the town of Ica, south of Lima.
Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 07:47 UTC
Malta ordered to end “golden passport” scheme granting EU citizenship to rich individuals

Malta has been officially warned by the European Commission to end the so-called “golden passport” scheme, the lucrative practice of selling EU citizenship to rich individuals. Other culprits include Bulgaria and Cyprus but according to the EC are moving to end the practice.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 20:38 UTC
Argentine scientists and lawmakers recommend returning to GMT -4

The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Argentine Province of Mendoza's Lower House this week began analyzing a bill to adopt a daylight saving time system and go rogue to GMT -4, it was reported.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 13:55 UTC
Boric rounds up Argentine tour

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday left Argentina, after a two-day official trip which marked his first trip abroad since taking office last month.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
“MPC is entirely defensive, to defend Falklands from any potential threat,” BFSAI commander

The visiting Argentine reporter Hugo Alconada Mon who is in the Falkland Islands reporting for the Buenos Aires daily La Nacion, on the 40th anniversary of the April 2nd Argentine military invasion and occupation of the Falklands, has included in his round of interviews, British Forces South Atlantic Islands Commander, Jonathan Lett.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Although not mandatory, Montevideo wants to keep sanitary measures

Even after Uruguay's national Government has decreed the end of the sanitary restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Hall of Montevideo Tuesday urged the population to keep wearing facemasks “in buses, cabs, and other means of passenger transport.”
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Argentina complains over Falklands tourism stand at WTM in Sao Paulo

Argentina expressed concern and requested specific measures from Brazilian authorities because of the presence in Sao Paulo at the World Trade Market, Latin America fair, of a Falkland Islands' stand.
Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 23:17 UTC
Former Mauricio Macri aide booed at Parlasur: his dismissal to be voted on shortly

Argentina's Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón, a former aide to then-Argentine President Mauricio Macri, was forced to leave the Parlasur's building Monday when he showed up and was jeered at by the other legislators, who agreed to vote on his dismissal during the next plenary session.
Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Pepe Mujica: Britain's stance regarding Malvinas/Falklands a thing of the past

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who was in Buenos Aires during the weekend to join Alberto Fernández for the ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom, insisted “the Malvinas claim reminds us that there is still colonialism in the world.”